Can you name the tallest buildings or structures in these cities?

City	Building	Height (m)
Berlin, Germany		368
Buenos Aries, Argentina		250
Chicago, USA		442
Dubai, UAE		828
Hong Kong, China		484
Houston, USA		305
Johannesburg, South Africa		223
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		452
London, UK		235
Los Angeles, USA		310
Madrid, Spain		250

City	Building	Height (m)
Moscow, Russia		540
New York City, USA		449
Paris, France		324
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia		302
Shanghai, China		492
São Paulo, Brazil		189
Sydney, Australia		305
Taipei, Taiwan		509
Tehran, Iran		435
Tokyo, Japan		333
Toronto, Canada		553
Buenos Aires, Argentina	553
São Paulo, Brazil	553

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Cities' Tallest Buildings Quiz

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Published: May 22nd, 2009
Category: Geography
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Tags: City Quizzes, building, tallest, structure, height

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	Jordan117:	May 22nd, 2009 at 04:36 GMT	4 points
	"Library Tower" should be an acceptable alternative for "US Bank Tower."

	mosfunky:	May 22nd, 2009 at 04:46 GMT	-1 points
	Soon to be the Willis Tower.

	bfg1118:	May 22nd, 2009 at 04:49 GMT	5 points
	Minor nitpick...you accepted "Eiffel", "CN", "Sears", etc. for their respective "Towers", but not "Empire State" for "Empire State Building".

	Escaho:	May 22nd, 2009 at 04:52 GMT	17 points
	A little disappointed in this quiz for not including "Petronas Towers" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and "Taipei 101" in Taipei, Taiwan, considering those towers are much larger than half the buildings on this quiz (and were at one time, or currently are, considered the tallest buildings in the world). Good quiz, nonetheless.

	SporcleAdmin:	May 22nd, 2009 at 05:25 GMT	11 points
	@ Escaho - fair point - we have added these to the quiz.

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	Antithesys:	May 22nd, 2009 at 05:41 GMT	18 points
	I say that since you stubbornly have Pluto in the planets quiz, you should also stubbornly refuse to ever accept "Willis" for the Sears Tower. Anyone who tries to correct me when I say Sears Tower is gonna get knocked down to Gary Coleman's size.

	TheHeat:	May 22nd, 2009 at 05:41 GMT	1 point
	I have friends from Hong Kong telling me that the building is properly called the International Financial Center.

Keeks88:

May 22nd, 2009 at 05:46 GMT

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No there are two buildings in Hong Kong; IFC (International Finance Centre) and International Commerce Centre (The one used above)- but as the International Commerce Centre isn't completed (trust me I can see it from my window) I don't think it should be the answer...

	marpocky:	May 22nd, 2009 at 06:18 GMT	0 points
	Why did it accept my answer of Burj al Arab? They are different buildings. Is it that it's the tallest completed building?

	oldkent:	May 22nd, 2009 at 06:47 GMT	4 points
	The Sky Tower, in Auckland, New Zealand should be on the quiz, as it is the tallest skyscraper in the southern hemisphere ...

	zombifany:	May 22nd, 2009 at 07:19 GMT	4 points
	Andy B: Burj al Arab is the only 321m and is the second tallest hotel in the world, while Burj Dubai is the tallest man mad structure ever built.

	MrCustomer:	May 22nd, 2009 at 07:21 GMT	0 points
	Fernsehturm sounds better than "Television Tower", but the DDR wasn't much for clever titles.

	zombifany:	May 22nd, 2009 at 07:21 GMT	4 points
	It is pretty amazing that Burj Dubai is over 270m taller than the second tallest building in the world.

	Zalx:	May 22nd, 2009 at 08:25 GMT	2 points
	So, you get three points just for typing in the cities listed...

