Walls Trivia

1. Who was the first Emperor of China? Although many sections of the Great Wall existed before he unified China, he is credited with building a large portion of it between 220 - 206 BC.

From Quiz The Great and Wonderful Wall of China

Answer: Qin Shi Huang

Qin Shi Huang unified China in 221 BC and became the first Emperor of the Qin Dynasty. He was born on 7 February 260 BC and died on 10 August 210 BC at the age of 50. Emperor Qin is also known for creating the famous Terracotta Army which was buried with him to protect him in the afterlife.

From Quiz Hitting the Wall

Answer: It can be seen from the moon

The Great Wall of China is located in Northern China. Originally the wall was built to keep out nomadic groups from the Chinese Empire in the 5th century BC. It is not just one wall, but more a group of walls collectively known as the Great Wall of China. The original wall was built by the first emperor, Qin Shi Huang. Most of the wall that remains today, was built during the Ming Dynasty, the ruling dynasty from the 14th century until the 17th century. One of the persistent myths surrounding the wall is that it can be seen from the moon. References to it can be traced back as far as 1754, in a letter by a British antiquary William Stukely. Scientists have consistenly proven however that it would require an eyesight approximately 17.000 better than the average eyesight to see the wall from space.

From Quiz The Great and Wonderful Wall of China

Answer: 1987

UNESCO is an acronym which stands for "United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". The purpose of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture. UNESCO has 196 member states and 9 associate members.

From Quiz The Great Wall of China

Answer: Mao Zedong

This is the third line of Chairman Mao's "Mount Liupan", which was written near the end of the Long March in October 1935.

From Quiz If These Walls Could Speak

Answer: Washington DC, USA

In the early 1860s, Union forces began work on a line of forts, rifle pits, and artillery emplacements around Washington. Eventually this stretched to some 37 miles with 68 forts as well a rifle pits. In the main the forts comprised earthworks. They did their job and Confederate forces were unable to break through.

From Quiz The Great and Wonderful Wall of China

Answer: 8,851.8 km (5,500 miles)

The exact length of the structure was difficult to calculate since a lot of it is located in grasslands, remote mountain areas and deserts. The distance of 5,500 miles was made public on 18 April 2009 after an extensive investigation.The wall stretches from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Lake in the west.

From Quiz The Great Wall of China

Answer: The bones of her husband

The story goes that her husband was conscripted for corvée labor to build the Wall. When he perished due to the harsh conditions on the northern frontier, his body - along with many other corpses - was thrown into the Wall to serve as "fill". The story is set in the Qin dynasty (circa 221 BC) when the first complete or continuous Great Wall was built at the command of the First Emperor, but the earliest surviving version was actually written much later during the Tang dynasty (AD 618-907).

From Quiz Hitting the Wall

Answer: Sacsayhuaman

The walled complex near the city of Cusco in Peru is commonly referred to as Sacsayhuaman. The city of Cusco used to be the capital of the Incan Empire. The complex features a series of dry-stone walls around the great plaza. The walls are terraced. A common suggestion for this type of layout is the fact that the city of Cusco may have resembled a puma, an animal symbolising the Inca culture. The series of terraced walls were said to be the teeth of the puma's head. Currently the complex is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The citizens use the complex for instance for traditional Inca festivals, such as the festival of Inti Raymi, the celebration of the winter solstice.

From Quiz If These Walls Could Speak

Answer: Antonine Wall

The Antonine Wall is less well known than the more southerly counterpart, Hadrian's Wall. The wall ran for some 37 miles from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde. The line was abandoned in about AD65, about 20 years after completion. The line was about 10 feet high and comprised a turf bank with a ditch on the northern side and a fence in top. Up to 19 forts were built at intervals along the length It has largely been eroded by weather conditions over the years or assimilated into the farming landscape. Parts of the wall and the forts can be visited today.

From Quiz The Great and Wonderful Wall of China

Answer: About 2,000 years

Although the Great Wall was built over a long period by many different people it is accepted that building started during Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC) and ended during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

From Quiz Hitting the Wall

Answer: Gum

In Seattle you can find one of several walls worldwide that is covered in chewing gum. It can be found in Post Alley, near the Market Theater. The tradition started when in 1993 guests of the theatre company playing there started placing their gum on the wall. After attempts to stop this practice proved unsuccessful, the wall was officially declared a landmark in 1999, with people creating genuine works of art with their gum on the wall. In 2009 the wall was chosen as one of the germiest attractions worldwide, in a list made by travel website TripAdvisor, coming second in the list, right after the Blarney Stone. The wall is also featured in a 2009 movie starring Jennifer Aniston called "Love Happens".

From Quiz If These Walls Could Speak

Answer: Maginot Line

The Maginot Line was a brilliant and strong defensive line - and one that ultimately proved worthless in WW2. For, instead of attacking the line head on, the German forces simply outflanked it by sweeping through Holland and Belgium. France was forced to surrender in just six weeks. The line was intended to run for almost 950 miles from the English Channel to Switzerland. However, the heaviest fortifications were along the 280 miles of the France/Germany border. Some commentators have suggested that the French military thinking was that any new war would be very similar to the Great War - lines of trenches and fortifications halting progress for an enemy. They had not taken account of new German thinking, in particular that the war would be fought through lightning-quick advances by armour, supported by air and infantry forces.

From Quiz The Great and Wonderful Wall of China

Answer: Meng Jiangnu

The Legend of Lady Meng Jiang (Meng Jiangnu) tells how her husband, Fan Qiliang, was forced to work as a laborer on the Great Wall. After a long time of not hearing from him she set out to look for him. By the time she reached the Great Wall she discovered that he had already died. She cried her heart out and her wailing caused a section of the wall to collapse. There is more to the story, maybe you should look it up.

