fun quiz. I'm surprised that more people got Carl Lewis than George III, Kufu's Pyramid, Babylon, the Burj Khalifa (is Burj Dubai acceptable as an answer? Maybe people aren't aware of the name change), CN Tower, or Washington Monument... I guess many people were probably tripped up by "free standing structure." CN Tower, the Great Pyramid, and the Washington Monument are not usually included on lists of tallest buildings. and if this were structures of any kind not "free standing" ones then the Warsaw Radio Mast was tallest in 1980, and the tallest of all-time until the Burj Khalifa surpassed it.
No. What happened to me is i thought he wanted the city the structure was lo cated in , after just havi ng completed cities. So i got none of those. E ven though i had them all , I was thinking along city lines.
Crassus was one of the people in the first triumvirate, providing the financial power to go with the military (in Caesar) and the political (in Pompey).
I'm surprised that only 4% have guessed Crassus, is not studied Roman history outside of Italy? It's very famous thing that it was the richest man in the empire at the time of the triumvirate
That's a tricky one. I take "private citizen" as not a royal whose wealth is both passed down and is tied to the state. Crassus amassed his wealth prior to being a financial patron of the first triumvirate. It would be akin to someone like Donald Trump. He amassed his wealth as a private citizen and then spent 4 years as president. Would that preclude him from this quiz? I think the clue is probably fine.
Annoyed at myself for not getting the Washington Monument as I got it mixed up with the Lincoln Memorial. Also I had no idea that the CN Tower was that tall
To be more exact, we can debate how much was gold worth in Mali since it was so common there. Probably not that much considering how hard he accidentally crushed the egyptian economy due to inflation, giving away so much gold during his pilgrimage.
When it came to actual purchasing power, I wouldn't be surprised if other major monarchs (the Pope, the king of France, the Holy Roman Emperor, the Doge of Venice, the Yuan Emperor...) would be actually richer.
Could you add some spellings for burj khalifa? I spelled it with the H in different places and two f's, but had to go to google for the correct spelling.
I'm Marcus Licinius Crassus
No rich man could ever surpass us
Wanted people to say I was brave
But I lost my first fight and hid in a cave
Living there could be a pauper's nightmare
But if you're rich like me then you don't care
I called my slave to the cave to ask it
To cook a feast and lower in a basket
Those Romans think they're minted
But they ain't rich like me
You can't call yourself loaded
Till you can buy an army
Ran Rome with Pompey and Caesar
They're more famous than me
But I'm the world's richest geezer
There's no-one richer than me
I'm minted!
But I realize his empire made him rich, so he doesn't count. :(
When it came to actual purchasing power, I wouldn't be surprised if other major monarchs (the Pope, the king of France, the Holy Roman Emperor, the Doge of Venice, the Yuan Emperor...) would be actually richer.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_freestanding_structures