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