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In which ancient ruined city are you standing if you can see the Andes mountains?

• Ur, in Iraq

• Machu Pichu, in Peru

• Petra, in Jordan

From which building can you see the Eiffel Tower?

• the Colosseum, in Rome

• the Kremlin, in Moscow

• the Louvre Museum, in Paris

For whom was the Taj Mahal built? It was built ...

• for Shah Jahan, in memory of his third wife.

• for Shah Jahan, to celebrate his wedding.

• for Genghis Khan, as a palace.

In which country is the ancient city of Petra?

• Italy

• Jordan

• Malaysia

In which city is Al-Masjid al-Haram, the biggest mosque in the world?

• Istanbul

• Mecca

• Cairo

For which event was the Beijing National Stadium built?

• the 2010 World Cup

• the 2009 Asian Games

• the 2008 Olympic Games

From which building can you watch the sun set twice in less than a minute?

• the Eiffel Tower in Paris

• the Burj Khalifa building in Dubai

• the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada

On which building does the sun cast a shadow like a snake at the spring equinox?

• the Great Pyramid at Giza, in Egypt

• the Pyramid of El Castillo at Chichén Itzá in Mexico

• the temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia

On which building is there a roof designed to look like the sails on a ship?

• the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia

• the Parthenon in Athens, Greece

• the Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain

To which city do you go if you want to see the Alhambra Palace?

• Granada, in the south of Spain

• Marrakech, in Morocco

• Ankara, in Turkey