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1. Which agency of the United Nations runs the World Heritage Programme?
 
UNEP
UNESCO
UNFIP
UNICEF

It's the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
 
 
2. Which model industrial village in the north of England was granted WHS status in 2001?
 
Bournville
Portmeirion
Port Sunlight
Saltaire

It was founded near Shipley, West Yorkshire, by Sir Titus Salt in 1853
 
 
3. Which South American capital city, founded in the 16th century, became a WHS in 1978?
 
Buenos Aires
Caracas
Lima
Quito

It has the best-preserved historic centre in Latin America
 
 
4. Which London borough was granted WHS in 1997?
 
Greenwich
Islington
Richmond upon Thames
Southwark
 
 
5. Which city, known as the 'Pearl of the Adriatic', became a WHS in 1979?
 
Brindisi
Dubrovnik
Rimini
Trieste
 
 
6. Which island, known by its inhabitants as Rapa Nui, became a WHS in 1995?
 
Christmas Island
Easter Island
Pitcairn
Tristan da Cunha
 
 
7. The Pont du Gard in France, that became a WHS in 1985, is a Roman what?
 
Amphitheatre
Aqueduct
Bath house
Temple

It was engineered by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, son-in-law of Augustus
 
 
8. In which English city were the cathedral and nearby castle added to the WHS list in 1986?
 
Canterbury
Durham
Salisbury
Warwick
 
 
9. In which US state is the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, a WHS since 1995?
 
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Utah
 
 
10. The delta of which river, the best preserved in Europe, was granted WHS status in 1991?
 
Danube
Rhine
Rhone
Volga
 
 
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