World Famous Places, Towns, Buildings, Landmarks GK Quiz Questions - 1

Los Angeles	A port of California; the famous film industry of Hollywood situated here; a few miles off the city is the world famous Disneyland; 1984 Olympic Games were held here.
London	Capital of England; one of the world’s great cities; situated on river Thames; centre of communication and finance; seat of learning and has some most beautiful buildings.
Leeds	Centre of Cotton and chemical industry in England.
Leaning Tower of Pisa	190 ft. high, 8 storey marble tower in Pisa (Italy) built in 1154 A.D.
Madrid	Capital of Spain; Europe’s highest capital; known for metallurgical industry, leather, textile and chemical industry; 1982 World Cup Football Championship was held here.
Mecca	Holy city of Islam. Birth place of Mohammed. Kaaba a place of pilgrimage for Muslims is located here
Mont Blanc	Alpine massif on Franco Italian border; rises to 15,781 ft in France, the highest point of the Alps.
Moscow	Capital of Russia. Big commercial and industrial centre, fine buildings like the Kremlin, the palaces of Tsars; the venue of 1980 Olympic Games.
Nagasaki	A city and port in Japan; destroyed by atom bomb in 1945.
Nankana Sahib	In Pakistan, birth place of Guru Nanak.
Nuremberg	City of Bavaria in Germany; under Hitler, Nuremberg was the scene of the National Socialist Party Congress; in 1945 – 46, the first international war criminals trials were held here.
Pearl Harbour	A key naval base of the U.S.A. at Oahu in Hawaii Islands. It was the scene of the Japanese air attack during World War II.
Pentagon	Headquarters of the Department of Defence in Virginia, USA. World’s largest office building; construction completed on January 15, 1943.
Philadelphia	Place of historic importance, where Americans declared their Independence on July 4, 1776, after framing their constitution.
Paris	Capital of France. Situated in the river Seine. The cultural and fashion metropolis of the world; UNESCO headquarters are located here
Pisa	A town in Italy; famous for its leaning tower; birth place of Galileo.
Pompeii	Ruined Roman city in south Italy; situated at the foot of Mountain Vesuvius destroyed by earthquake (63 A.D.) and buried by an eruption of Vesuvius (79 A.D.)
Porcelain Tower of Nanking	Built in the ancient capital of south China in early 15^th Century.
Pyramids of Egypt	Erected as royal tombs to protect the body and thereby, to preserve the spirit; such pyramids are found only in Egypt, Great Pyramid of Khufu of Cheops at Gizeh, one of the seven wonders of the world is the largest pyramid ever built. The pyramids date back to 2700 B.C.
Red Square	A famous open space in Moscow, near Kremlin used for political demonstrations and processions. Lenin’s mausoleum and tombs of other revolutionary leaders are in Red Square.
Rhur	Famous for rich coal fields and heavy iron industry in Germany.
Rome	Capital of Italy; situated on the bank of river Tiber; called “The Eternal City”; One of the world’s outstanding historical, religious, cultural and art centre’s with Vatican City and St. Peters Church.
Sandhurst	Chief military training centre in England, near London.
Scotland Yard	Headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, London; as the seat of the criminal investigations department, Scotland Yard is a synonym for the force of detectives.
Sphinx	A fabulous monster represented in Egyptian art as a lion with a human head; it also figures in the art of Greece, Syria, Persia, etc; the best known example is the great Sphinx at Gizeh, Egypt, 52.6 m. long and 20.1 m. high, built around 2900-2750 B.C.
St. Peterburg	Former of capital of Russia founded by reformist Russian Tsar, Peter the Great, during the 18^th century; after the death of Lenin, the city was renamed as Leningrad; with the dissolution of the U.S.S.R., its original name has been restored.
Suez Canal	Ship canal in Egypt linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas and separating Africa from Asia; built by Ferdinand de Lesseps; nationalised by President Nasser in 1956.
St. Helena	An island in the south Atlantic; 1200 miles west of Africa. It became a British possession in 1673; Napoleon died here in exile in 1821.
Stockholm	Capital of Sweden, sometimes called the Venice of the North. A great manufacturing centre and an important seaport. A 35 nation disarmament conference was held here in 1984.
Stonehenge	It is a circular assemblage of huge stone in Salisbury; placed at about 145 km southwest of London and built in 1800 – 1500 B.C.
Stratford upon Avon	Birth place of Shakespeare in England.
Trieste	An important seaport of Italy; famous for shipbuilding industry, iron works and oil refineries. In 1954, it was divided into two zones; Zone ‘A’ handed over to Italy and Zone ‘B’ handed over to Yugoslavia.
Texas	Second largest state of the USA; leads all the American states in cotton, cattle and petroleum production.
Tashkent	Capital of Uzbekistan. Tashkent Pact between India and Pakistan was signed here in January 1966.
Taxila	A ruined city in Pakistan near Rawalpindi; ancient seat of Indian learning and a Buddhist university.

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