93 Unesco World Heritage Sites Trivia Questions with Answers
93 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Zimbabwe preserves the largest ancient stone structure south of the Sahara?
Answer
Great Zimbabwe National Monument
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Chile is the Polynesian island also called Rapa Nui?
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Rapa Nui National Park
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Japan is a shrine complex famous for a floating torii gate?
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Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United Kingdom contains the Roman frontier fort of Vindolanda?
Answer
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United States is the world’s longest known cave system?
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Mammoth Cave National Park
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Egypt contains the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Sphinx?
Answer
Memphis and its Necropolis
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bolivia preserves an ancient planned city built by the Tiwanaku culture?
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Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Italy is widely described as the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Answer
Historic Centre of Florence
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United States preserves the remains of the pre-Columbian city of Cahokia?
Answer
Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Poland includes Wawel Castle and Europe’s largest medieval market square?
Answer
Historic Centre of Kraków
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site includes the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh, designed by architect Le Corbusier?
Answer
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Spain is the destination of the medieval pilgrimage route called the Camino de Santiago?
Answer
Old Town of Santiago de Compostela
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United States preserves Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings such as Cliff Palace?
Answer
Mesa Verde National Park
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in China is the classical garden city known for the Humble Administrator’s Garden?
Answer
Classical Gardens of Suzhou
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Australia includes Uluru and Kata Tjuta, both sacred to the Aṉangu people?
Answer
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Austria preserves the historic imperial center of the Habsburg monarchy?
Answer
Historic Centre of Vienna
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United Kingdom includes the prehistoric stone circles at Stonehenge and Avebury?
Answer
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mexico preserves the ancient city of Teotihuacan and its Pyramid of the Sun?
Answer
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peru contains the fifteenth-century Inca citadel above the Urubamba Valley?
Answer
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Tanzania is famous for the annual migration of wildebeest and zebras?
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Serengeti National Park
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Australia includes the former convict settlement of Port Arthur?
Answer
Australian Convict Sites
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Brazil is the historic colonial city of Salvador’s upper and lower towns?
Answer
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site includes Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine Wall?
Answer
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa includes the Sterkfontein Caves, where important hominin fossils were found?
Answer
Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Czechia is famous for Prague Castle and the Charles Bridge?
Answer
Historic Centre of Prague
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site includes the Rietveld Schröder House?
Answer
Rietveld Schröderhuis
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in Portugal is the world’s oldest demarcated wine region?
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Alto Douro Wine Region
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in France contains the prehistoric decorated cave of Lascaux?
Answer
Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
Which UNESCO World Heritage Site in the United Kingdom is the Neolithic village of Skara Brae located in?
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Heart of Neolithic Orkney