ROUND 4: GEOGRAPHY - Urban Landmarks
1. In New York, name the road that connects the Guggenheim Museum, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Empire State Building. It's one-way
southbound, so you have to visit them in that order.
5th Avenue
2. In Montreal, this one-way westbound road parallels the eastbound
Rue Ste-Catherine; from the Université de Québec campus it takes
you to the Place des Arts, Eaton Centre (or Centre Eaton), and
Westmount Square. Name it.
Boulevard de Maisonneuve
3. In Rome, this plaza, or piazza, sits north of the Victor Emmanuel II
monument and has the Via Del Corso leading north from it. On the
west side of the plaza are a palace of the same name and the church
of San Marco. Name the plaza.
Piazza Venezia (accept Venice)
4. In Washington, grouped together on the south side of the Mall from
west to east are the Freer Gallery, the Austin M. Sackler Gallery,
and the Arts & Industries museum. Identify the building that sits
just north of the middle of this group; north of it, in turn, is
the National Museum of Natural History on the other side of the Mall.
Please identify the building we want by either its function or its
nickname.
Smithsonian Institution headquarters/administration
"Smithsonian Castle"
5. In London, this park is bounded on its north by The Mall, and on
its south by Birdcage Walk. It extends west almost to Buckingham
Palace, and east almost to Whitehall. Name it.
St. James's Park
6. In Buenos Aires, name the plaza that is bordered by the Casa Rosada
(the Presidential Palace) on the east, and the Cathedral on the north.
A street with the same name as the plaza starts at its west side and
extends to the Plaza de los Congresos ("day lohss kon-GRACE-ohss").
Plaza de Mayo
7. In Sydney, give the name of the main ferry dock (and local train
station) on the city side of the harbor. It's a short walk southwest
from the Opera House, or southeast from the Rocks and the south end
the Harbour Bridge.
Circular Quay
8. In Vienna, from this complex of buildings, if you go southwest across
the Ring you will find the Museum of Fine Art (Kunsthistorisches
Museum) and the Museum of Natural History (Naturhistorisches Museum).
To the west is the Volksgarten, and on its northeast side, the complex
includes the Spanish Riding School. Name it.
Hofburg (accept Imperial Palace)
9. In Vancouver, if you go south from BC Place or GM Place, or if
you go northeast from the Macmillan Space Centre and Vancouver
Museum, or if you go in almost any direction from Granville Island,
you will reach different parts of the same body of water. Name it.
False Creek
10. In Paris, if you go southeast from the Trocadéro Gardens across
the Seine, you will pass the Eiffel Tower and then enter this park,
which extends almost to the École Militaire. Name the park.
Champ-de-Mars