40 World Famous Landmarks Quiz Questions and Answers

Planning a geography lesson, a team trivia night or a pub quiz round? These 40 world famous landmarks quiz questions and answers are ready to use. They run across four rounds: general knowledge, landmark anagrams, emoji puzzles and a clue round, and the answers sit at the bottom.

Every fact has been checked against primary or reference sources, including Κατάλογος Παγκόσμιας Κληρονομιάς της UNESCO, the Royal Family website, Υπηρεσία Εθνικών Πάρκων των ΗΠΑ και BritannicaΗ πλήρης λίστα βρίσκεται στο τέλος.

Landmarks at a glance

• Τι είναι ορόσημο; A building or place that is unique or easy to recognise, which helps people find their way. Landmarks are either natural, like a waterfall or mountain, or human-made, like a tower or temple.
• How many World Heritage sites are there? UNESCO’s list stands at 1,248 properties in 170 countries after the July 2025 session (UNESCO).
• Which of the Seven Wonders still stands? Only the Great Pyramid of Giza (Britannica).

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Γύρος 1: γενικές γνώσεις

Get the ball rolling with common knowledge. This round mixes multiple choice, matching, typed answers and a true or false question for variety.

1. What is the name of the ancient citadel in Athens, Greece?

• Αθήνα
• Θεσσαλονίκη
• Ακρόπολη
• Σέρρες

2. In which country is Neuschwanstein Castle?

• UK
• Germany
• Βέλγιο
• Ιταλία

3. Which is the tallest waterfall in the world?

• Victoria Falls
• Καταρράκτες του Νιαγάρα
• Ο Άγγελος πέφτει
• Iguazu Falls

4. Which palace has been the official London residence of the UK’s sovereigns since 1837?

• Το παλάτι του Κένσινγκτον
• Τα ανάκτορα του Μπάκιγχαμ
• Ανάκτορο Μπλένχαϊμ
• Το παλάτι του Hampton Court

5. In which city is Angkor Wat?

• Πνομ Πενχ
• Καμπόνγκ Τσαμ
• Σιχάνουκβιλ
• Σιέμ Ριπ

6. Match each country to its landmark: Singapore, Vietnam, Australia, Brazil.

• Πάρκο Merlion
• Ha Long Bay
• Όπερα του Σίδνεϊ
• Χριστός ο Λυτρωτής

7. Which landmark stands in New York Harbor but was built in France and shipped across the Atlantic?

8. Which is the tallest building in the world?

9. Fill in the blank: the Great ______ of China is the longest wall in the world.

10. True or false: you can see the Great Wall of China from the Moon with the naked eye.

Round 2: landmark anagrams

Shuffle the letters and unscramble these landmarks as fast as you can.

11. C-l-u-e-s-m-o-o-s

12. a-c-h-i-c-c-u-P-h-u-M

13. g-h-e-e-S-t-e-n-o-n

14. t-a-P-e-r

15. a-c-e-M-c

16. e-B-B-g-i-n

17. a-n-o-i-n-t-i-r-S

18. a-a-g-r-a-i-N

19. E-e-e-t-v-r-s

20. m-o-i-P-e-p-i

Round 3: emoji pictionary

Let imaginations run wild. Players guess the landmark, or the place, from the emojis.

21. Which famous tower is in this country? 👢🍕

22. What is this landmark? 🪙🚪🌉

23. What is this landmark? 🎡👁

24. What is this landmark? 🔺🔺

25. What is this landmark? 🇵👬🗼

26. Which famous London landmark is this? 💂‍♂️⏰

27. What is this landmark? 🌸🗼

28. Which city is this landmark in? 🗽

29. Where is this landmark? 🗿

30. What is this landmark? ⛔🌇

Round 4: clue round

No pictures needed. Read each clue aloud and see who can name the landmark first. Award a bonus point if they also name the country.

31. A white marble mausoleum in Agra, built by a Mughal emperor for his wife.

32. Giant carved stone heads on a remote Pacific island that belongs to Chile.

33. A triumphal arch at the western end of the Champs-Élysées, commissioned by Napoleon.

34. A limestone statue with a lion’s body and a human head, guarding the pyramids at Giza.

35. A chapel whose ceiling was painted by Michelangelo.

36. The highest mountain in Africa.

37. Four US presidents carved into a granite mountainside in South Dakota.

38. Japan’s highest mountain, a near-perfect volcanic cone.

39. A Maya step pyramid called El Castillo, in the Yucatán.

40. The world’s most visited museum, home to the Mona Lisa, with a glass pyramid outside.

World famous landmarks quiz answers

Γύρος 1: γενικές γνώσεις

1. Ακρόπολη
2. Germany
3. Angel Falls (Venezuela, 979 metres)
4. Τα ανάκτορα του Μπάκιγχαμ
5. Σιέμ Ριπ
6. Singapore: Merlion Park. Vietnam: Ha Long Bay. Australia: Sydney Opera House. Brazil: Christ the Redeemer.
7. The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France
8. The Burj Khalifa in Dubai (828 metres)
9. Τοίχου
10. False. NASA and astronauts confirm it cannot be seen from the Moon with the naked eye.

Round 2: anagrams

11. Κολοσσαίο
12. Μάτσου Πίτσου
13. Στόουνχεντζ
14. Πέτρα
15. Μέκκα
16. Big Ben
17. Σαντορίνη
18. Νιαγάρας
19. Everest
20. Πομπηία

Round 3: emoji pictionary

21. The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)
22. Γέφυρα Golden Gate
23. London Eye
24. Οι Πυραμίδες της Γκίζας
25. Δίδυμοι πύργοι Petronas
26. Big Ben
27. Πύργος του Τόκιο
28. Νέα Υόρκη
29. Νησί του Πάσχα, Χιλή
30. Η Απαγορευμένη Πόλη

Round 4: clue round

31. Taj Mahal, Ινδία
32. Moai statues, Easter Island, Chile
33. Arc de Triomphe, France
34. The Great Sphinx, Egypt
35. Καπέλα Σιξτίνα, Πόλη του Βατικανού
36. Όρος Κιλιμάντζαρο, Τανζανία
37. Όρος Ράσμορ, ΗΠΑ
38. Όρος Φούτζι, Ιαπωνία
39. Chichen Itza, Μεξικό
40. Το Λούβρο, Γαλλία

Συχνές ερωτήσεις

What are the Seven Wonders of the World?

The classic list of the ancient world is the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos (lighthouse) of Alexandria.

Which ancient wonder still exists?

Only the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was built for the pharaoh Khufu around 4,500 years ago from roughly 2.3 million blocks of stone (Britannica).

Does UNESCO recognise the Seven Wonders?

No. UNESCO does not publish a list of wonders. It maintains the Κατάλογος Παγκόσμιας Κληρονομιάς, which currently has 1,248 properties.

Πηγές

• UNESCO World Heritage Centre: World Heritage List
• Britannica: Angel Falls
• Emaar: Burj Khalifa
• Britannica: Great Pyramid of Giza
• Britannica: Seven Wonders of the World
• Britannica: Great Wall of China
• NASA: Great Wall
• US National Park Service: Creating the Statue of Liberty
• The Royal Family: Buckingham Palace

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