The real RSQ get cracking

[HOLDorFOLD]

Tallest buildings, just googled, came up with this

http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?1241105


Empire state is in there ..... mind you it could be an old page so off to double check it ;-)

[bobAlike]

(5) Name any movie or TV series to feature Billy Connolly

Water
bobalike

No Fails !  how impressive although my Google -ometer was twitching at Bobalikes answer  so old and largely unrecognised

But an answer it is.

It's my age!!!

The First thing you did as you popped out was Stuck the telly on not to miss Billy Connolly and Michael Cain in Water?  

Don't remeber too much about it other than it was uter cr*p.

[Newmanseye]

Kinboshi       -2
ItsMrAlex2U  10
Mondatoo    43
Holdorfold    29
Technolog    11
bobalike       10
Johnmw      10
Ginger         17
Dino            12
CDW1111    19

[kinboshi]

CN tower is not a fail btw

Hilton Hotel is though.

[HOLDorFOLD]

(6) Name one of the top 10 tallest buildings on the planet to date.


Taipei 101
Kinboshi

Burj
ItsMrAlex2U

Petronas Towers
Technolog
bobalike

Sears Tower
Johnmw
Dino




Fails

Empire State Building
Mondatoo
Holdorfold

CN Tower
Ginger
CDW1111

PMSL That's just freaky

 

[ItsMrAlex2u]

CN tower is not a fail btw

Hilton Hotel is though.

So is West Germany

[Ginger]

Just googled the CN tower, and it says that it held the record for a free standing structure for 31 years, until 2007?!

What list is yours from Billy?

[ItsMrAlex2u]

CN tower is not a fail btw

Hilton Hotel is though.

QM obviously from the Tighty school of not listening to objections

[Newmanseye]

I have rechecked my list and the top 10 which has a Joint 10th & 4th place is below

   Burj Dubai    Dubai     United Arab Emirates    818 m    2,684 ft    162    2009
2    Taipei 101    Taipei     Taiwan    509 m    1,671 ft    101    2004
3    Shanghai World Financial Center    Shanghai     China    492 m    1,614 ft    101    2008
4=    Petronas Tower 1    Kuala Lumpur     Malaysia    452 m    1,483 ft    88    1998
4=    Petronas Tower 2    Kuala Lumpur     Malaysia    452 m    1,483 ft    88    1998
6    Nanjing Greenland Financial Center    Nanjing     China    450 m    1,476 ft    89    2009[C]
7    Sears Tower    Chicago     United States    442 m    1,451 ft    108    1973
8    Guangzhou International Finance Center    Guangzhou     China    438 m    1,435 m    103    2009
9    Jin Mao Tower    Shanghai     China    421 m    1,380 ft    88    1998
10=    Two International Finance Centre    Hong Kong     Hong Kong, China    415 m    1,362 ft    88    2003
10=    Trump International Hotel and Tower    Chicago     United States    415 m    1,362 ft    92    2009

[ItsMrAlex2u]

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

CN Tower is 3rd

[ItsMrAlex2u]

Mind you, the CN tower is not actually a building, so FAIL

[Ginger]

CN Tower is 1,815.4 ft....

Antenna/Spire    553.33 m (1,815.4 ft)
Roof    457.2 m      (1,500.0 ft)
Top floor   446.5 m  (1,464.9 ft)

[Ginger]

so...

[dino1980]

Sweet, safe in mid-table mediocrity.

 

[cdw1111]

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

CN Tower is 3rd

been up it its bloody high