HOA 1

Question 1

What do you call the large stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones?

Answer 1

Megalith

Question 2

What is a primitive Indian structure of joined logs?

Answer 2

Hogan

Question 3

What is wedge-shaped writing that allowed information to be transferred from place to place with accuracy?

Answer 3

Cuneiform

Question 4

What is also known as the Audience Hall of Persepolis and belongs to the oldest building phase of the palace complex?

Answer 4

Apadana

Question 5

What series of irrigated ornamental gardens planted on the terraces of the Citadel in ancient Babylon is regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World?

Answer 5

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Question 6

What is a monumental stone sculpture of human-headed, winged bulls or lions that guarded the entrances to Mesopotamian palaces and temples?

Answer 6

Lamassu

Question 7

What is the pyramid in Gizeh near the Great Sphinx?

Answer 7

Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren)

Question 8

What temple is dedicated to Amun, the Egyptian god of sun and air, and is one of the most sacred landmarks in Egypt?

Answer 8

Karnak Temple

Question 9

What is a characteristic cornice of Egyptian buildings, consisting of a large cavetto decorated with vertical leaves?

Answer 9

Egyptian gorge

Question 10

What is a small chamber inside the mastaba containing the statue of the deceased?

Answer 10

Serdab

Question 11

What is a narrow rock-cut corridor in an ancient Egyptian temple?

Answer 11

Syrinx

Question 12

What are rows of monsters (body of lion, head of man, hawk, ram) that usually lead to a monument?

Answer 12

Avenue of Sphinxes

Question 13

What is a raised passageway ceremonially connecting the valley temple with an ancient Egyptian pyramid?

Answer 13

Causeway

Question 14

Who is considered to have been the architect of the step pyramid of Djoser built at the necropolis of Ṣaqqārah?

Answer 14

Imhotep

Question 15

What is an example of a rock-cut temple with 4 rock-cut colossal statues of Rameses sitting over 20 m high?

Answer 15

The Great Temple of Abu Simbel

Question 16

What is a monumental gateway to an ancient Egyptian temple, consisting of a pair of tall truncated pyramids?

Answer 16

Pylon

Question 17

What is the Greek dwelling-type whose open courtyard is surrounded by colonnades on all sides, often more luxurious?

Answer 17

Peristyle House

Question 18

What is the fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek city?

Answer 18

Acropolis

Question 19

What is the flat slab forming the top of a column capital, plain in the Doric style, but molded or otherwise enriched in other styles?

Answer 19

Abacus

Question 20

What is a historic burial ground, especially a large, elaborate one of an ancient city?

Answer 20

Necropolis

Question 21

What is a monumental gateway to a sacred enclosure, fortification, town, or square?

Answer 21

Propylaea

Question 22

What is the sacred area or enclosure of a classical Greek temple?

Answer 22

Temenos

Question 23

What is a course of masonry forming the foundation for a row of columns, especially the outermost colonnade of a classical temple?

Answer 23

Stylobate

Question 24

What is a double line of columns surrounding the naos?

Answer 24

Dipteral

Question 25

What is a men’s dining room where social events with food and wine were held?

Answer 25

Andron

Question 26

What refers to a temple or building which has a row of columns carrying a portico in front of the main entrance, but not along the sides and rear?

Answer 26

Prostyle

Question 27

What is a carved statue of a draped female figure which functions as a column?

Answer 27

Caryatid

Question 28

What is designed for the presentation of plays in which choral songs and dances were prominent features?

Answer 28

Theater

Question 29

What is a public town hall for the citizens of ancient Greece, containing state banquet halls and hospitality suites?

Answer 29

Prytaneion

Question 30

What is an aisle between the lower and upper tiers of seats in an ancient Greek theater, concentric with the orchestra and the outer wall and communicating with the radial aisles?

Answer 30

Diazoma

Question 31

‘Basket-carrying’; carved statuesque column of a draped female figure carrying a basket, or with a basket on her head

Answer 31

Canephora

Question 32

A decorative motif consisting of a series of long, rounded, parallel grooves, as one on the shaft of a classical column

Answer 32

Fluting

Question 33

A replica of wooden pins driven through mutules to secure roof boarding

Answer 33

Guttae

Question 34

An oval or round building with tiers of seats around a central arena, as those used in Rome for gladiatorial contests and spectacles

Answer 34

Amphitheater

Question 35

What order is the column used in the second storey of colosseum?

