Just for fun, attempt this E-Real Estate Law Quiz.
We are aware that today, a quiz on a law firm website may strike some as a questionable choice. However, this is an homage to Stuart Kaplow’s first legal website in 1994 that contained this quiz. We’ve updated some of the questions, so what the “hay” test your knowledge of fun real estate trivia. The quiz is self scoring.

Who is the largest private land owner in the United States?

Stan Kroenke controls more than 2.7 million acres mostly in Texas and Wyoming. California’s Emmerson family through their Sierra Pacific Industries own 2.4 million acres. The John Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation owns 2.2 million acres. Of note, at the time of his death in 2026, Ted Turner owned more than 2 million acres.

When was the oldest written lease, still remaining in existence, executed?

132 C.E. A land lease from Bar Kokhba written on papyrus, and found in the Cave of Letters in the Judean Dessert. The lease is in the Jerusalem Museum.

How many square feet are there in an acre?

43,560 square feet

What is the tallest building in the world?

Burj Khalifa in Dubai completed in 2010, with 163 stories at 2717 feet
Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur completed in 2023, with 118 stories at 2227 feet
Shanghai Tower in Shanghai completed in 2015, with 123 stories at 2,073 feet
Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower in Mecca completed in 2012, with 120 stories at 1,972 feet
Ping An Finance Center in Shenzhen completed in 2016, with 115 stories at 1,966 feet.
(Before September 11, 2001, the World Trade Centers in New York had been the third tallest at 1368 feet.)

In what year was real estate law first written down?

Four tablet fragments dating to 1868 B.C. are remnants of the ancient Sumerian Code of Lipit-Ishtar that includes issues of lateral and subjacent support.

What is the most common real estate transaction in the United States?

A residential lease

How long is a perch?

16.5 feet, 5.03 meters, and a rod are all correct in the context of surveying, depending upon the source in history.

What is the largest building in New York City?

55 Water Street contains 3.8 million square feet, the equivalent of 30 blocks It has 70 elevators and more than 18,000 people work there.

(The Sears Tower in Chicago is bigger)

What was the first LEED® Platinum building?

In December 2000, the Philip Merrill Environmental Center in Annapolis, Maryland, using the LEED New Construction v1.0 rating system.

What is often referred to as the best real estate deal of the last millennium?

On August 10, 1626, the Canarsee Delaware Indians agreed to sell the 22 square mile Manhattes island at the mouth of the Hudson River to Dutch settlers for cloth and trinkets. At the end of the 20th century, Manhattan was estimated to be worth at least $143 billion.