The Seven Wonders Of The World
Here is a quiz for y'all.
See how many of the 7 wonders of the world you can name. There are four categories.
1. The original seven wonders of the world , which are related to antiquity.
2. The "modern" seven wonders of the world.
3. The "natural" seven wonders of the world as listed by CNN in 1999.
4. And the seven wonders of the world as voted by online readers in a 2007 poll.
I'll give you some broad hints. The ancient ones center around the Mediterranean area. The "modern" ones are man made creations, the "natural" ones are the worlds awe inspiring geographic locations, and the online poll is a little bit of everything.
I'll post the answers in the article later.
No cheating.
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I think anyone who got 2-4 right in any of the categories would probably be doing pretty good.
The pyramids of Giza and the hanging gardens of babylon. (those are the old ones)
That's what I got. I used to know all of the ancient ones.
You are correct with both. There are a couple others of the old ones people might be able to guess, but some of the other old ones would require that someone remember them from when they orginally heard of them. They can't really be guessed at.
I would add the Great Wall of China to those. But now I see that it was not added until later - surely it is as amazing a construction as some of the other originals mentioned. Although I watched from my office window the CN Tower in Toronto being built, I would not have thought it to be a wonder, but then surely Niagara Falls should have been added.
Since this article disappeared off the front page into the black hole of Newstalkers in less than 45 minutes, never to be seen again, I will just post the answers now
The Seven Wonders of the World has historically been a listing of seven sites known to the Ancient Greeks as the most notable locales in their known world.
Since then, many have developed lists of the "modern" Seven Wonders of the World. The only list that really stands out and has stood the test of time for more than a decade is the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, developed by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
THE ORIGINAL SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD ( SEE PHOTOS )
SEVEN NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD
In 1997, CNN announced a listing of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World...
THE "NEW" SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
On July 7, 2007 (7-7-07) an organization announced a "new" set of the Seven Wonders of the World based on online voting from around the world...
Ultimately, any list of the Seven Wonders of the World is subjective, based on the individual or group of individuals who developed the list. No one list is authoritative, even the original Ancient list. But looking at and learning from these lists and how they change over time can tell us a lot about our cultural values and accomplishments.
I have been to only two of the "New" wonders: Petra in Jordan and The Great Wall. Had my wife not been nervous about going to Rio I would have seen the Christ Redeemer statue there. I had won a week long trip for two - airfare and hotel - from buying a $100 ticket from a Community Service organization, and my wife made me go to the Travel Agency that provided it and change it to a much less expensive and crummier week in Miami Beach, and it rained or was cold the whole time we were there - had to wear a sweater for the one day that the sun shone.
I've not seen any of the "Original" wonders, but other than the ones I mentioned above, I've been up the CN Tower, viewed NYC from the observation deck of the Empire State Building, crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, and watched the Northern Lights from the balcony of my lakeside cottage in the Haliburton Lakes district of Ontario.
Another question to ask here is for members to indicate which of the Wonders they have actually been to. I would imagine that most Americans would indicate Grand Canyon, Empire State Building and Golden Gate Bridge.
Northern Lights
Far and away my natural favorite though I never saw them until I was stationed in North Dakota! When they were active there was nothing like standing out on a flat site (OK like the top of a ICBM Silo) and just watching them across from one side of the horizon to the other! Even though it was usually about minus 15 degrees. They were like some sort of science fictional dance in the sky!
I agree Randy, the Northern Lights are super natural...I lived far enough north that I would see them often.