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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Nick Van Mead

Fake views: can you spot the city copy?

  1. Which is the real Capitol Building?

    1. Replica of US Capitol Building in China<br>WUHAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 08: An unfinished replica of Washington DC's Capitol Building stands on November 8, 2015 in Wuhan, China. An impressive replica of the US Capitol Building has stood dormant in the city of Wuhan for several years now. Originally intended to be used as a luxury hotel in 2007, construction halted after financing for the building dried up. The building is smaller than the original with only five floors, and the 535 members of the US Congress would probably not be able to stand under its cupola. Yet it showcases the same dome and Corinthian columns as the US version. The abandoned project has not gone to waste for everybody however. Its courtyard has been used by a driving school to drive and park, and local residents use its grounds to grow vegetables. (Photo by Lucas Schifres/Getty Images)

    2. Congressional Majority In Question As Election Nears<br>WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: The US Capitol is shown October 11, 2016 in Washington DC. House and Senate Republicans are in a close race with Democrats to keep control of both houses of Congress. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

  2. Which is the real Sphinx?

    1. Odd Architecture In Shijiazhuang Studio Park<br>SHIJIAZHUANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 03: (CHINA OUT) A replica of Sphinx is seen in a new studio park on December 3, 2015 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province of China. A complex building mixed three-story China's Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest as its north part and a four-story western architecture as its south part was built in a new studio park which also contained replicas of Egyptian Sphinx, French Louvre Pyramid and some Chinese ancient buildings in Shijiazhuang. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

    2. Egyptian workers take a break during restoration work on the Giza Sphinx on March 4, 1998. Workmen, sculptors and architects spent nearly 10 years placing 12,244 white limestone blocks, each a little shorter than a person's arm, along the animal's paws, legs and stomach to restore and shore up the crumbling national icon. Egypt plans to formally unveil the pharaoh with a lion's body later this month, though no date has been set. (AP Photo/Norbert Schiller) EGYPT_SPHINX.JPG

  3. Which is the real Statue of Liberty?

    1. Tourists pose for photographs in front of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013, in New York. The Statue of Liberty reopened to the public after the state of New York agreed to shoulder the costs of running the site during the partial federal government shutdown. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

    2. Japan, Honshu Island, Tokyo, Odaiba Marine Park, the replica of the Statue of Liberty of Bartholdi with the Rainbow Bridge in<br>CR620N Japan, Honshu Island, Tokyo, Odaiba Marine Park, the replica of the Statue of Liberty of Bartholdi with the Rainbow Bridge in

  4. Which is the real Florence?

    1. Pedestrians walk down an alley that resembles a Florentine-style street towards a building that looks like a Roman Coliseumin the Florentia Village in the district of Wuqing, located on the outskirts of the city of Tianjin June 13, 2012. The shopping center, which covers an area of some 200,000 square meters, was constructed on a former corn field at an estimated cost of US$220 million, and copies old Italian-style architecture with Florentine arcades, a grand canal, bridges, and a Coliseum-like building. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) - RTR33JTJ

    2. Charming narrow streets of Florence town in Tuscany, Italy<br>HNDCKH Charming narrow streets of Florence town in Tuscany, Italy

  5. Which is the real Angkor Wat?

    1. Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Banteay Srei Temple. 10th century.

    2. The replica of an Angkor Wat temple built 40 kilometers from<br>CAMBODIA - 2000/11/01: The replica of an Angkor Wat temple built 40 kilometers from Phnom Penh by a former monk who became a businessman. The replica is used as a real Buddhist temple.. (Photo by Thierry Falise/LightRocket via Getty Images)

  6. Which is the real Tower Bridge?

    1. Seasonal weather, UK - 30 Dec 2016<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock (7675644c) Fog drenched Tower Bridge Seasonal weather, UK - 30 Dec 2016

    2. Bridge Resembling London Tower Bridge Built In Suzhou<br>SUZHOU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 25: The bridge resembles the London Tower Bridge on February 25 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province of China. The bridge, built over Yuanhe Pond in Suzhou, insists of four 40-meter-tall towers which resemble the Tower Bridge in London. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

  7. Which is the real Eiffel Tower?

    1. Eiffel Tower Surrounded by Autumnal Trees Paris France<br>B8P5WR Eiffel Tower Surrounded by Autumnal Trees Paris France

    2. Replica Of Paris In China<br>HANGZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 21: (CHINA OUT) Photo shows a replica of The Eiffel Tower standing at 108 metres at Tianducheng residential community, also known as a knockoff of Paris, on March 21, 2014 in Hangzhou, China. Tianducheng is developed by Zhejiang Guangsha Co. Ltd.. The construction began in 2007 with a replica of the Eiffel Tower and Parisian houses, and it is expected to be completed by 2015. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

