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Trivia Quiz 192

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Posted by: clifton

Quiz 192

Clue 1

I am a big construction project.

What am I?


Posted by: vladb

project Aqua, Chicago, Illinois, USA


Posted by: igorkr

Baikal-Amur highway (BAM).

Quote:
Medal ” For construction of a Baikal-Amur highway ” is founded by the Decree of Presidium of a Supreme Soviet of the USSR from October 8,1976



Posted by: Isperi

The Petronas Twin Towers (also known as the Petronas Towers or Twin Towers), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are the world's tallest twin buildings. They were the world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004 if measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural top, the original height reference used by the US-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat from 1969 (three additional height categories were introduced as the tower neared completion in 1996).


Posted by: mew827

Three Gorges Dam


Posted by: sashah

Foster & Partners - Russian tower


Posted by: clifton

Sorry mates, there is no correct answer yet


Posted by: forwardone

Aswan Dam.


Posted by: Necros

Hoover Dam.


Posted by: golddust

Palm Islands


Posted by: newbux69

Fremont Bridge Approach Replacement

Replace the existing bridge approaches and the mechanical and electrical systems for the bascule bridge.


Posted by: Kalies00

Big Dig is the unofficial name of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (CA/T), a megaproject that rerouted the Central Artery (Interstate 93), the chief controlled-access highway through the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, into a 3.5 mile (5.6km) tunnel under the city.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...unnel-large.jpg


Posted by: clifton

Very good guesses, but none is the correct one

Quiz 192

Clue 2

I am under the ground


Posted by: igorkr

Second Avenue (Manhattan)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Avenue_(Manhattan)


Posted by: newbux69

Gotthard Base Tunnel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel


Posted by: vladb

AMFORA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

New underground city planned for Amsterdam.
The AMFORA plan was presented to the Enlightened Underground International Congress in Amsterdam by engineers Strukton and architects Zwarts & Jansma as a radical solution to the shortage of development sites within Amsterdam.


Posted by: mew827

The world's longest road tunnel: Laerdal - Aurland


Posted by: coldwind

Argyle Diamond Mine - Underground Project 110 km south of Kununurra, East Kimberley


Posted by: Old_Cat

Channel Tunnel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Tunnel

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...nnel_en.svg.png


Posted by: blackrose33

The Oil pipeline system Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean

http://www.transneft.ru/Projects/Default.asp?LANG=EN


Posted by: skatepro

Montreal Metro


Posted by: Isperi

The "Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel" or "SMART Tunnel", is a storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a major national project in the country. It is the longest stormwater tunnel in South East Asia and second longest in Asia.


Posted by: clifton

Wow, great guesses keep coming. But still no one has given the correct answer


Posted by: sashah

Chris Rokos home.

Chris Rokos, a 36-year-old hedge fund manager, has purchased a 17,000 sq. ft., four story, run down hotel in west London, and plans on turning it into the eight-bedroom home of his dreams.
Amenities include a gym, a home cinema, a third-floor open-air pool, an internal climbing wall, a subterranean garage with motorized lift for two cars, a library…and an indoor high dive swimming pool dug 16 feet into the ground. Under his house.


Posted by: golddust

The "Okhotny Ryad" multi-functional underground commercial/recreational complex on Manezhnaya Square (total area 70 000m2) built close to Moscow Metro and considered to be among Europe largest structures of this type. It has been entered into the list of world largest underground works of XX century.


Posted by: Inducator

My guess the the tallest construction of a building right now going on at Dubai. Burj Dubai
My 5 cent of wisdom.


Posted by: hkbudget

Beijing Underground City

http://www.drben.net/ChinaReport/Be...round_City.html


Posted by: Kalies00

Koyna Dam

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...x-Koyna-Dam.jpg


Posted by: okosh

Moscow cold war museum...(also known as "secret Moscow Bunkers")
It's an underground bunker they built during the cold war....Complete with tunnels from the presidents office and home so he could escape if needed
http://www.gadling.com/2007/07/03/s...en-to-tourists/


Posted by: Necros

London sewerage system.


Posted by: clifton

Cool guesses, but... you know

Quiz 192

Clue 3

I am still in development. I should start working this year.


Posted by: newbux69

Gibraltar Tunnel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar_Tunnel


Posted by: blackrose33

Alpine tunnel project

http://www.eubusiness.com/Transport...74911.qqdun17c/


Posted by: vladb

Spaceport America, (Southwest Regional Spaceport), Upham, Sierra County, New Mexico

The new spaceport has been designed by Foster + Partners, with constructural advice being given by the URS Corporation. Construction is expected to begin in 2008 and completed by 2010.