Answer 35

Ionic Order

Question 36

A semicircular space in the front of the stage of an ancient Roman theater, reserved for senators and other distinguished spectators

Answer 36

Podium

Question 37

An arched structure of stone, brick, or reinforced concrete, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, or other wholly or partially enclosed space.

Answer 37

Vault

Question 38

A classical Roman marble paving using varying sized and shaped pieces.

Answer 38

Opus Sectile

Question 39

A roof opening in an ancient Roman House, though which rainwater discharged into a cistern in the atrium beneath it.

Answer 39

Compluvium

Question 40

The principal chamber; enclosed part of the temple where the cult image was kept

Answer 40

Cella/ Naos

Question 41

In classical architecture, a civic square in a Roman city, used as a meeting or market place and for public events.

Answer 41

Forum

Question 42

A classical Roman masonry made of rough stones set in mortar

Answer 42

Opus Incertum

Question 43

The main central space of a Roman amphitheater or circus, or of a bullring, often sanded.

Answer 43

Arena

Question 44

The shop or workshop in classical Roman dwellings.

Answer 44

Taberna

Question 45

The dignitary seating in ancient Roman stages and spectator structures

Answer 45

Podium

Question 46

A Roman building-type, rectangular in shape with an apse at either end, used as a court of justice and an exchange

Answer 46

Basilica

Question 47

Roman masonry and concrete tenement block for the laboring classes, often a multi-storey structure with commercial premises and workshops (tabernae) at street level; originally the plot of land bounded by urban streets, on which one was built

Answer 47

Insula

Question 48

An area in thermae with lukewarm baths

Answer 48

Tepidarium

Question 49

Column used in the 4th storey of colosseum

Answer 49

Composite Order

Question 50

A large classical Roman country house with an estate; originally divided into two parts, the pars urbana, or living area and pars rustica or working area

Answer 50

Villa

Question 51

An ornamental bracket, usually in the form of a scroll with acanthus, used in series beneath the corona of a Corinthian, Composite, or Roman Ionic cornice.

Answer 51

Modillion

Question 52

He is known to be the architect of Pantheon Rome, the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome.

Answer 52

Apollodorus

Question 53

The simplest among the five orders, it has base, unfluted shaft, molded capital, plain entablature

Answer 53

Tuscan Order

Question 54

These are the wedge-shaped units in a masonry arch or vault, having side cuts converging at one of the arch centers

Answer 54

Voussoirs

Question 55

The forecourt of an early Christian church, flanked or surrounded by porticoes.

Answer 55

Atrium

Question 56

The portico before the nave of an early Christian or Byzantine church, appropriated to penitents.

Answer 56

Narthex

Question 57

A room in the church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept.

Answer 57

Sacristy

Question 58

A covered walk having an arcade or colonnade on one side opening onto a courtyard.

Answer 58

Cloister

Question 59

A screen or partition on which icons are placed, separating the bema from the nave.

Answer 59

Iconostasis

Question 60

An enclosed area in front of a cathedral or church, typically one that is surrounded with colonnades or porticoes.

Answer 60

Parvise

Question 61

The outer vestibule of an orthodox or early Christian church, that adjacent to the entrance

Answer 61

prothyron

Question 62

The table in a Christian church upon which the Eucharist, the sacrament celebrating Christ’s last supper is celebrated. Also called communion table.

Answer 62

Altar

Question 63

Part of an Early Christian church reserved for the choir, or liturgical singers; often a raised platform surrounded by a low balustrade

Answer 63

Chancel

Question 64

A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan of its supporting structure

Answer 64

spandrel

Question 65

In Greek it means “Sacred Wisdom” “Holy Wisdom”. Constructed to symbolize Justinian’s imperial power and still show his Christian beliefs

Answer 65

Hagia Sophia

Question 66

Now a museum, famous for its good acoustics inside and used for concert performances. It also means Holy peace

Answer 66

Hagia Eirene

Question 67

The following are the Islamic features of Hagia Sophia when it was converted into mosques except one

Answer 67

Mosaics of Christian Saints

Question 68

This is the smallest building in the world called the cathedral also known as “The Little Metropole in Athens”

Answer 68

Church of St. Eleutherios (Little Metropolis)

Question 69

It has the largest number of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul after the Hagia Sophia and Chora Church. It is one of the most famous Greek Orthodox Byzantine churches in Istanbul, Turkey

Answer 69

St. Mary Pammakaristos Church

Question 70

Its facades and adjoining streets were faced with blue glazed bricks and ornamented with figures of heraldic animals-lions, bulls, and dragons

Answer 70

Ishtar Gate