  8. Which is the real White House?

    1. American President-Elect Barack Obama waxwork doll getting inaugurated at White House of Mikami Kogyo, Osaka, Japan - 20 Jan 2009<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Masatoshi Okauchi/REX/Shutterstock (839334k) White House of Mikami Kogyo CEO Yutaro Mikami American President-Elect Barack Obama waxwork doll getting inaugurated at White House of Mikami Kogyo, Osaka, Japan - 20 Jan 2009 Proving that it truly is a global event, on the day that Barack Obama officially gets inaugurated in Washington as the 44th president of the United States a similar inauguration has happened across the world in Japan. Here an Obama wax doll took part in a swearing in ceremony, watched by past presidents that included George Bush and Bill Clinton. The scene of the service was Osaka's very own full scale replica of the White House. This copy of the presidential home was built by Mikami Kogyo, who is CEO of Yutaro Mikami - a company that manufactures prefabricated building components. Kogyo built the structure in Nov 1983, when then US President Ronald Regan visited Japan, in order to act as his company?s show room. And the building is an accurate depiction of the real White House because Kogyo got the blueprint of the building with the permission of Regan.

    2. USA, Washington DC, Front view of the White House<br>GettyImages-578175043

  9. Which is the real​ Parthenon?

    1. Replicas Of Sphinx And Parthenon Built In Lanzhou<br>LANZHOU, CHINA - MAY 31: (CHINA OUT) A replica of The Parthenon is seen at a tourism and cultural creative park in Lanzhou New Area on May 31, 2016 in Lanzhou, Gansu Province of China. As part of the Silk Road Cultural Heritage City Expo, the park covers about 4,000 mu (about 2£¬666£¬667 square meters). (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

    2. Acropolis in Athens, Parthenon, main landmark of Greece<br>D6TFRJ Acropolis in Athens, Parthenon, main landmark of Greece

  10. Which is the real​ Henley on Thames?

    1. Henley on Thames Architecture<br>GettyImages-172982556

    2. Shanghai<br>Thames town in Songjiang.

  11. Which is the real Chateau Maison-Lafitte?

    1. The Château de Maisons-Laffitte<br>The authentic Maisons-Laffitte castle in France, designed by French architect Francois Mansart in the 17th century, inspired the Chinese billionaire Zhang Yuchen to build a copy of it near Beijing. (Photo by Catherine Panchout/Sygma via Getty Images)

    2. Beijing Laffitte Chateau<br>BEIJING, CHINA - JUNE 12: Chinese tourists to visit the Beijing Laffitte Chateau hotel on June 10, 2012 in Beijing, China.A multi-million dollar replica of France's historic Chateau Maison-Laffitte, the Beijing Laffitte Chateau located at the outskirt of Beijing, is a luxury hotel, spa and wine museum in one. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

  12. Which is the real Venice?

    1. Chinese city recreates Venice, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China - 19 Oct 2014<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by HAP/Quirky China News/REX/Shutterstock (4216058a) Venice recreation Chinese city recreates Venice, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China - 19 Oct 2014 Chinese people can now experience Venice scenes without actually going to Italy after the Northern Chinese metropolis of Dalian built a 4km canal lined with European style buildings.

    2. AL BOTTEGON It's not a restaurant but a Bacaro, run by Alessandra 992 Fondamenta Nani, Dorsoduro, tel: 041 522 971, closed Sunday With the perfect location on the San Trovaso canal in chic Dorsoduro, this is a legendary watering hole, beloved by academics from the nearby university and a colourful crowd of expats. It is a packed, stand-up bar, with no tables, with an excellent selection of regional wines, but everyone comes for the cicheti the unique Venetian take on tapas. Osterie here are known in dialect as bacari , and have always sold cicheti , but behind the glass-topped bar of the Bottegon is Sandra de Respinis, the Queen of Cicheti. For 50 years she has been creating her recipes like an alchemist - creamed pumpkin with ricotta and parmesan, a swordfish tartare sprinkled with cocoa powder, smoked tuna with parmesan and a julienne of leeks, pesto Genovese mixed with mascarpone, ricotta and topped of with a sundried tomato. Each day she prepares a tempting 60 different cicheti to choose from, and at 1.20 each, half a dozen make for a hearty lunch. Outside AL BOTTEGON With the perfect location on the San Trovaso canal in chic Dorsoduro, this is a legendary watering hole, beloved by academics from the nearby university and a colourful crowd of expats. It is a packed, stand-up bar, with no tables, with an excellent selection of regional wines, but everyone comes for the cicheti the unique Venetian take on tapas. Osterie here are known in dialect as bacari , and have always sold cicheti , but behind the glass-topped bar of the Bottegon is Sandra de Respinis, the Queen of Cicheti. For 50 years she has been creating her recipes like an alchemist - creamed pumpkin with ricotta and parmesan, a swordfish tartare sprinkled with cocoa powder, smoked tuna with parmesan and a julienne of leeks, pesto Genovese mixed with mascarpone, ricotta and topped of with a sundried tomato. Each day she prepares a tempting 60 different cicheti to choose from, and at 1.20 each, half a dozen make for a hearty lunch.

Solutions

1:B, 2:B, 3:A, 4:B, 5:A, 6:A, 7:A, 8:B, 9:B, 10:A, 11:A, 12:B

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