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