From Quiz If These Walls Could Speak

Answer: Italy

The three incorrect answers were all on the wrong side of the wall, along with Yugoslavia. During World War One, Italy and Austria were on opposing sides and fought bitter and bloody battles amid the snowy heights of the Alps. In the 1930s, Italy's dictator, Benito Mussolini was determined that his nation would not be threatened again and ordered the wall to be built. It comprised pillboxes, artillery emplacements and dragons' teeth tank traps. For all the efforts, it was not much needed in WW2: France and Yugoslavia were conquered by Germany; Switzerland was neutral; and Austria was part of the new Greater Germany, Italy's ally.

From Quiz The Great and Wonderful Wall of China

Answer: Rice flour

It is a common myth that human bones were crushed fine to make mortar for the bricks or that men were buried inside the wall to make it stronger. It is possible that these stories came about due to the high mortality rate of workers who built the wall. It is believed that as many as 1,000,000 men lost their lives during the period it took to built the wall. The "sticky rice" mortar was made by using a mixture of rice flour and slaked lime.

From Quiz The Great Wall of China

Answer: The place where the Great Wall meets the sea, traditionally regarded as its eastern terminus.

Old Dragon Head (Lao Long Tou) is located near the town of Shanhaiguan at the eastern end of the Great Wall. Shanhaiguan literally means "mountain sea pass," and this is where the Manchus entered China in 1644. Today it has a restored old town (walled, of course) and a Great Wall museum, and is worth a visit if you're traveling in China.

From Quiz Hitting the Wall

Answer: Croatia

The Walls of Ston are a series of defensive walls that once surrounded the city of Ston. They were constructed in the 14th and 15th century, when the city was part of the region of Dalmatia, which is now located in Croatia. The region formed a part of the Republic of Ragusa. When the republic fell, the walls were partially demolished, using the stones for public buildings for instance. Originally the wall was approximately 7 kilometres long and connected Ston to Mali Ston, a town north to Ston. One of the reasons for the wall was supposedly to protect the sand pans that can be found in this region.

From Quiz If These Walls Could Speak

Answer: Germany

The ""antifascist bulwark" was built between the East German zone in Berlin and West Berlin. Its stated aim was to prevent westerners - fascists - from entering the German Democratic Republic. Colloquially it became known as "The Berlin Wall". Work started in August 1961, but it was pulled down in November 1989 after the GDR government announced people were free to cross the divide as they pleased. High sections of wall and fence marked the line. There were in fact two walls, with a killing zone between them. Barbed wire and guard dogs were deployed, along with guards in watchtowers ready to shoot anyone who tried to cross from east to west. Despite this, it is estimated that about 5,000 people did manage to cross. At least 170 were killed during their attempts. Not only was the wall an attempt to stop East Germans reaching West Berlin, the communist authorities constructed an 850-mile barrier of fences and mines along the entire border with West Germany. Officially, East and West Germany were reunited on October 3, 1990.

From Quiz The Great and Wonderful Wall of China

Answer: It is the only man-made object visible from the moon

The Great Wall is indeed visible from a low orbit in space, but it is by no means the only man-made object you will be able to see. Other artificial objects like highways, railway lines and fields of crop are equally visible at low orbit. The myth that the Great Wall is visible with the naked eye from the moon is totally untrue. How this myth developed even before man made it into space for the first time, is also a myth! The Great Wall is in fact the longest man-made structure on earth.

From Quiz If These Walls Could Speak

Answer: To collect taxes

Officially it was known as the "Inland Customs Line", but became town as the Great Hedge of India. Work started when the British East India Company controlled large parts of the sub-continent. Initially it was made up of dead hedging, but a living hedge soon grew. It stretched from the foothills of the Himalayas almost to the Bay of Bengal. It was up to 14 feet high and 12 feet wide and patrolled between guard posts by customs officers. The purpose was to enforce customs regulations on taxes for salt. The hedge was abandoned in 1879 after the reform of Salt Taxes.

From Quiz The Great and Wonderful Wall of China

Answer: Nixon

President Nixon became the first American Head of State to visit the Great Wall of China when he visited China on 21 to 28 February 1972. Nixon was quoted as saying: "I think that you would have to conclude that this is a great wall".

From Quiz Hitting the Wall

Answer: Wailing Wall

The Western Wall is the name given to the wall surrounding the Temple in the old part of Jerusalem. The original wall is said to have been constructed in 19 BCE, as part of the reconstruction of the temple. It has been an important place for the Jewish community for centuries, often used by pilgrims and those who have come to pray. The wall has been a source of conflict as well, however, with the muslim community also claiming the wall as part of their history, as they feel that the wall forms part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The wall is also known as the Wailing Wall. This dates back to the practice in the Jewish community to come to the wall and lament the destruction of the temple.

From Quiz If These Walls Could Speak

Answer: Rabbits

Rabbits are not indigenous to Australia. Yet when about two dozen were released into the wild in the 19th Century they bred like, err...rabbits. It is estimated their number rose to 600 million. I'll say that again so you'll know it is not a typo: 600 million. The rabbits ate everything before them and threatened the precious arable land in south eastern Australia and work to build a 2,000 mile fence began in 1859. While rabbits were the initial worry, eventually the fence was strengthened to keep out a new danger: dingoes. It continues to be maintained at a cost of AU$10m a year.

From Quiz The Great and Wonderful Wall of China

Answer: 1938

The last official battle fought at the Great Wall was in 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The conflict between these two countries officially started on 7 July 1937, although minor fighting had been taking place since 18 September 1931, and ended on 9 September 1945. Bullet marks can still be seen in the Wall at Gubeikou.

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