Where Can I See That? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Poland

In Sopot, Poland you can visit "The Crooked House". This unusual building was built in 2004. The works of famous Polish artist and child books illustrator, Jan Marcin Szancer and those of Swedish painter Per Dahlberg, who lived in Sopot, were the inspiration for the creation of this marvelous work of architecture. Polish architect Szotynscy Zaleski built the 4000 square meter house in the Rezydent shopping center. This creation is one of the most photographed buildings in Poland.

Close to two million tourists visit Sopot every year enjoying the Sopot International Song Festival, beaches, water slides, "Crooked House" and much more.

Answer: Giant eggs

This building was named after Salvador Dali's deceased wife Gala. It is the annex of the Salvador Dali Theater/Museum. This great tourist attraction in Figueres, Spain is very unusual. Typical of Dali's style, "The Torre Galatea" is adorned with giant eggs on top of the walls and the tower. Dali lived in the building until his death in 1989.

He is buried in an unmarked crypt located in the main exhibition hall of the museum. This museum is one of the main cultural attractions visited by tourists from around the world. Within the walls of the museum one can view the works of Dali, a master of Surrealism.

Answer: Newark, Ohio, USA

In Newark, Ohio, USA you can find a most unusual office buildings! "The Longaberger Basket Company" building is a replica of the company's market basket. Costing about $30 million dollars and taking two years to complete, this 180,000 square-foot building is what Dave Longaberger planned and wanted. The giant basket building is seven-stories high. The building is 160 times larger than Longaberger's "Medium Market Basket".

While touring Newark, one can take in the Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve, the Buckingham Meeting House as well as the Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra!

Answer: Kansas City Public Library

Kansas City, Missouri, USA is the location of the "Kansas City Public Library". What makes this library so unusual is the fact that its parking garage is constructed, on the outside, to look like giant books, side by side, on a book shelf. These "books" have colorful bindings and titles on the books, such as "Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, "Charlotte's Web" by E. B. White and so on. Each "book" is part of the design of the exterior of the parking garage for the library.

Answer: Prague, Czech Republic

The Dancing House is a nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building. It was designed by Vlado Milunic, a Croatian-Czech architect along with Frank Gehry, a Canadian architect. Some people have nicknamed the building "Drunk House" due to its unusual shape which resembles a pair of dancers, twisted and turned. It was originally named "Fred and Ginger" after Astaire and Rogers. In 1992, the design of the building was made and finally in 1996 the building was finished. As a tourist attraction, it receives a lot of attention because of its unusual design.

Prague is host to many museums such as Alfons Mucha Museum, Bedrich Smetana Museum, Museum Kampa and more. Other attractions to spend the days touring include St. Vitus's Cathedral, St. Wenceslas Square and Prague Castle.

Answer: It is round, stands on a hill and looks like gears

The Druzhba Holiday Center Hall in Yalta, Ukraine was once regarded as a strange military object by the CIA. It is round, juts out from next to a hill and has an appearance of a double layer of gears. It was designed by Igor Vasilevsky in 1984. To enter the Druzhba Holiday Center Hall, people must cross a bridge that is encased within a glass tube. Once across the bridge one must descend into the building either by elevator or using the stairs.

Answer: Bilbao, Spain

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain was designed by Frank Gehry and built by Ferrovial. This art museum is built alongside of the Nervion River. The unusual shape of the building is made up of various random-looking curves. The windows are designed to capture light. This museum opened to the public in 1997. Since the building is by the water its construction is made to resemble a ship. The giant spider designed by Louise Bourgouise is on the outside of the building and located at the main entrance. The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao is an extremely popular tourist attraction.

Answer: Lotus flower

The "Baha'i House of Worship", is also known as "Lotus Temple" due to the floral shape of the building. Situated in Delhi, India, it was constructed by Fariborz Sahba to resemble a lotus flower. The completion of this building was in 1986.

This building draws about seventy million visitors a year which makes it one of the most frequently visited edifices. In this place of worship you can view beautiful gardens and walk along the walkways overlooking ponds.

Answer: London, England

This skyscraper, known as 30 St Mary Axe is also called the "Gherkin". It is located in London, England and was completed in December 2003. The unusual structure has 40 floors and measures 180 meters (591 feet) tall. Norman Foster designed the building.

This unusual building has been given some very creative nicknames based on the phallic appearance of the structure, "Towering Innuendo" being one of them. Even though the building has an overall curved glass shape to it, the only curved piece of glass is at the very top. That piece of glass is lens-shaped.

The 744 glass panels on the building reflect the surroundings and can give the building a variety in the scale of colors that are reflected, depending on the weather conditions of the day.

Answer: Niagara Falls, Ontario

"Skylon Tower" is in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Within the walls a tourist can enjoy very fine dining and a spectacular view of the "Horseshoe Falls", the Canadian portion of "Niagara Falls". One of the two restaurants in the "Skylon Tower" revolves affording the tourists with views of the "Great Gorge", "Niagara wine district and the skylines of both Buffalo, New York, USA and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Niagara Falls has a multitude of attractions, restaurants, hotels and also a "Marine Land" for every tourist to enjoy!