FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ARCHITECTURE EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT ARCHITECTURE EXAM

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Question 1: THE 1930S ART DECO ARCHITECTURE OF THIS FLORIDA CITY WAS

FEATURED IN THE DEC. 1982 ISSUE OF SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE...

Answer:

MIAMI BEACH

Question 2: THOMAS CRAWFORD'S BEST-KNOWN WORK, "ARMED LIBERTY", IS THE BRONZE

ATOP THE DOME OF THIS AMERICAN LANDMARK

Answer:

U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING

Question 3: ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WHICH ORIGINATED IN FRANCE, NOTABLE FOR ITS

POINTED ARCHES, FLYING BUTTRESSES, AND RIBBED VAULTING

Answer:

GOTHIC

Question 4: "NATIONAL HOUSE OF PRAYER"

Answer:

WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL

Question 5: LEGEND SAYS THAT THE ARCHITECT OF THIS CHURCH ON RED SQUARE WAS

BLINDED SO HE COULDN'T CREATE ANOTHER ONE...

Answer:

ST. BASIL'S

Question 6: WILLIAM LAMB WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THIS ICONIC BUILDING

Answer:

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

Question 7: THIS BAROQUE ARCHITECT AND SCULPTOR DESIGNED THE COLONADE THAT

BORDERS THE PIAZZA IN FRONT OF ST. PETER'S...

Answer:

BERNINI

Question 8: HE MAY BE BEST-KNOWN FOR THE GLASS PYRAMID ERECTED OUTSIDE THE

LOUVRE IN 1989, AND FOR THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME IN CLEVELAND (1995).

Answer:

I.M. PEI

Question 9: TERM FOR THE IRON GRATING THAT SLIDES UP AND DOWN IN FRONT OF THE

DOOR IN A FORTIFIED BUILDING...

Answer:

PORTCULLIS

Question 10: THIS STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE WAS INTRODUCED IN 1144 WITH THE

COMPLETION OF THE ABBEY OF ST-DENIS NORTH OF PARIS

Answer:

GOTHIC

Question 11: A MODERN STYLE, STARTED IN GERMANY, CHARACTERIZED BY STARK

GEOMETRIC SHAPES

Answer:

BAUHAUS

Question 12: ARCHITECTURAL STYLE NAMED FOR A MASSACHUSETTS PENINSULA

Answer:

CAPE COD

Question 13: AMERICA'S FAVORITE ARCHITECTURE: THIS BUILDING WAS CHOSEN AS #1

Answer:

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (WHITE HOUSE WAS #2)

Question 14: HE HEADED HARVARD'S ARCHITECTURE DEPT. FROM 1938 TO 1952

Answer:

WALTER GROPIUS

Question 15: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THE U.S MINT IN THIS CITY STANDS NEAR THE SITE OF

ITS ORIGINAL 1792 BUILDING

Answer:

PHILADELPHIA

Question 16: PARABOLAS & HYPERBOLAS IN ARCHITECTURE, WITH PLANT-LIKE

DECORATIVE ELEMENTS

Answer:

ART NOUVEAU

Question 17: HIS "ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE" TRIES TO HARMONIZE WITH ITS INHABITANTS

AND SITE...

Answer:

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Question 18: COLONIAL WAS THE AMERICAN VERSION OF THIS STYLE NAMED FOR 4

BRITISH KINGS

Answer:

GEORGIAN

Question 19: HEADED HARVARD'S ARCHITECTURE DEPT. FROM 1938-52...

Answer:

WALTER GROPIUS

Question 20: FROM THE LATIN FOR 'GATE', IT'S OFTEN AN ENTRYWAY CONSISTING OF A

ROOF SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS...

Answer:

PORTICO

Question 21: SMALL POSTS CALLED BALUSTERS SUPPORT THE HORIZONTAL RAIL THAT,

LOGICALLY, IS CALLED THIS

Answer:

BALUSTRADE

Question 22: WALLACE K. HARRISON DESIGNED THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE AS

PART OF THIS NYC COMPLEX...

Answer:

LINCOLN CENTER

Question 23: PSEUDONYM OF SWISS ARCHITECT & CITY PLANNER CHARLES-EDOUARD

JEANNERET...

Answer:

LE CORBUSIER

Question 24: ARATA ISOZAKI'S FIRST U.S. DESIGN WAS THIS CITY'S MUSEUM OF

CONTEMPORARY ART, ALSO KNOWN AS MOCA...

Answer:

LOS ANGELES

Question 25: ARCHITECT THOMAS WALTER COMPLETED THE CAST-IRON DOME OF THIS

WASHINGTON,D.C. BUILDING

Answer:

U.S. CAPITOL

Question 26: THE ROMANS BUILT THEIR HOUSES AROUND THIS OPEN-AIR CENTRAL ROOM...

Answer:

ATRIUM