	Ribhump:	May 22nd, 2009 at 10:59 GMT	0 points
	when i was in hong kong Tower 2 was definitely known as 2 IFC, or IFC tower 2, never called the international commerce centre. Checked wikipedia and that seems to agree. I think it should be at least acceptable as an alternative.

	cocky:	May 22nd, 2009 at 11:08 GMT	3 points
	Why was my question about the Eiffel Tower being a building voted down. I wasn't trying to denigrate it, I just think of it as a structure, rather than an actual building. I wouldn't consider the Washington monument a building, either.

	adal:	May 22nd, 2009 at 11:30 GMT	1 point
	@cocky: I think in this context "building" is taken as anything built by man.

	chambers:	May 22nd, 2009 at 13:29 GMT	-3 points
	why doesnt it accept 'bank of china' :( . i missed the berlin one cos i thought it was 'fernsehzentrum'

	Catherine_F:	May 22nd, 2009 at 13:42 GMT	5 points
	Needs to accept "1 canada square". Got it by typing "canary wharf" instead. I don't think I deserve the point for Sydney Tower, I was going for Sydney Harbour Bridge just in case there weren't any buildings taller than that.

	montecarlo:	May 22nd, 2009 at 13:59 GMT	5 points
	please please please include this as a bonus answer, because its mindblowingly hilarious (or sad): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel

	DWilli:	May 22nd, 2009 at 14:20 GMT	1 point
	4/22 Yikes. My passion for architectural marvels extends only to knowing how amazing the Burj Dubai is.

	weizenugb:	May 22nd, 2009 at 14:50 GMT	-3 points
	It should also accept Willis Tower for Sears Tower.

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	PresidentJSC:	May 22nd, 2009 at 16:43 GMT	6 points
	Burj al-Arab and Burj Dubai are different buildings. Burj al-Arab is a luxury hotel which is much shorter than the Burj Dubai.

	Robyn:	May 22nd, 2009 at 17:42 GMT	2 points
	If you don't have to type building or tower for the answer you shouldn't have to type torre either. I typed in Espacial Tower.... nothing. Same for Madrid's tower.

	RobH:	May 22nd, 2009 at 17:46 GMT	1 point
	9/22. Good to see London's is listed as One Canada Square, and not Canary Wharf as it's often incorrectly called. Nice quiz

	Kaytayyyyyyy:	May 22nd, 2009 at 21:08 GMT	4 points
	Glad to see it written as "Sears Tower". Willis, mess with your own continent.

	Sporcrates:	May 23rd, 2009 at 01:42 GMT	-1 points
	How come the Empire State Building appears in a lot of movies (i.e. King Kong, etc.)?

	kevincrumbs:	May 23rd, 2009 at 02:23 GMT	0 points
	Like others have pointed out, your answer for Hong Kong is completely wrong. The tallest building in Hong Kong right now is Two International Finance Centre. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Hong_Kong

	RyanUR:	May 23rd, 2009 at 03:18 GMT	0 points
	I understand the first three US cities, but Houston?? It may be the fourth largest city in the US, but it's nowhere near the fourth most famous or interesting.

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	Victor2K:	May 23rd, 2009 at 05:11 GMT	1 point
	WTF is Mirante do Vale. I live near São Paulo and always was heard that Edifício Itália or even Martinelli were the tallest around

	RobH:	May 23rd, 2009 at 10:07 GMT	2 points
	RE: MovieDynamic, here's a diagram showing the world's tallest buildings. Sears Tower isn't far off most of the world's tallest but Burj Dubai has smashed the record completely: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/79/20081023231023!Tallest_buildings_and_towers_with_public_viewing_facilities.PNG And a photo of the 800m+ Burj Dubai (!) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3063/3506498735_64ca8151c7_b.jpg

	MovieDynamic:	May 23rd, 2009 at 18:55 GMT	-3 points
	Wow, thanks man. This is news to me! But it really shouldn't count, should it, since most of those towers aren't even completed yet?

	Uhlan:	May 23rd, 2009 at 19:44 GMT	2 points
	@PresidentJSC; fair enough, I stand corrected. Shows how much money is swilling around in the Emirates these days that two such incredible skyscrapers have been built so recently.

	Escaho:	May 23rd, 2009 at 21:37 GMT	3 points
	@MovieDynamic: Excluding "Russia Tower" and "Chicago Spire," all of those buildings are completed (including Burj Dubai). Burj Dubai has not yet opened (it will in Sept.), but the building has completed construction. And even including antenna length and spire length, the CN Tower has been taller than the Sears Tower since it was built in 1976.

	Doempie:	May 23rd, 2009 at 21:56 GMT	0 points
	Since this quiz already include towers and antenna length I think the tallest structure in Johannesburg should be changed to the Hillbrow Tower at 269m.

	GeoExpert:	May 25th, 2009 at 00:44 GMT	6 points
	Listen, I still call it the Sears Tower and always will. But Willis should be acceptable when you type it in