Test Your Roofing Knowledge
Iconic Roofs Around the World: Take the RC Quiz
Some building tops are so unique even a written description likely gives away their identity
Rooftops can be works of art unto themselves, as the above photos can attest. Do you recognize them? Take our five-question quiz and see if their description is enough to give you the correct answer.
— Designed by Bryan Gottlieb; Photos courtesy of Wikipedia
Clockwise from top left: 1. St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow; 2. Chrysler Building, New York; 3. Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem; 4. The Hagia Sophia, Istanbul; 5. The Louvre, Paris; 6. Sydney Opera House, Sydney; 7. Taj Mahal, Agra, India; 8. Westminster Abbey, City of Westminster, London.
Like anything of beauty, iconic roofs spanning the globe are instantly recognizable precisely because of that glorious top.
In honor of National Roofing Week, your friends at Roofing Contractor and Roofing Supply Pro offer a list of roofs so unique that each has impressed upon our collective consciousness.
We're confident you won't need pictures to help you answer the questions (we're writers, after all). However, within the photo montage above, you will find pictures of the correct answers below.
Let’s see how globalist your roofing knowledge is …
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