Seven wonders of antiquity, seven new ones chosen by public vote. How many can you place on a map?
10 questions on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the New Seven Wonders named in 2007, from Giza to Rio.
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The normal quiz covers what most people know of both lists: where these monuments stand, who built them and which ones still survive.
Hard mode goes into the stories behind them: the sculptors, the disasters, the myths and the words these wonders left in the English language.
The ancient list was drawn up by Greek writers such as Antipater of Sidon and Philo of Byzantium, and only covers the Mediterranean and the Near East. Only the Great Pyramid of Giza still stands.
The New Seven Wonders were chosen in a worldwide online and phone vote run by a Swiss foundation and announced in Lisbon on 7 July 2007. UNESCO did not take part.
All ten easy level questions, with the answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: Seven
Seven, the same number as on the 2007 list.
Correct answer: China
China, where it stretches thousands of kilometres in sections built over many centuries.
Correct answer: Rome
Rome, right next to the Roman Forum.
Correct answer: India
India, in the city of Agra.
Correct answer: Egypt
Egypt, on the edge of Cairo.
Correct answer: Brazil
Brazil, overlooking Rio de Janeiro from Corcovado mountain.
Correct answer: Rose-red sandstone cliffs
Sandstone cliffs. A Victorian poem called it "a rose-red city half as old as time".
Correct answer: To guide ships into port
To guide ships into Alexandria's harbour with a fire at the top.
Correct answer: The Inca Empire
The Inca Empire, in the 15th century.
Correct answer: North America
North America, in Mexico's Yucatán peninsula.
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Correct answer: Khufu
Khufu, also known by his Greek name Cheops, around 2560 BC.
Correct answer: The Hanging Gardens
The Hanging Gardens. Some historians now think they were really in Nineveh, the Assyrian capital.
Correct answer: Shah Jahan, for his wife Mumtaz Mahal
Shah Jahan, in memory of his favourite wife, who died in 1631 giving birth to their 14th child.
Correct answer: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in 1989. Inside, the real Treasury is just a small rock-cut chamber.
Correct answer: The Andes
The Andes, in Peru, at about 2,400 metres above sea level.
Correct answer: 1931
1931, after nine years of work. The statue is made of reinforced concrete covered in a mosaic of soapstone tiles.
Correct answer: The Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes, a bronze statue of the sun god Helios. Despite the paintings, it almost certainly didn't straddle the harbour mouth.
Correct answer: The Colosseum
The Colosseum, opened in AD 80 under Emperor Titus.
Correct answer: The Maya
The Maya, on the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico.
Correct answer: The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid, given an honorary status in 2007 after Egypt objected to it being put to a vote.
Stuck on one, or just curious how nasty it gets? Every hard mode question is here with its answer and the reasoning behind it.
Correct answer: Bodrum
Bodrum. Stones from the ruined Mausoleum were reused by the Knights of St John to build Bodrum Castle.
Correct answer: Phidias
Phidias, who also oversaw the sculptures of the Parthenon. The statue was made of gold and ivory over a wooden frame.
Correct answer: Herostratus
Herostratus. The Ephesians banned his name, which is why "herostratic fame" now means fame sought through a crime.
Correct answer: About 55 years
About half a century, from around 280 BC to the earthquake of 226 BC. Its ruins lay on the ground for centuries afterwards.
Correct answer: King Kong
King Kong, in 1933. Carl Denham introduces the ape to a New York audience with that very line.
Correct answer: Paul Landowski
Paul Landowski, working with Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa. Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty.
Correct answer: They were used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay
Sultan Qaitbay used them around 1477 for a fortress on the same spot, which still stands.
Correct answer: Hiram Bingham
Hiram Bingham, a Yale lecturer guided to the site by local farmers who already knew it well.
Correct answer: A shadow serpent appears to slide down the stairs
Triangles of shadow along the staircase look like a serpent descending to the stone head at the bottom. Clapping in front of the stairs also makes a chirp-like echo, but that happens all year.
Correct answer: Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral in England, whose central spire is thought to have reached about 160 metres before it collapsed in 1548.