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Exploring the World of Brick: History and Film

Test your knowledge on the history of bricks and their representation in film with this engaging quiz.

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1 The Romans made use of fired bricks, and the ________, which operated mobile kilns, introduced bricks to many parts of the empire.

2 What role did Matt O'Leary play in the movie Brick?

3 Who played Assistant V.P. Trueman in the movie Brick?

4 Brick Gothic buildings, which are built almost exclusively of bricks, are to be found in ________, Germany, Poland, and Russia.

5 What role did Lukas Haas play in the movie Brick?

6 Who played Brendan in the movie Brick?

7 Who played The Brain in the movie Brick?

8 There is a large refractory brick industry, especially in the United Kingdom, ________ and the United States.

9 In the ________, modern bricks are usually about 8 × 4 × 2.25 inches (203 × 102 × 57 mm).

10 What role did Richard Roundtree play in the movie Brick?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Amrita Club is one of only two brick Colonial Revival buildings in Poughkeepsie, New York.
  • the Lake Linden Historic District was rebuilt largely of brick after property insurance companies with heavy losses in an 1887 fire threatened to pull out of the area.
  • the initials of John Hathorn and his wife carved into brick on their house in Warwick, New York show the influence of Germanic building traditions.
  • the walls of Peter the Great's first "palace" in the nascent St Petersburg, a 60 m2 (650 sq ft) log cabin, were painted to resemble brickwork.
  • the Combe Haven Viaduct, on the Bexhill West Branch Line, contained over 9,000,000 bricks.
  • the Gothic Revival-style Jones House (pictured) is the second oldest brick house in Pontiac, Illinois.
  • United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt personally intervened to make sure the new post office in Ellenville, New York was built of stone instead of brick after residents complained to him via telegram.
  • according to legend, any immigrant to the city of Agroha, established by Emperor Agrasen in ancient India, would receive a hundred thousand bricks to build a home, and a hundred thousand rupees to start a business of his own.
  • before brick became available as a building material, churches in medieval Northern Europe were commonly built with glacial erratics and rubble.
  • the 999-year-old Gonbad-e Qabus in Golestan, Iran is the world's tallest brick tower at 70 meters (230 feet).
  • brick has been the main building material for churches in the architecture of Denmark (1170 church pictured) since the mid-12th century.
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