General Awareness: Scenic Gems Quiz (Set-2)

1. A magnificent jade-topped mausoleum was discovered in Samarkand, Uzbekistan by Russian archaeologists in 1941. Who is buried in the tomb?

a) Genghis Khan
b) Tamerlane
c) Kublai Khan
d) Buddha

The correct answer is b) Tamerlane

2. This spectacular site in Australia, considered to be close to that country's geographical center, is a sacred place that the Aborigines revere. What is this natural landmark called?

a) Mount Augustus
b) Great Barrier Reef
c) Great Dividing Range
d) Uluru (Ayers Rock)

The correct answer is d) Uluru (Ayers Rock)

3. Where is the Blue Grotto located?

a) Barringer Crater
b) Taj Mahal in Agra, India
c) Petra in southern Jordan
d) The Island of Capri, Italy

The correct answer is d) The Island of Capri, Italy

4. What is the name of the spot on land that is nearest to where zero latitude meets zero longitude at zero altitude?

a) Point Barrow, Alaska
b) Cape Three Points, Ghana
c) Iguassu Falls, Brazil and Argentina
d) Waitomo Caves, New Zealand

The correct answer is b) Cape Three Points, Ghana

5. True or False: Because of the vast volume of water pouring over the Canadian and American sides of Niagara Falls, the falls themselves will never dry up.

a) True
b) False

The correct answer is b) False

6. What is the name of the site in Greece where no 'woman, female animal, child, eunuch, or person with a beardless face' was allowed to set foot on?

a) Oracle at Delphi
b) Mount Athos
c) Colossus of Rhodes
d) the Parthenon

The correct answer is b) Mount Athos

7. Where is the largest monument believed to have been built located?

a) The Big Hole in Kimberley, South Africa
b) The Great Pyramids at Cheops
c) Cholula de Rivadabia in central Mexico-
d) Chaco Canyon in New Mexico

The correct answer is c) Cholula de Rivadabia in central Mexico

8. What is the largest structure ever created by any living creature?

a) The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
b) The Great Wall of China
c) The Great Barrier Reef
d) Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

The correct answer is c) The Great Barrier Reef

9. What is the largest excavation ever dug without the use of machinery?

a) Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico.
b) The Grand Canyon
c) Jagersfontein Mines ,South Africa
d) Meteor Crater, Winslow, Arizona

The correct answer is c) Jagersfontein Mines ,South Africa

10. What are believed to be the oldest examples of human construction still standing?

a) Stonehenge
b) the Great Sphinx of Egypt
c) The Pharos of Alexandria
d) the megalithic buildings of Malta and Gozo

The correct answer is d) the megalithic buildings of Malta and Gozo