World Heritage Quiz

Founded in the third millennium B.C. this site
is known as the world’s oldest continuously
inhabited city.

Site: Ancient City of Damascus
Location: Syrian Arab Republic

I was the principal residence of the French kings
from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI.

Versailles
Location: France
Year Designated: 1979
Category: Cultural

Build to awe, the pyramid known as
El Castillo has become the towering icon of
prehispanic City of _____________.

Chichén Itzá
Location: Mexico
Category: Cultural

The Stone Town on the picture is a fine
example of the Swahili coastal trading towns
of East Africa.

The Stone Town of Zanzibar
Location: Tanzania
Category: Cultural

The Ancient City of Sigiriya is located
in which country?

I am located within a palace and I have
witnessed every coronation since the 11th
century. Who am I?

This site dates back from the beginning of the
Shogun period. It is a master piece of wooden
construction, the finest surviving example of early
17th-century Japanese castle architecture.

Founded as a Greek colony in the 6th century
B.C. this city was one of the leading in the
Mediterranean world.

Agrigento
Location: Sicily, Italia
Category: Cultural

This site, located at the southern tip of Florida, is
the largest designated sub-tropical wilderness reserve
in North America.

Everglades National Park
Location: USA
Category: Natural
Since the year 2010 the site is inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger.

This Caribbean country has one site inscribed on
the World Heritage List - Historic Bridgetown and
its Garrison. Name of the country is …

What Continent has the
most World Heritage sites?
Asia
Africa
Europe
North
America

Correct
Europe has the lion’s share of
World Heritage sites; most are
cultural sites, such as cathedrals,
castles, Roman and Greek ruins,
and historic city centers. Recent
selections recognize modern sites
like the Essen Coal region in
Germany and cultural landscapes
such as the Douro wine country
of Portugal.

The Swiss towns of la Chaux-de-Fonds
and Le Locle were added to the World
Heritage List in 2009 for what cultural
distinction?
Their town planning
Traditional cheesemaking
Twin monasteries
A roman aqueduct

Correct
These small cities in the remote
Jura Mountains were designated
as World Heritage sites because of
their unique town planning.
Centers of the Swiss watchmaking
industry, La Chaux-de-Fonds and
Le Locle were laid out explicitly for
the single goal of manufacturing
watches.

The World Heritage emblem was
designed by Belgian artist Michel
Olyff. Which year it was adopted as
official World Heritage emblem ?
1978
1989
1988
2004

Correct
The World Heritage emblem
represents the interdependence of
the world’s natural and cultural
diversity. It is used to identify
properties protected by the World
Heritage Convention and inscribed
on the official World Heritage List,
and represents the universal values
for which the Convention stands.
Designed by Belgian artist Michel
Olyff, it was adopted as the official
emblem of the World Heritage
Convention in 1978.

What is the Vredefort Dome, a
World Heritage site in South
Africa?
An 15th-century
monastery
The world’s largest
asteroid impact site
A volcanic crater
A historic gold mine

Correct
The Vredefort Dome, southwest of
Johannesburg, is part of the largest
known asteroid impact site on
Earth. The astrobleme, or scar,
stretches 186 miles (300 kilometers)
wide and is estimated to be some
two billion years old. It was added
to the World Heritage List in 2005.

How many countries have
adhered to the World Heritage
Convention?
108
21
190
152

Correct
There are 190 States Parties, or
countries that have adhered to
the World Heritage Convention.
This means they agree to
protect the sites inscribed on
the World Heritage List, among
other duties.

Only two countries have ever had
a World Heritage site removed
from the list. What are they?
Estonia and Ivory Coast
Iraq and Serbia
Germany and Oman
China and Laos

Correct
Germany and Oman are the only
countries that have suffered the
embarrassment of having a site
removed from the World Heritage
List. Germany’s Dresden Elbe
Valley was delisted un 2009
because of the construction of a
bridge through the valley. In 2007,
Oman’s Arabian Onyx Sanctuary
was delisted when the size of the
preserve was reduced by 90
percent after oil was discovered
there.

Which of the following is a World
Heritage site?
Sydney Opera House,
Australia
Hiroshima Peace
Memorial, Japan
All of the above
Sewell Mining Town,
Chile

Correct
As of 2012, UNESCO’s World
Heritage List included 962 sites –
including these three. The list’s
sites cover the spectrum from the
natural (Skocjan Caves in Slovenia)
to the man-made (the Milan
church that includes “The Last
Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci).

