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Architecture Quiz for Freshmen

The document contains questions about architecture and design-related terms. It asks about famous buildings from around the world like the Sydney Opera House, Burj Khalifa, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Taj Mahal. It also asks about architectural styles, materials, elements, and concepts such as brutalism, concrete, lines, shapes, textures, and scale. Some questions test knowledge of vernacular architecture terms in other languages for components like beams, gutters, and door jambs.

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Architecture Quiz for Freshmen

The document contains questions about architecture and design-related terms. It asks about famous buildings from around the world like the Sydney Opera House, Burj Khalifa, Notre Dame Cathedral, and Taj Mahal. It also asks about architectural styles, materials, elements, and concepts such as brutalism, concrete, lines, shapes, textures, and scale. Some questions test knowledge of vernacular architecture terms in other languages for components like beams, gutters, and door jambs.

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QUESTIONS FOR FRESHIES 16.

What do you call the unfinished structure,


designed by Antoni Gaudi that is located in
1. What is the most famous building in Australia
Barcelona, Spain? – La Sagrada Familia
that can be found at Sydney? - Sydney
17. Which metal was used to construct the
Opera House
outside hull of the Statue of Liberty? –
2. What do you call the tallest building in the
Copper
world as of year 2010 up to 2022? - Burj
18. In which city is the world famous Burj Al Arab
Khalifa
skyscraper located? – Dubai
3. What architecture material is commonly used
19. In which city is the world-famous Chrysler
to create perfect circles and curves? -
Building skyscraper located? – New York
Compass
20. A phenomenon of light and visual perception
4. What architecture material is used to create
that may be described in terms of an
irregular and curvy shapes? - French Curve
individual's perception – Color
5. What is the TIP Mantra? - Problem Solvers,
21. Any of a set of colors, regarded as
Innovators and Lifelong Learners
generating all other colors - Primary color
6. From what particular country in Africa can the
22. A color produced by mixing two primary
Pyramids of Giza be located? - Egypt
colors - Secondary color
7. Who is considered to be the "Father of
23. A color produced by mixing two secondary
Architecture"? - Frank Lloyd Wright
colors or a secondary color with one of its
8. What do you call the most typical and famous
constituent partners - Tertiary color
native house that can be found in the
24. Intensity, brightness, or dullness of a color –
Philippines? - Bahay Kubo
Saturation
9. The Calle Crisologo is a famous street for
25. Darkness and lightness of a color – Value
tourists in Luzon, in what northern province
26. A color with the presence of white; a lighter
of Luzon can we locate it? - Ilocos Sur
shade of a color – Tint
10. During the prehistoric times in the Philippines
27. A color with the presence of black; a darker
wherein houses are not yet present, where
shade of a color – Shade
do the early people usually live? - Caves
28. Color for emergency, Fire protection
11. What is the oldest stone church in the
equipment and apparatus, danger, and stops
Philippines that was built around 1607 in
- Red
Intramuros, Manila? - San Agustin Church
29. a length (straight or curved) without breadth
12. In the month of April year 2019, a famous
or thickness, lead the eye through a design –
gothic cathedral in Paris, France was
Line
engulfed in fire. What is the name of this
famous cathedral? - The Notre Dame 30. Geometric outline of an object or garment-
Cathedral Shape
13. What do you call the famous clock tower that 31. one of the elements of design that is used to
can be found in London, United Kingdom? - represent how an object appears or feels –
Big Ben Texture
14. What is the name of this iconic structure, an 32. Refers to how the size of an object or a
ivory-white marble mausoleum completed in space relates to human begins and other
1643 located in India? – Taj Mahal objects or spaces in a design – Scale
15. He is considered as the "Father of Philippine 33. 1. As of 2022, what is the tallest building in
Neo-vernacular Architecture" – Francisco the world with a height of 828 meters? - Burj
Mañosa Khalifa
34. Which style of architecture is characterized 51. trees, up to 60 feet above the ground for
by blocky, monolithic, and massive looks with prevented attack by animals and human
large-scale use of poured concrete and rigid enemies – Tree House
geometric style? - Brutalism 52. A point extended becomes a line with
35. In which country can you visit the Giza 53. properties of Length, Direction, Position –
Pyramid Complex - Egypt Line
36. The design of the Sydney Opera House in 54. study of measurements of the human body –
Australia is inspired by what? - Sails of boat Anthropometrics
37. What is the most common nickname for the 55. The “Falling Water” is a house designed by
Eiffel Tower in Paris, France? - The iron lady an architect named? – Frank Lloyd Wright
38. The Louvre Pyramid in Paris is constructed 56. It is the largest Roman Amphitheater –
from which materials? - Metal and glasses Colosseum
39. Which of the following video games enables 57. It is a type of lot adjoining two accessible
players to design and create their own roads – Corner Lot
houses, buildings, or even cities? – Sim city 58. The term “morning sun” comes from which
40. The word architecture comes from the Greek direction? – East
term “arkhitekton”, which literally means 59. an assemblage of plant species and the
“chief …” - Creator ground cover they provide is called. –
41. What is the name for an architectural drawing Vegetation
of a building's exterior views? - Elevation 60. It is important for a house or any structure to
42. Which type of building is designed to keep have ____ lighting. – Natural
birds? - Aviary 61. It is important for a house or any structure to
43. What is the glass part of a window called? - have ____ ventilation or air flow. – Natural
Pane 62. Designed to regulate land use, to ban
44. Which term describes zoning for stores? – industry and commerce from residential
Commercial areas and to separate diverse types of living
45. They understood the importance of units. – Zoning
transportation and thus appears as the first 63. Which building component receives priority
regional planners of the world – Greeks over the location to have the morning sun. -
46. It shall refer to areas designated principally Bedrooms
for trade, services, and business purposes. - 64. An open space of ground of some size,
Commercial covered with grass and kept smoothly mown.
47. Started as villages on the flat land between - Lawn
Tigris and Euphrates rivers. – 65. a calcined mixture of clay and limestone,
MESOPOTAMIA finely pulverized and used as an ingredient in
48. "It is a record of man's effort to build concrete and mortar. – Cement
beautifully. It traces the origin, growth and 66. Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda. –
decline of architectural styles which have Octagon/al
prevailed lands and ages." - HISTORY OF 67. the unit of electric power or the rate of doing
ARCHITECTURE electrical work. - Watts
49. Most famous of ancient Chinese buildings by 68. Beam is called ___ in Architecture vernacular
Shi Huangdi - The Great Wall of China terms. – Biga
50. A structure perched on forked branches of 69. Gutter is called ___ in Architecture
vernacular terms. - Alulod/Alero
70. Door Jamb is called ___ in Architecture 35.
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