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World Trade Center Trivia

Can you guess these facts about the history, design, and cultural legacy of the original World Trade Center complex?
This quiz does not cover the tragic events of the 1993 bombing and September 11, 2001
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Year the World Trade Center officially opened
1973
Architect of the Twin Towers, who ironically feared heights
Minoru Yamasaki
Banker who spearheaded the plan to revive Lower Manhattan
David Rockefeller
Chief structural engineer behind the innovative framed-tube structure
Leslie E. Robertson
Key figure who turned the World Trade Center from vision into reality
Guy F. Tozzoli
Neighborhood of electronics shops demolished to make way for the complex
Radio Row
Foundation structure nicknamed for its shape, built to hold back the Hudson
The Bathtub
Total number of buildings in the original WTC complex
7
Plaza between the towers named for this longtime Port Authority leader
Austin J. Tobin Plaza
Bronze sculpture that became the centerpiece of the plaza
The Sphere
German sculptor who designed it
Fritz Koenig
Name one of the other three sculptures installed around the complex
Bent Propeller | Cloud Fortress | Ideogram
Famous restaurant and nightlife venue atop the North Tower
Windows on the World
Hotel that occupied the space of 3 WTC
New York Marriott World Trade Center
French high-wire artist who walked between the towers in 1974
Philippe Petit
Sprawling underground shopping concourse beneath the towers
The Mall at the World Trade Center
Film whose 1976 remake staged its dramatic climax atop the South Tower
King Kong
Rail system that brought New Jersey commuters directly into the WTC
Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)
Educator hired by Joe Baum who founded a renowned wine school on the top floors of the North Tower
Kevin Zraly
The Twin Towers were the world’s tallest buildings until surpassed in 1974 by this Chicago skyscraper
Sears Tower
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