Here is a quiz to test your knowledge of famous bridges.
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Question of
The Queensferry Crossing spans which river in Scotland?
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Forth
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Tay
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Tweed
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Dee
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Question of
Why is the Golden Gate bridge painted orange?
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To hide the rust
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To be visible in fog
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To honour the Dutch
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The bridge is sponsored by a company that has an orange logo
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Which bridge was the world`s first major suspension bridge?
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Golden Gate
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Clifton
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Menai
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Humber
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Question of
Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear soon after painting a picture of a bridge. Which one?
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Pont du Gard, Remoulins
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Pont d`Avignon
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Pont Notre-Dame, Paris
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Pont de Langlois, Arles
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Question of
In former times, the severed heads of traitors were displayed over the gate to which bridge over the River Thames?
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Tower Bridge
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Westminster Bridge
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London Bridge
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Hammersmith Bridge
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Question of
In which country is the Bridge On The River Kwai (featured in the 1957 film directed by David Lean)?
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Myanmar
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Thailand
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India
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Cambodia
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Question of
The seven bridges of which Russian city formed the basis of a celebrated mathematical puzzle?
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St Petersburg
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Moscow
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Perm
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Kaliningrad
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Question of
When was London`s Tower Bridge opened?
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1594
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1694
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1794
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1894
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Question of
According to the Guinness Book of Records, which is the World’s longest bridge (of any type, continuous or aggregate)?
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Confederation Bridge, Canada
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Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, Louisiana
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Bang Na Expressway, Thailand
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Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge, China
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In which Italian city is the Ponte Vecchio over the River Arno?
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Milan
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Florence
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Venice
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Naples
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3/10 because dammit Jim, I’m an artist, not an architect! and the only reason I got three right is cos you had a question about Van Gough in there
For many people that would have been the trickiest question. What a good job it is that we don’t all know the same things – it would make quizzes like this much less interesting!
To be sure, most folks haven’t taken years of art history. Why should they? I dated an engineer but still don’t know much about bridges…
6 out of 10 ☺ I was quite sure that bridge on the Kwai was in Myanmar! Great quiz.
I checked this carefully, because one source I saw said that it was in Burma. However, it is definitely on the Thailand tourist trail. I suppose the term “the Burma railway” is the problem.
I had no doubt that you had carefully fact-checked. It just goes to support one of my oft-used adages while raising my kids, “Just because you’re sure doesn’t mean you’re right” 🙂
Thought I was going to get a 0 but I got the last one right???
3 correct here.
4 out of 10 right. Awesome quiz! ????????