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