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