History of Civil Engineering - International

Question 1

what is the first large structure in history (bonus: what year)

Answer 1

Pyramids of Egypt

Question 2

who built the Stepped Pyramid for King Djoser at 2550 BC

Answer 2

Imhotep

Question 3

aqueduct built at 691 BC

Answer 3

Jerwan Aqueduct

Question 4

the oldest water system ever recorded

Answer 4

Qanat Water System (1000 BC)

Question 5

built in Greece during 447-438 BC (bonus: who is the designer)

Answer 5

Parthenon (Iktinos)

Question 6

what was the aqueduct built by Appius for Claudius Caeus called

Answer 6

Aqua Appia

Question 7

built at around 1450, at the height of the Inca Empire

Answer 7

Machu Picchu

Question 8

A treatise in architecture published in 1 AD (bonus: who is the author)

Answer 8

Vitruvius de Architectura (Vitruvius)

Question 9

a group of leaders of civil engineering who met informally over dinner, led by John Smeaton

Answer 9

Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers

Question 10

a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China

Answer 10

Great Wall of China