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A) 1900 B) 1950 C) 1889 D) 1920
A) Paris B) Tokyo C) London D) New York City
A) 1,000 feet B) 1,400 feet C) 1,063 feet D) 800 feet
A) Wood B) Steel C) Concrete D) Iron
A) Metal Monument B) Iron Behemoth C) Steel Giant D) Iron Lady
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Pierre Cardin C) Leonardo da Vinci D) Claude Monet
A) 2010 B) 2020 C) 2000 D) 1990
A) 5 stories B) 2 stories C) 3 stories D) 4 stories
A) 7.2 million B) 5,889,000 C) 6.91 million D) 4.5 million
A) Maurice Koechlin B) Émile Nouguier C) Gustave Eiffel D) Stephen Sauvestre
A) 200 meters (656 feet) B) 300 meters (984 feet) C) The Eiffel Tower became taller than the Washington Monument during its construction. D) 150 meters (492 feet)
A) National Bank of Haiti B) Société des Ingénieurs Civils C) Compagnie des Établissements Eiffel D) Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC)
A) 1989 B) 1964 C) 1991 D) 2000
A) $6.5 million francs B) $1.5 million francs C) The budget included funds allocated for the construction of the Eiffel Tower. D) $10 million francs
A) Édouard Lockroy B) Gustave Eiffel C) Stephen Sauvestre D) Jules Grévy
A) 450 steps B) 600 steps C) 150 steps D) Over 300 steps
A) He bought the rights to the patent and managed the commercial exploitation. B) He funded the entire project alone. C) He designed the entire structure by himself. D) He was a mere consultant with no financial involvement.
A) The signing of the Declaration of Independence B) The founding of Paris C) The French Revolution D) The Industrial Revolution
A) Stephen Sauvestre B) Gustave Eiffel C) Maurice Koechlin D) Émile Nouguier
A) Charles Garnier B) William-Adolphe Bouguereau C) Édouard Lockroy D) Gustave Eiffel
A) L'Équipe B) The New York Times C) Le Temps D) Le Figaro
A) Guy de Maupassant B) Charles Gounod C) Jules Massenet D) William-Adolphe Bouguereau
A) Stonehenge B) The Egyptian pyramids C) The Roman Colosseum D) The Great Wall of China
A) Charles Baudelaire B) Paul Verlaine C) Guillaume Apollinaire D) Victor Hugo
A) Charles Garnier B) Édouard Lockroy C) Gustave Eiffel D) Adolphe Alphand
A) Some changed their minds, others remained unconvinced B) They started a new protest against other structures C) They all continued to protest D) All of them apologized publicly
A) 1918 B) 1939 C) 1900 D) 1925
A) 1 April 1887 B) 15 March 1887 C) 30 June 1886 D) 28 January 1887
A) Eight B) Four C) Two D) Six
A) Steel beams B) Brick walls C) Compressed-air caissons D) Wooden piles
A) 10 m (33 ft) B) 15 m (49 ft) C) 20 m (66 ft) D) 25 m (82 ft)
A) 10 m (33 ft) B) 6 m (20 ft) C) 4 m (13 ft) D) 8 m (26 ft)
A) 30 m (98 ft) B) 10 m (33 ft) C) 15 m (49 ft) D) 22 m (72 ft)
A) Limestone B) Marble C) Granite D) Sandstone
A) 10,000 B) 25,000 C) 20,000 D) 18,038
A) On horse-drawn carts B) By river barge C) In trucks D) By train
A) Versailles B) Nanterre C) Montmartre D) Levallois-Perret
A) Brick masonry B) Steel trusses C) Cantilevers D) Timber scaffolding
A) A small 'creeper' crane B) A pulley system C) An elevator D) A large crane
A) 800 tonnes B) 1200 tonnes C) 500 tonnes D) 1000 tonnes
A) A masterpiece of engineering B) An architectural wonder C) A symbol of modernity D) A 'truly tragic street lamp'
A) Buffalo Bill Cody B) Alberto Santos-Dumont C) Thomas Edison D) Sarah Bernhardt
A) Thomas Edison B) Buffalo Bill Cody C) Gustave Eiffel D) Alberto Santos-Dumont
A) Intercepted enemy communications from Berlin B) Broadcasted propaganda to Germany C) Sent coded messages to Allied forces D) Transmitted weather reports
A) It was painted a different color B) It was replaced with a modern design C) It was removed D) It was preserved as a historical artifact
A) A. J. Hackett B) Thierry Devaux C) Robert Moriarty D) Gustave Eiffel
A) Demonstrate his latest invention B) Discuss future engineering projects C) Give a speech on modern technology D) Present him with a phonograph
A) They were replaced after 97 years in service B) They were permanently closed C) They were restored to their original condition D) They were converted into emergency staircases
A) Structural height B) Wind resistance C) Cost efficiency D) Aesthetic appeal
A) Cylindrical B) Spherical C) Basically exponential D) Rectangular
A) First floor B) Third floor C) Second floor D) Ground floor
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Alain Ducasse C) Julia Child D) Frédéric Anton
A) Flemish restaurant B) Russian restaurant C) Anglo-American Bar D) French restaurant
A) North column B) East column C) South column D) West column
A) A gift shop B) A champagne bar C) An art gallery D) A science museum
A) Alain Ducasse B) Frédéric Anton C) Julia Child D) Gustave Eiffel
A) Comité des Forges B) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape C) Eiffel et Compagnie D) Otis Brothers & Company
A) Eiffel et Compagnie B) Otis Brothers & Company C) Comité des Forges D) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape
A) 25 passengers B) 50 passengers C) 40 passengers D) 15 passengers
A) 100 passengers B) 50 passengers C) 80 passengers D) 65 passengers
A) 1905 B) 1950 C) 1923 D) 1986–87
A) Reddish brown B) Bronze C) Yellow-brown D) White
A) 1968 B) 2024 C) 2001 D) 2010
A) Yellow-brown B) Bronze C) Reddish brown D) Black
A) 30 times B) At least 19 times C) 12 times D) 25 times
A) Bronze paint B) Lead paint C) Reddish brown paint D) Yellow-brown paint
A) 20 tons B) 40 tons C) 50 tons D) 30 tons
A) Mayor Anne Hidalgo B) The Eiffel family C) Paris residents D) The Paris Observatory
A) 2000 B) 1957 C) 1889 D) 2011
A) 2000 B) 31 March 2005 C) 1957 D) 8 March 2011
A) Pont d'Iéna B) Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel C) Quai Branly D) Bir-Hakeim
A) Analogue television B) Digital terrestrial television (DTT) C) FM radio D) Cable television
A) Shortest freestanding structure B) Tallest freestanding (non-guyed) structure C) Tallest guyed structure D) Second tallest tower
A) 2002 B) 1993 C) 2014 D) 1989
A) 2091 B) 2043 C) 2039 D) 2021
A) John Bickerstaffe B) Stéphane Dieu C) Eugène Viollet-le-Duc D) Pierre Bideau
A) China B) Japan C) Mexico D) United States
A) 1958 B) 1989 C) 1972 D) 1965
A) Berlin B) Vienna C) Prague D) Rome
A) Three B) Four C) One D) Two
A) $300 million B) $480 million C) $100 million D) $600 million |