Worldwide Wonders

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. Greetings trivia fans. I'm Mark Allison, and today we're taking a global tour of some of the world's most impressive and iconic landmarks. Question one in which modern country would you find The ancient city of Petra, famous for its buildings carved directly into rose colored rock. Question two? What famous landmark completed in eighteen eighty nine for the World's Fair was originally intended to be a temporary structure? Question three? Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peru sits at an elevation of approximately eight thousand feet and was built by the Inca civilization in the fifteenth century. Four.

1:00 The Burj Khalifa in Dubai currently holds the record for the world's tallest building. How tall is it within one hundred feet? Question five? Which ancient wonder was reportedly built in Babylon around six hundred BCE by King Nebukenezer the Scid as a gift to his homesick wife. We'll be right back with these monumental answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one, in which country would you find Petra? Answer, Jordan. This ancient city was carved into the rose colored sandstone cliffs by the Nabataeans, an Arab people who established it as their capital around the fifth century BCEE. The most famous structure, Al Kashna, or the Treasury, features an elaborate facade that was prominent featured in the film Indiana Jones on The Last Crusade.

2:03 Hidden in narrow mountain valleys, Petra was largely unknown to the Western world until eighteen twelve, when it was rediscovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burghardt. Question two. What famous landmark was originally temporary? Answer the Eiffel Tower, designed by engineer Gustav Eiffel for the eighteen eighty nine World's Fair in Paris. The tower was intended to stand for only twenty years before being dismantled. Many Parisians initially opposed the structure, considering it an eyesore. However, its value for communications, particularly as a radio transmission tower during World War One, helped save it from demolition. Today, it's the most visited paid monument in the world, welcoming about seven million visitors annually.

2:50 Question three which UNESCO site in Peru was built by the Incas. Answer Machu Pichu. This fifteenth century Inca citadel's sits on a mountain ridge seven thousand, nine hundred seventy feet above sea level in the eastern Cordillera of southern Peru. Built around fourteen fifty CE and abandoned just over a century later during the Spanish conquest, Machu Picchu remained unknown to the outside world until American explorer Hiram Bingham brought it to international attention in nineteen eleven. Its ingenious construction without mortar, precise stone work, and astronomical alignments continue to impress visitors and researchers alike. Question four. How tall is the Burje Khalifa Answer two thousand, seven hundred seventeen feet eight hundred twenty eight meters. Completed in twenty ten after six years of construction, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates stands as the world's tallest building and tallest free standing structure. The one hundred sixty three floor skyscraper houses residences, hotel rooms, offices, and obbs decks. Its design was inspired by the Himeno Callus flower, with a central core and three wings that form its distinctive ye shaped floor plan, helping to provide stability against high winds. Question five, Which ancient wonder was built in Babylon? Answer? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. According to historical accounts, King Nebeconezer the

4:24 second built these lush, terraced gardens around six hundred BCE as a gift to his wife Amidas, who missed the green mountains of her homeland in media modern day Iran, the gardens were reportedly built on tiered stone terraces and irrigated by a sophisticated system that brought water up from the Euphrates River. Unlike other ancient wonders, no definitive archaeological evidence of the gardens has been found, leading some scholars to debate whether they actually existed or were a mythical creation. That concludes today five daily trivia Questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.

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