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1789 in architecture - Quiz
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  • 1. Who began the main block of the Grand Pump Room in Bath in 1789?
A) Robert Adam
B) John Carr
C) Thomas Baldwin
D) James Gandon
  • 2. Which architect designed the Moscow Gostiny Dvor?
A) Giacomo Quarenghi
B) George Dance the Younger
C) Ivan Starov
D) David Stevenson
  • 3. What structure was completed in Buxton, Derbyshire, in 1789?
A) Cross Bath
B) Congress Hall
C) Philosophical Hall
D) Buxton Crescent
  • 4. Who was the architect of the new house at Newliston, Scotland?
A) Thomas Baldwin
B) Robert Adam
C) George Dance the Younger
D) Samuel Lewis
  • 5. The Prince Vladimir Church in Saint Petersburg was designed by whom?
A) Thomas Baldwin
B) Robert Adam
C) Ivan Starov
D) Giacomo Quarenghi
  • 6. How tall was the spire of the First Methodist Church built in Rhode Island in 1789?
A) 200 feet
B) 100 feet
C) 120 feet
D) 160 feet
  • 7. Who designed All Saints' Church in Newcastle upon Tyne?
A) David Stevenson
B) G. Henry
C) John Carr
D) Samuel Lewis
  • 8. What is the shape of the Old Stordal Church built in Norway in 1789?
A) Circular
B) Cruciform
C) Rectangular
D) Octagonal
  • 9. Who designed Congress Hall in Philadelphia?
A) James Gandon
B) George Dance the Younger
C) Samuel Lewis
D) Robert Adam
  • 10. What was the original purpose of Congress Hall in Philadelphia when it was completed in 1789?
A) Market hall
B) County courthouse
C) Sugar mill
D) Church
  • 11. Philosophical Hall in Philadelphia was completed for which organization?
A) Methodist Church
B) Parliamentary Commission
C) Royal Academy
D) American Philosophical Society
  • 12. Who designed the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in London?
A) George Dance the Younger
B) Robert Adam
C) Thomas Baldwin
D) James Gandon
  • 13. Duras Castle in Belgium was designed by which architect?
A) Samuel Lewis
B) John Carr
C) Ivan Starov
D) G. Henry
  • 14. Where is the Alma Plantation Sugar Mill located?
A) Pointe Coupee, Louisiana
B) Bath, England
C) Limburg, Belgium
D) Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • 15. Who designed the new peers' entrance to the Irish Houses of Parliament?
A) Robert Adam
B) Giacomo Quarenghi
C) James Gandon
D) John Carr
  • 16. Which Hungarian architect was born in 1789?
A) Matthew Habershon
B) William Burn
C) József Hild
D) Tommaso Temanza
  • 17. William Burn, born in 1789, is known as a pioneer of which style?
A) Baroque
B) Gothic Revival
C) Scottish Baronial
D) Neoclassical
  • 18. Which Italian Neoclassical architect and author died in 1789?
A) Tommaso Temanza
B) William Edwards
C) Friedrich August Krubsacius
D) Giacomo Quarenghi
  • 19. William Edwards, who died in 1789, was best known for which bridge?
A) Old Bridge, Pontypridd
B) The Rialto Bridge
C) The Iron Bridge
D) The London Bridge
  • 20. Who was the German architect and theoretician that died in 1789?
A) Ivan Starov
B) Friedrich August Krubsacius
C) William Edwards
D) Tommaso Temanza
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