Q 01/05

Which natural feature juts through Fallingwater's living room floor, kept at Edgar Kaufmann's insistence?

A) A tree trunk

B) A boulder

C) A cliff ledge

D) A creek channel

Answer · why

B) A boulder

A boulder about seven feet long pokes up in front of the hearth. Frank Lloyd Wright wanted to shave its top flat, but his client overruled him.

Q 02/05

Frank Lloyd Wright reportedly matched Fallingwater's ocher concrete to a dried leaf of which plant?

A) Mountain laurel

B) Sassafras

C) Rhododendron

D) Witch hazel

Answer · why

C) Rhododendron

Rhododendron was the leaf Wright is said to have picked up on site, and he ordered waterproof paint from DuPont to match its dried color.

Q 03/05

Which wry nickname did Edgar Kaufmann Sr. give Fallingwater because of its many leaks and damp?

A) Rising Mildew

B) Falling Plaster

C) Dripping Rock

D) Sinking Terrace

Answer · why

A) Rising Mildew

Rising Mildew was his joke on the name of a house that at first leaked in 50 places. Later studies traced the leaks to mistakes by the builders.

Q 04/05

Fallingwater inspired the villain's house in which Alfred Hitchcock thriller that ends on Mount Rushmore?

A) To Catch a Thief

B) The Man Who Knew Too Much

C) North by Northwest

D) Strangers on a Train

Answer · why

C) North by Northwest

North by Northwest gave its villain a lair in Wright's style, modelled on the Pennsylvania original. It was only a film set, as no such home exists ne...

Q 05/05

Which Hollywood actor and architecture buff marked a birthday with a private tour of Fallingwater in 2006?

A) George Clooney

B) Johnny Depp

C) Leonardo DiCaprio

D) Brad Pitt

Answer · why

D) Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt had wanted to see the house since a college architecture course, a curator said. He spent two hours touring it with Angelina Jolie.