Question - 695

Identify the building in the picture and connect it with the painting seen on right. (question courtesy: Divya Shankar)

Question - 672

Which company's headquarters? The building is supposed to reflect the company's motto.

Answer: Vodafone HQ in Porto, Portugal reflecting the company's logo "Life in motion". Question inspired by Apple's new proposed HQ. Siddarth Pai, Jamie, Ramki, Matti and Krishna got it. Well done.

Question - 626

This building complex, a monument historique, looked like the image on the left in its heyday. After closing down in the late 1980s and falling into disuse, it is a common target of graffiti artists today. Identify the complex.

Answer: Piscine Moliter in France after which the protagonist is named in The Life of Pi. Divya, giantamoeba, Saket, Siddarth Pai and Krithi got it. Well done.

Question - 611

Identify this historic structure.

Answer: Hadrian's wall, the Roman-era defense fortification in northern England. Ameya, Saket, mekie, Krithi, and Dinesh got it. Good job.

Question - 601

Identify this famous building.

Answer: The United States Bullion Depository, commonly called Fort Knox -- Google Maps link. Dinesh, Ameya, matti tapaninen, Divya Shankar, and Rajesh K got it. Nicely done.

Question - 582

What curious location for the starry symbology?

Question - 495

Model of which building?

Hint: No attempts so far. There is a big clue on top of the building.

Answer: This one turned out to be tougher than I thought it would be. This is the model of the US Embassy in Saigon. The helipad on top is famous from the picture here. Jamie, Ramki, anon and Ameya got it. Well done.

Question - 404

Identify the building in the foreground.

Answer: This is the Hiroshima peace memorial also known as the Atomic Bomb Dome. It is the closest building to the hypocenter of the atom bomb that survived at least partially intact. Kaushik, P, Ramki, Mekie, Krithi, Rajesh K, Chithananda and Rithwik got it. Well done.

Question - 346

 Famous facade of which building?

Answer: Westminster Abbey

Answered by: Rahul Trivedi, Harsh, Karthik, Mekie, Anand, Iam, Jaggi, Chithananda, K, Dinky and Amru and Raghu (comment hidden for obvious reasons)

Also see: Rajesh K's comment on Abe Lincoln and George Washington on patents.

Question - 324

Views of what famous building?

Answer: Antonio Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

Yeah! The question was a repeat from Q 275. I going to go with Raghu's Defense of the Repeat: Those who are regular will be rewarded with repeats.

 

Re-answered by: Mohan, Karthik, RaklodramA, Vetti, Anonymous,  Iam, Raghu, Dinesh, niceTry, Ramji, Adi(smart ass!), Hasan, Rajesh, Jaggi and Keshav.

Question - 275

This massive structure has been in construction since 1882 and is not expected to be finished till 2026. Identify it and its architect.

Answer: This is the Sagrada familia church designed by the renowned Catalan architect Gaudi. When asked about the length of construction, Gaudi is said to have remarked "my client is in no hurry". Do check out the fantastic architectural details of the church through Google images. tsp, Hari, Raghu, Vetti, Iam, Rajesh, Krag and Johnny Walker got it. Well done.

Question - 211

The first sculpture is designed as a hugely magnified version of the second visual. Identify both and the location of the sculpture.

Answer: This is the Atomium in Brussels built for the 1958 world fair. It is a model of the body centered cubic crystalline structure of Iron magnified some 165 billion times. Srivats, Vetti, Anshul, Iam, Schmetterling and Rajesh got it. Well done.

Question - 110

Identify the building and its location.

Answer: The Ryugyong hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, one of the biggest white elephants of all time. Iam, Mekie, Divya and Adi got it. Well done.