Posted by: Old_Cat

Savio Rail Tunnel
Quote:
Savio Rail Tunnel connects Vuosaari harbour in Helsinki to the main railroad line in Kerava. The tunnel is planned to be 13.5 km long and will have a single railroad track. Construction begun in 2004, and boring was completed in September 2006. The tunnel is planned to be complete by 2008.



Posted by: igorkr

Brightwater Treatment System
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/WTD/homepage/construction.htm


Posted by: okosh

City beneath a city in Amsterdam


Posted by: Isperi

The first Olympic Park construction project has been successfully completed on time and on budget, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today, with the creation of two giant tunnels under the Park which will carry the power needed for Games and legacy. This has been achieved despite the project encountering considerable difficulties

The announcement comes as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) completes its visit to London to hear an update on preparations for 2012.

The tunnelling work has been underway since last April to create two 6km tunnels beneath the Olympic Park allowing the power needed for the Games and the community post-2012 to be carried underground. This will allow 52 pylons which currently dominate the landscape to be removed, 'unlocking' the Olympic Park site for the start of construction of the main venues and infrastructure next year. It is also a key part of the vision to regenerate east London and create an open and accessible Park in legacy.


Posted by: clifton

I didn't know about most of these projects, very interesting. But I still can't see the one I know about mentioned


Posted by: Necros

My Particle Physics profesor always talk about it, so... LHC!

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator and hadron collider located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. Currently under construction, the LHC is scheduled to begin operation in May 2008. The LHC is expected to become the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. The LHC is being funded and built in collaboration with over two thousand physicists from thirty-four countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories. When activated, it is theorized that the collider will produce the elusive Higgs boson, the observation of which could confirm the predictions and 'missing links' in the Standard Model of physics and could explain how other elementary particles acquire properties such as mass. The verification of the existence of the Higgs boson would be a significant step in the search for a Grand Unified Theory, which seeks to unify all of the four fundamental forces: electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force and gravitation. The Higgs boson may also help to explain why gravitation is so weak compared to the other three forces. In addition to the Higgs boson, other theorized novel particles that might be produced, and for which searches are planned, include strangelets, micro black holes, magnetic monopoles and supersymmetric particles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider


Posted by: clifton

Quote:
Originally Posted by Necros
My Particle Physics profesor always talk about it, so... LHC!

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a particle accelerator and hadron collider located at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland. Currently under construction, the LHC is scheduled to begin operation in May 2008. The LHC is expected to become the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. The LHC is being funded and built in collaboration with over two thousand physicists from thirty-four countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories. When activated, it is theorized that the collider will produce the elusive Higgs boson, the observation of which could confirm the predictions and 'missing links' in the Standard Model of physics and could explain how other elementary particles acquire properties such as mass. The verification of the existence of the Higgs boson would be a significant step in the search for a Grand Unified Theory, which seeks to unify all of the four fundamental forces: electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force and gravitation. The Higgs boson may also help to explain why gravitation is so weak compared to the other three forces. In addition to the Higgs boson, other theorized novel particles that might be produced, and for which searches are planned, include strangelets, micro black holes, magnetic monopoles and supersymmetric particles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider


And Necros is the winner! I thought more clues will be needed, but you found the correct answer. Congratulations!

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images...ern.xlarge1.jpg


Posted by: Necros

Quote:
Originally Posted by clifton
And Necros is the winner! I thought more clues will be needed, but you found the correct answer. Congratulations!
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images...ern.xlarge1.jpg



Wow! Well, the fact that I'm a physics student help me a lot XD.

Thanks!


Posted by: mew827

Congrats the winner


Posted by: vladb

Congrats Necros! and your Physics professor!


Posted by: okosh

Quote:
Originally Posted by Necros
Wow! Well, the fact that I'm a physics student help me a lot XD.

Thanks!


Well done ....You should give half to your professor


Posted by: golddust

Nicely done Necros. Where is this being constructed?
Quote:
...strangelets, micro black holes, magnetic monopoles and supersymmetric particles.

What about super intelligence???


Posted by: forwardone

Necros, well done. Not an easy one by any means.


Posted by: Necros

Quote:
Originally Posted by golddust
Nicely done Necros. Where is this being constructed?

At CERN, on the border between Switzerland and France.

Quote:
Originally Posted by golddust
What about super intelligence???

This project cause the development of many technologies as a side effect.

Payment received, thanks very much!!


Posted by: Inducator

Congratulation Necros, still some sense within the www.


Posted by: music_love931

wow that was really an awome achivements guys keep going.. anyway grats guys!...

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