Worlds Tallest Buildings Quiz

Okay, quiz junkies, this is the 98th quiz this year, and when we get to 100 I'm going to have a rest for a while.

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Have left out the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre for obvious reasons - who would fail to recognise those ?

So, 1pt for name of building, 1pt for location of city/country, extra points if you can name exact height, number of floors, year of completion. Plenty of points to go for ! Good luck.

[Chunky Monkey]

I think numbers 5 and 6 are

5-The Razor-5th tallest building in the world From Hong Kong

6-Two International Finance dominates the Hong Kong side of the harbour and is the 9th tallest building in the world.

[Josie]

2. Taipei 101 - in Taipei, Taiwan. 101 floors (at a guess from the name ;)????)

3. Petronas Tower - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 110 stories - 32,000 windows!!!!!!! (Who'd want to clean them then????)

4. Sears Tower - Chicago. 110 stories as well.

[mickthehammer]

Ohh! I do like a big one! ;D

5 Jin Mao Tower, shanghai, China, 1,380ft approx
8 shun hing square, China, 1,260ft
9 Empire State Building, New York, USA, 1,250ft fact
10 Central Plazza, Hong Kong, China, 1,220ft approx

Helps that I send couriers to most of these buildings and their little brothers...
No 7 looks farmilliar but can't place it yet ???

Crikey, I thought that would be difficult, and only two haven’t been identified so far !
As regards scoring, I have exactly 50 points to give out, and I am going to keep to that and have made myself a little grid to assist myself. So forgive me for the lack of bonus points given out on this !

BB Reaper – can’t give you number 5), as the pictured building is not in Hong Kong. I believe that there is a building nicknamed the Razor, which is in Hong Kong, but it’s number ten and I needed its proper name.
You’re okay on number 6) though, which is indeed the Two International Finance Centre. 2pts.

Josie – 2) Name, location and number of floors correct for 3pts.
3) Name and location only correct for 2pts. The stories don’t add up though.
4) Name and location correct, and you’re within two of the correct number of stories which is 108. So 3pts

MicktheHammer – 5) All info correct, 3pts
8) Shun Hing Square correct, height correct, half a point only for China (you can do better than that !) 2.5pts
9) All info correct, 3pts
10) All info correct, I make the height 1227ft but you were near enough. 3pts

Leaderboard:
1. MicktheHammer 11.5pts
2. Josie 8pts
3. BB Reaper 2pts

I expect Wolfman will be along in a minute with all the heights, floors and years of completion ! ;)

[Sir Jock o The Strap]

1. The Burj Tower in Dubai, Dubai, UAE, built 2008, with 160 floors 800m (2.640ft) Chief
Architect, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
2. Taipei 101, Taipei, Taiwan, built 2004 with 101 floors used for offices amongst other things, height to spire 508m and to the roof 448m. C.Y. Lee & Partner are the Architects
3. 3. Petronas Tower - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia built 1998 with 88 floors of office space, height 452m to the spire. Cesar Pelli was the Architect.
4. Sears Tower, Chicago IL, USA, built 1974 with 108 floors of offices, height to antenna is 527.3m and to the roof is 442.3m. Bruce Graham was the Architect.
5. Jin Mao Tower Shanghai China, built in 1998 with 93 floors of mixed usage, height to the spire 420.5m. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Architects.
6. 2 International Finance Center, In Hong Kong, China, Built 2003, 90 floors mostly offices, Height, ground level to the antenna is 415.8m or to the spire is 413.8m or to the roof is 406.9m. Cesar Pelli Architect.
7. CITIC Plaza Guangzhou GD, China built in 1997 with 80 floors given over to offices, height to the spire is 391.1m and to the roof is around 321.9m. DLN Architects.
8. Shun Hing Square, Shenzhen GD, China built in 1996 with only 69 floors of offices, height to it's spire 384m and to its roof 324.8m. K.Y. Cheung Architect.
9. Empire State Building, New York City NY, USA, built 1931 with 102 floors of offices, height to it's antenna is 448.7m and to it's roof is 381m. Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Architects.
10. Central Plazza, Hong Kong, China built in 1992 with 78 floors of office space, 374m to it's spire and 309m to it's roof top. Ng Chun Man was the Architect.

I know most of these if not all were answered but I am going for the bonus points anyway!!!!

As usual Sir Jock o'the Strap's answer resembles a completed 'A' level examination paper !
So, the Burj Dubai was built in 2008, was it ? I'd love to have a ride back to the future in your time machine some time matey !
Seriously, that is a good answer as work commenced on the tower in 1999, and by the time the 60th floor was built it was already one of the world's tallest buildings at 321m (1053ft). By the time work is finished, next year, it should indeed have reached the 160th floor and 800m in height.

All your other answers have filled in my matrix successfully, the only slight inaccuracy being in your answer to number three where the uninitiated might be led to believe there is only one Petronas Tower. :o The last time i checked there were two. ;)
Have to mark you down two half-points as the correct answer is 425m + 425m and 88 floors + 88 floors.

Good research though !

Quiz ended:
1. Sir Jock o' the Strap 27.5pts
2. MicktheHammer 11.5pts
3. Josie 8pts
4. BB Reaper 2pts