Marble Quiz: questions and answers

1. What type of rock is marble?

An igneous rock

A sandstone

A metamorphic rock

2. Where does the word "marble" derive from?

Old Aramaic

Ancient Greek

Avestan

3. What color is creole marble?

Black

White

White and blue/black

4. Where can carrara marble be found?

The United States

Italy

Germany

5. Which city was recorded in the 2013 Guinness Book of Records as having the world's highest concentration of white marble buildings?

Tejen

Ashgabat

Rome

6. Which countries were the leaders of marble production in 1998?

Italy, China, Spain and India

Italy, Russia, China and Mexico

Greece, Russia, Spain and India

7. Where is Marble Falls located?

Texas

Arizona

Massachusetts

8. What marble variety was used to clad the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland?

Bianco sivec

Yule marble

Etowah marble

9. When was the Vermont Marble Company founded?

1880

1890

1870

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