Can You Scale This Famous Walls Quiz?
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At over 13,000 miles long, this stone wall was built along the Northern border of an Asian country that used the wall as both a defensive barrier and a way to expedite trading, exporting, and importing.
- Hadrian's Wall
- Walls of Troy
- Great Wall of China
- Walls of Ston
For nearly 28 years, this wall stood in Germany's largest city and was meant to stop emigration from the Soviet-controlled Eastside, which got worse in the years following World War II.
- Walls of Babylon
- Great Wall of East Germany
- Berlin Wall
- Wailing Wall
If you ask a Jewish person where the holiest place is for them, they would tell you about the Temple Mount, located in Jerusalem, that also goes by what name?
- The Western Wall
- Sacsayhuaman
- Temple of Apollo
- Great Zimbabwe Walls
Which famous wall was named after the Roman emperor who built it following his visit to Northern England to keep the barbarians out of the Roman Empire?
- Great Wall of China
- Berlin Wall
- Western Wall
- Hadrian's Wall
What was the name given to the complex (constructed of huge dry stones up on a giant hill) that was built in the infamous Cusco, Peru where the Inca Empire's capital was located?
- Walls of Ston
- Sacsayhuaman
- The Kremlin Wall
- Great Wall of Gorgan
Homer's epic poem "The Iliad" described the walls of this ancient city as well-walled, strong-built, and well-founded. It was built to withstand a ten-year siege.
- Great Zimbabwe Walls
- Great Wall of Gorgan
- Walls of Troy
- Great Wall of China
What was the name of the walls built by Hammurabi to surround his city before Nebuchadnezzar II added three more rings of walls, all nearly 40 feet high?
- Great Zimbabwe Wall
- Walls of Ston
- Hadrian's Wall
- Walls of Babylon
What is the longest-preserved fortification system still standing in Croatia after 660 years, which only stands between five and ten meters tall?
- Walls of Babylon
- Walls of Ston
- Hadrian's Wall
- Walls of Troy
Can you name the famous wall and its location that started off as a fence in 1156 but has since become one of the most symbolic structures in history?
- Berlin Wall, Germany
- Walls of Ston, Croatia
- Hadrian's Wall, England
- Kremlin Wall, Moscow
What is the name of the two long black granite walls that were constructed in 1982 and have almost 60,000 names of fallen soldiers etched into them?
- Pine Grove Cemetery
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
- Korean War Memorial
- Monument to the Battle of the Nations
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About This Quiz
From the Great Wall of China to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the world has been building walls for thousands of years. The Inca Empire built the Sacsayhuaman in northern Cusco, Peru as a defensive barrier using stone, and it still stands today. The Romans secured their border by surrounding their cities with giant walls. Even Germany built the Berlin Wall to divide the city of Berlin into two sides, East Berlin and West Berlin.
Although these were all constructed as barriers for one reason or another, they all eventually were defeated. The Trojan War ended after the Greeks figured out an easy way to defeat a wall, too. It doesn’t matter if the wall is built to protect a city, patrol a border, or divide a country, they often fail.
Do you know enough about famous walls to ace our quiz?
Famous Walls
Famous walls were built throughout history all over the world. Many were constructed as a barrier to protect a country from foreign invaders. Walls can also be built to memorialize the death of military members from war or by ancient cities to use as a way of keeping their citizens inside. From Roman times and ancient history, to more modern walls, there is a variety of architecture and materials used.
Some of the biggest walls in history were not very tall but were strong and helped slowed down outsiders long enough to allow the military to step in. There are many reasons for it but it can be simple physics. The taller you build a wall, the easier it will be to knock down.