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 Zoznam svetového dedičstva UNESCO, the Royal Family websitesa US National Park Service a BritannicaÚplný zoznam je na konci.

Landmarks at a glance

• Čo je to orientačný bod? 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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Next, a typed-answer question from the anagram round, where players have to spell the landmark themselves:

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1. kolo: všeobecné vedomosti

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?

• Atény
• Thessaloniki
• Acropolis
• Skleníky

2. In which country is Neuschwanstein Castle?

• UK
• Nemecko
• Belgicko
• Taliansko

3. Which is the tallest waterfall in the world?

• Victoria Falls
• Niagarské vodopády
• Anjelské vodopády
• Vodopády Iguazu

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

• Kensingtonský palác
• Buckinghamský palác
• Palác v Blenheime
• Hampton Court Palace

5. In which city is Angkor Wat?

• Phnom Penh
• Kampong Cham
• Sihanoukville
• Siem Reap

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

• Park Merlion
• Ha Long Bay
• Dom opery v Sydney
• Kristus vykupiteľ

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

1. kolo: všeobecné vedomosti

1. Acropolis
2. Nemecko
3. Angel Falls (Venezuela, 979 metres)
4. Buckinghamský palác
5. Siem Reap
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. Stena
10. False. NASA and astronauts confirm it cannot be seen from the Moon with the naked eye.

Round 2: anagrams

11. Koloseum
12. Machu Picchu
13. Stonehenge
14. Petra
15. Mecca
16. Big Ben
17. Santorini
18. Niagara
19. Everest
20. Pompeje

Round 3: emoji pictionary

21. The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)
22. Most Golden Gate
23. London Eye
24. Pyramídy v Gíze
25. Dvojičky Petronas
26. Big Ben
27. Tokyo Tower
28. New York
29. Veľkonočný ostrov, Čile
30. Zakázané mesto

Round 4: clue round

31. Taj Mahal, India
32. Moai statues, Easter Island, Chile
33. Arc de Triomphe, France
34. The Great Sphinx, Egypt
35. Sixtínska kaplnka, Vatikán
36. Kilimandžáro, Tanzánia
37. Mount Rushmore, USA
38. Hora Fudži, Japonsko
39. Chichen Itza, Mexiko
40. Louvre, Francúzsko

Často kladené otázky

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 Zoznam svetového dedičstva, which currently has 1,248 properties.

Zdroje

• 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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