Jigsaw7 Wonders of the World Quiz: Questions and Answers
A free 7 Wonders of the World quiz with answers, for kids and adults: trivia questions on the New 7 Wonders, from Machu Picchu to the Taj Mahal, and on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, with photos and the map.
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About this quiz
Each round of this Seven Wonders of the World quiz has ten questions. In some, a wonder appears in a photo or is marked on the map and you pick its name from four; the others are trivia questions about who built them, where they are and what happened to them, from the Great Pyramid of Giza to Christ the Redeemer.
There are two lists. The New 7 Wonders of the World were chosen in a worldwide vote in 2007: the Great Wall of China, Petra, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu, Chichén Itzá, the Colosseum and the Taj Mahal. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World come from ancient Greek writers: the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Only the pyramid still stands, so for the others we show what is at the site today.
After every answer you see a short fact and a photo from our puzzles: tap it to play the same place as a jigsaw puzzle, or visit them all in the journeys Wonders of the World and Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Easy level suits kids and students; All is a real test for adults, with the questions and answers to read through after each round. Play on your own, against a friend with the challenge link, or in class on a big screen.
Maps: Natural Earth (public domain). The photos are credited under each picture and on their puzzle pages.
List of the 7 Wonders of the World: New and Ancient
The New 7 Wonders were chosen in a worldwide vote in 2007; the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only ancient wonder still standing, was given an honorary place. Tap a name to play its jigsaw puzzle.
The New 7 Wonders of the World (2007)
- Great Wall of China · China
- Petra · Jordan
- Christ the Redeemer · Brazil
- Machu Picchu · Peru
- Chichén Itzá · Mexico
- Colosseum · Italy
- Taj Mahal · India
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- Great Pyramid of Giza · Egypt · still standing
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon · Iraq · never found
- Temple of Artemis at Ephesus · Turkey · one column left
- Statue of Zeus at Olympia · Greece · lost
- Mausoleum at Halicarnassus · Turkey · foundations left
- Colossus of Rhodes · Greece · fell in an earthquake
- Lighthouse of Alexandria · Egypt · fell in earthquakes
7 Wonders of the World Trivia Questions and Answers
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Which is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing?
Answer: Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Pyramid, about 4,500 years old, is the oldest of the seven and the only one left; the others were destroyed by earthquakes, fire or war.
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Which city does the statue of Christ the Redeemer look over?
Answer: Rio de Janeiro. The 30-metre statue, finished in 1931, stands on Corcovado mountain, about 700 m above Rio de Janeiro.
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Who built Machu Picchu?
Answer: The Incas. The Incas built Machu Picchu in the 1400s, about 2,430 m up in the Andes of Peru; the Spanish conquerors never found it.
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Which ancient people built Chichén Itzá?
Answer: The Maya. Chichén Itzá was one of the greatest Maya cities; its pyramid, El Castillo, has 91 steps on each side, 365 with the top platform, one for each day of the year.
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The emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in memory of whom?
Answer: His wife. The emperor Shah Jahan built the white marble Taj Mahal in Agra as a tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal; it took about 20 years.
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Can you see the Great Wall of China from space with the naked eye?
Answer: No, that is a myth. The wall is very long but only about 5 to 8 m wide, much the colour of the land around it: astronauts say they cannot pick it out from orbit, and from the Moon it is impossible.
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In which country is Petra?
Answer: Jordan. The Nabataeans carved Petra’s tombs and temples straight into pink sandstone more than 2,000 years ago.
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In which film does Indiana Jones find the Holy Grail inside Petra’s Treasury?
Answer: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The 1989 film made Petra’s Treasury, Al-Khazneh, famous around the world; in real life it is a royal tomb carved into the rock, with only a small room inside.
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What were the Colosseum’s most famous shows?
Answer: Gladiator fights. Opened in AD 80, the Colosseum held about 50,000 spectators for gladiator fights and animal hunts.
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Which ancient wonder was a giant bronze statue of the sun god Helios?
Answer: Colossus of Rhodes. The bronze sun god, about 33 m tall, stood for only some 54 years before an earthquake brought it down in 226 BC. The photo shows Mandraki harbour, where legend places it.