A World Heritage site added in
2006 recognizes what in Mexico?
Zona Rosa neighborhood
of Mexico City
Its tequila-producing area
Artist Diego Rivera’s
murals
Bullring in Acapulco

Correct
The 2006 addition recognizes the
agave landscape and ancient
industrial facilities of the Tequila
area in Mexico. The spiny agave
plant has been fermented and
distilled into the spirit called
tequila for centuries.

The Mount Huangshan is known
as “the loveliest mountain of …. “?
China
Republic of Korea
Vietnam
Japan

Correct
Huangshan, known as 'the loveliest
mountain of China', was acclaimed
through art and literature during a
good part of Chinese history (e.g.
the Shanshui 'mountain and water'
style of the mid-16th century).
Today it holds the same fascination
for visitors, poets, painters and
photographers who come on
pilgrimage to the site, which is
renowned for its magnificent
scenery made up of many granite
peaks and rocks emerging out of a
sea of clouds.

Which of these sites was in the
first group added to the World
Heritage List?
Fraser Island, Australia
Historic Cairo, Egypt
Venice, Italy
Yellowstone National
Park, U.S.

Correct
In 1978, the first 12 sites
were inscribed to the World
Heritage List. Among them
was Yellowstone National
Park, recognized for its
natural beauty, biodiversity,
and geological processes.
Also in the first batch: the
Galapagos, Senegal’s Island
of Goree, the historic center
of Krakow, Poland; and the
rock-hewn churches of
Lalibela, Ethiopia.

Which of these U.S. sites is on
the World Heritage List?
Golden Gate Bridge, San
Francisco
Los Alamos, New Mexico
The White House,
Washington, D.C.
Statue of Liberty, New
York

Correct
America’s iconic Statue of Liberty
was added to World Heritage List
in 1985. The 151-foot-tall (46-
meters-tall) monument stands on
a pedestal at the entrance to
New York Harbor, where it has
welcomed millions of arriving
immigrants.

Which UNESCO World Heritage site
is on the picture?
Tombs of Buganda Kings
at Kasubi, Uganda
Historic City of
Ayutthaya, Thailand
Residence of Bukovinian
and Dalmatian
Metropolitans, Ukraine
The Treasury at Petra,
Jordan

Correct
Inhabited since prehistoric times,
this Nabataean caravan-city,
situated between the Red Sea and
the Dead Sea, was an important
crossroads between Arabia, Egypt
and Syria-Phoenicia. Petra is half-
built, half-carved into the rock, and
is surrounded by mountains riddled
with passages and gorges. It is one
of the world's most famous
archaeological sites, where ancient
Eastern traditions blend with
Hellenistic architecture.

Which World Heritage-listed 25
million year-old lake is known as
the oldest freshwater lake in the
world?
Lake Geneva/Lac Leman,
Switzerland/France
Lake Como, Italy
Lake Titicaca,
Peru/Bolivia
Lake Baikal, Russian
Federation

Correct
Situated in south-east Siberia, the
3.15-million-ha Lake Baikal is the
oldest (25 million years) and
deepest (1,700 m) lake in the
world. It contains 20% of the
world's total unfrozen freshwater
reserve. Known as the 'Galapagos
of Russia', its age and isolation
have produced one of the world's
richest and most unusual
freshwater faunas, which is of
exceptional value to evolutionary
science.

What site illustrates a major stage
of the Earth’s history?
Shirakami-Sanchi
Curonian Spit
Messel Pit Fossil Site

Correct
Messel Pit is the richest site in
the world for understanding
the living environment of the
Eocene, between 57 million
and 36 million years ago. In
particular, it provides unique
information about the early
stages of the evolution of
mammals and includes
exceptionally well-preserved
mammal fossils, ranging from
fully articulated skeletons to
the contents of stomachs of
animals of this period.

Charles Darwin visited this
UNESCO World Heritage site
consisting of nineteen islands
off the coast of Ecuador.
What is the name of this site?
Ogasawara Islands
Brazilian Atlantic Islands
Galapagos Islands
Aeolian Islands

Correct
Situated in the Pacific Ocean some
1,000 km from the South American
continent, these 19 islands and the
surrounding marine reserve have
been called a unique ‘living museum
and showcase of evolution’. Located
at the confluence of three ocean
currents, the Galápagos are a
‘melting pot’ of marine species. It
fosters an unusual animal life – such
as the land iguana, the giant tortoise
and the many types of finch – that
inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of
evolution by natural selection
following his visit in 1835.

