Dec. 1, 2025

Bridges & Landmarks Trivia

Bridges & Landmarks Trivia
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Span the globe with trivia about the world’s most famous bridges and architectural icons.

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Calarugus Shark Media Greeting's Trivia Fans. I'm Mark Ellison. Today

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we're traveling the globe to visit some of the world's

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most famous landmarks. Question one, Which Paris Landmark was once

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criticized as an eyesore when it opened for the eighteen

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eighty nine World's Fair. Question two? Which bridge connecting Manhattan

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and Brooklyn opened in eighteen eighty three? Question three? Which

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ancient Egyptian structure is the only surviving wonder of the

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ancient world? Question four? What London clock Tower is often

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mistakenly called Big Ben? Question five? What Australian landmark opened

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in nineteen teen seventy three and is known for its

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sale shaped design. We'll be right back with these monumental

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answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal

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today's answers. Question one, Which Paris landmark was once criticized

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as an eyesore when it opened for the eighteen eighty

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nine World's Fair. Answer the Eiffel Tower. Many artists hated

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it at first, but it went on to become one

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of the most recognizable structures in the world. Question two,

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which bridge connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn opened in eighteen eighty three.

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Answer the Brooklyn Bridge. At the time it opened, it

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was the longest suspension bridge in the world and a

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marvel of engineering. Question three. Which ancient Egyptian structure is

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the only surviving wonder of the ancient world? Answer the

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Great Pyramid of Ghee. It has stood for more than

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four thousand, five hundred years, surviving time, weather and everything

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humans have thrown at it. Question four. What London clock

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tower is often mistakenly called Big Ben? Answer the Elizabeth Tower.

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Big Ben is actually the nickname for the bell inside

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the tower, not the tower itself. Question five. What Australian

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landmark opened in nineteen seventy three and is known for

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its sale shaped design? Answer the Sydney Opera House. Its

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complex curves pushed architecture and engineering to their limits and

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turned it into a global symbol of Australia. That concludes

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today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison. Portions of

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this program were made with the help of AI. See

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you tomorrow.