Tel Aviv facts & stats

Question 1

Tel Aviv is a city in which country?

Accepted Answer

Israel. Tel Aviv is a major city on Israel's central coast.

Question 2

Which ancient port city is now part of Tel Aviv?

Accepted Answer

Jaffa. Jaffa, one of the world's oldest ports, was joined with Tel Aviv in 1950.

Question 3

Tel Aviv's 'White City' is known for thousands of buildings in which style?

Accepted Answer

Bauhaus, or International Style. Architects trained in Europe designed white, flat-roofed, modernist buildings there in the 1930s.

Question 4

The Hebrew word 'aviv' in Tel Aviv means what?

Accepted Answer

Spring. Aviv means spring, the season, suggesting renewal and new growth.

Question 5

Which river flows through northern Tel Aviv into the sea?

Accepted Answer

Yarkon River. The Yarkon runs west through Tel Aviv's large Park HaYarkon before reaching the Mediterranean.

Question 6

The White City of Tel Aviv was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in which year?

Accepted Answer

2003. UNESCO inscribed the White City in 2003 as an outstanding example of modernist town planning and architecture.

Question 7

How did Tel Aviv's founding families famously divide up their first building plots?

Accepted Answer

By a lottery using seashells. Families drew lots using seashells gathered from the beach, a scene captured in a famous photograph.

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