Located in Indonesia, what UNESCO
World Heritage Site is a National
Park which derives its name from
an island named after a giant
lizard?
Komodo National Park
Aldabra Atoll
Manu National Park
Niokolo-Koba National
Park

Correct
These volcanic islands are inhabited
by a population of around 5,700
giant lizards, whose appearance and
aggressive behavior have led to them
being called 'Komodo dragons'. They
exist nowhere else in the world and
are of great interest to scientists
studying the theory of evolution. The
rugged hillsides of dry savannah and
pockets of thorny green vegetation
contrast starkly with the brilliant
white sandy beaches and the blue
waters surging over coral.

The Late Roman fortified palace
compound and memorial complex of
Felix Romuliana, in the east of Serbia,
was commissioned by Roman Emperor
Galerius Maximianus, in the late 3rd
and early 4th centuries. Name Felix
Romuliana, got after Emperor’s...
Mother
Town of birth
Servant who saved his
life in a battle
Wife

Correct
The Late Roman fortified palace
compound and memorial complex of
Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of
Galerius, in the east of Serbia, was
commissioned by Emperor Caius
Valerius Galerius Maximianus, in the
late 3rd and early 4th centuries. It was
known as Felix Romuliana, named
after the emperor’s mother. The site
consists of fortifications, the palace in
the north-western part of the
complex, basilicas, temples, hot baths,
memorial complex, and a tetrapylon.
The group of buildings is also unique
in its intertwining of ceremonial and
memorial functions.

Name the Pacific island that is
home to a World Heritage site
containing the world’s largest
raised coral atoll?
Rennell Island
Fiji
Vanuatu
Rarotonga

Correct
East Rennell makes up the southern
third of Rennell Island, the most
southern island in the Solomon Island
group in the western Pacific. Rennell,
86 km long x 15 km wide, is the
largest raised coral atoll in the world.
The site includes approximately
37,000 ha and a marine area
extending 3 nautical miles to sea. A
major feature of the island is Lake
Tegano, which was the former lagoon
on the atoll. The lake, the largest in
the insular Pacific (15,500 ha), is
brackish and contains many rugged
limestone islands and endemic
species.

Please match site and its
country location?
Kakadu National Park
Wooden Churches of
Maramures
Archaeological site of
Troy
Albania
Turkey
Australia
Romania
Butrint

Correct
Inhabited since prehistoric times,
Butrint has been the site of a Greek
colony, a Roman city and a bishopric.
Following a period of prosperity under
Byzantine administration, then a brief
occupation by the Venetians, the city
was abandoned in the late Middle
Ages after marshes formed in the
area. The present archaeological site
is a repository of ruins representing
each period in the city’s development.

Correct
This unique archaeological and
ethnological reserve, located in the
Northern Territory, has been
inhabited continuously for more than
40,000 years. The cave paintings, rock
carvings and archaeological sites
record the skills and way of life of the
region’s inhabitants, from the hunter-
gatherers of prehistoric times to the
Aboriginal people still living there. It is
a unique example of a complex of
ecosystems, including tidal flats,
floodplains, lowlands and plateaux,
and provides a habitat for a wide
range of rare or endemic species of
plants and animals.

Correct
These eight churches are outstanding
examples of a range of architectural
solutions from different periods and
areas. They show the variety of
designs and craftsmanship adopted in
these narrow, high, timber
constructions with their characteristic
tall, slim clock towers at the western
end of the building, either single- or
double-roofed and covered by
shingles. As such, they are a particular
vernacular expression of the cultural
landscape of this mountainous area of
northern Romania.

Correct
Troy, with its 4,000 years of history, is
one of the most famous
archaeological sites in the world. The
first excavations at the site were
undertaken by the famous
archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in
1870. In scientific terms, its extensive
remains are the most significant
demonstration of the first contact
between the civilizations of Anatolia
and the Mediterranean world.
Moreover, the siege of Troy by
Spartan and Achaean warriors from
Greece in the 13th or 12th century
B.C., immortalized by Homer in the
Iliad, has inspired great creative
artists throughout the world ever
since.

All of my 5 national parks and
reserve are listed in danger.
Which country am I?
Russian Federation
USA
Somalia
DR Congo

Correct
Natural
Garamba National Park (1980)
Kahuzi-Biega National Park (1980)
Okapi Wildlife Reserve (1996)
Salonga National Park (1984)
Virunga National Park (1979)

Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Islands),
Chile

Minaret and Archaeological Remains of
Jam, Afghanistan

Kremlin and Red Square, Russia

Historic Centre of Prague,
Czech Republic

Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania

Golden Temple of Dambulla, Sri Lanka

Cape Floral Region Protected Areas,
South Africa

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