Tag: general knowledge

I am on a Pacific Island looking at some immense statues. Thesestatues have very large heads. In fact the head is the only part visiblein many of them. Where am I?

I am at San Simeon, California. Visiting the home of a late newspaper magnate. It is built in Italian, French, Spanish and Moorishstyles. Much of the building material and many of the home's contents were imported from Europe, including one of the two swimming pools. By what name is it commonly known?

I am a merchant of the late Minoan civilization, I have left my home of Crete to set up shop on this island in the center of the Aegean Sea. My life is ended suddenly by a catastrophic event that is quite possibly going to give rise to the myth of Atlantis. Where am I?

I am standing on top of one of the oldest and biggest man made structures on the planet which is 6,352 km (3,948 miles) long. What is it?

I am diving into the deepest point of the planet, over 36,000 feet in depth and I pass many exotic life forms on the way down. This of course is a theoretical journey, as no human could survive the immense pressures that exist at this depth. Where am I?