Stonehenge (England) - Test
A) Sarsen stones B) Sandstone C) Limestone D) Granite
A) Wales B) Ireland C) Wiltshire, England D) Scotland
A) Ceremonial site B) Fortress C) Astronomic observatory D) Market area
A) Four B) One C) Two D) Three
A) The bluestone B) The heel stone C) The lintel D) The altar stone
A) Granite stones B) Bluestones C) Sarsen stones D) Quartz stones
A) Only partially B) Yes C) Not yet D) No
A) 1930 B) 2000 C) 1882 D) 1975
A) Alignment with the solstices B) Mortise and tenon joints C) Use of marble stones D) Circular layout
A) Summer solstice B) Autumn equinox C) Spring equinox D) Winter solstice
A) About 3100 BC B) Around 2000 BC C) Approximately 1500 BC D) Nearly 1000 BC
A) Between 2600 BC and 2400 BC B) Between 2700 BC and 2500 BC C) From 2500 BC to 2300 BC D) Around 3000 BC to 2900 BC
A) UNESCO B) English Heritage C) The Crown Estate D) National Trust
A) 1986 B) 2000 C) 2010 D) 1995
A) 'Hanging stones' B) 'Sacred circle' C) 'Precipice rocks' D) 'Burial ground'
A) A stone circle with lintels B) A burial mound C) A circular banked enclosure with an internal ditch D) An ancient temple
A) Construction of trilithons B) The circular earth bank and ditch C) Positioning of bluestones D) The placement of sarsen stones
A) 'Hinge' or 'to hang' B) 'Stone circle' C) 'Sacred monument' D) 'Burial site'
A) Deposits containing human bone from around 3000 BC B) Pottery shards from 2000 BC C) Iron weapons from 1500 BC D) Bronze tools from 2500 BC
A) Emma Johnson B) David Brown C) John Smith D) Mike Parker Pearson
A) Residential living B) Agriculture C) Burial D) Trade
A) Fourth millennium B.C. B) Mid third millennium B.C. C) First millennium A.D. D) Second millennium B.C.
A) 500 years B) 2000 years C) At least 1500 years D) 1000 years
A) 5000 years B) 8000 years C) 3000 years D) 6500 years
A) East-west B) North-south C) Circular D) Diagonal
A) Yorkshire B) Aberdeenshire C) Wiltshire D) Cornwall
A) Stonehenge Cursus B) Neolithic village C) Stone circle D) Wooden henge
A) Swampy B) Mountainous C) Desert D) Wooded
A) Limestone from nearby cliffs B) Granite from Preseli Hills C) Late Cretaceous (Santonian Age) Seaford chalk D) Sandstone from local quarry
A) William Hawley B) Parker Pearson C) Isaac Newton D) John Aubrey, a 17th-century antiquarian
A) Inscriptions on the stones B) Presence of gold artifacts C) Fossilized remains D) The underlying chalk beneath the graves was crushed by substantial weight
A) A metal framework B) An earthen mound C) A timber structure D) A stone circle
A) They stored food supplies B) They contained cremation burials C) They held water D) They were used for ceremonial gatherings
A) Scottish Highlands B) Glacial erratics by the Irish Sea Glacier C) Brecon Beacons in Wales D) Preseli Hills in modern-day Pembrokeshire, Wales
A) Scottish Highlands B) Brecon Beacons C) Craig Rhos-y-felin near Crymych in Pembrokeshire D) Irish Sea Glacier
A) Senni Beds, possibly east of the Preseli Hills B) Preseli Hills directly C) Brecon Beacons D) Scottish Highlands
A) Tertiary sandstone B) Limestone C) Sarsen stone D) Bluestone
A) Seven trilithons B) Five trilithons C) Three trilithons D) Ten trilithons
A) Aligned with the setting sun on winter solstice B) Open end facing southwest C) Open end facing northeast D) Facing the rising Sun on summer solstice
A) Up to 50 tons each B) 30 tons each C) 20 tons each D) 10 tons each
A) Defensive structure B) Burial ground C) Agricultural site D) Center of a 'land of the living'
A) Horseshoe-shaped setting B) Square formation C) Circular arrangement D) Oval arrangement
A) Trilithons B) Sarsens C) Bluestones D) Lintels
A) Unusual acoustic properties B) Magnetic properties C) Reflective properties D) Thermal properties
A) Seahenge B) Durrington Walls C) Amesbury Archer D) Vespasian's Camp
A) The Boscombe Bowmen B) Seahenge C) Vespasian's Camp D) The Amesbury Archer
A) Durrington Walls B) Maenclochog C) Vespasian's Camp D) Seahenge
A) Africa B) Anatolia C) Northern Europe D) South America
A) Early European Farmers B) Aegean Ancestors C) Central Asian Nomads D) Western Hunter-Gatherers
A) More than 90% B) 50% C) 70% D) 30%
A) Hunting B) Cereal agriculture C) Non-cereal farming D) Fishing
A) Through Africa B) Via Scandinavia C) Iberia before heading north D) Directly from Anatolia
A) Richard J. C. Atkinson B) Mike Pitts C) William Hawley D) John Aubrey
A) 400–500 AD B) 700–800 AD C) 100–200 AD D) 600–690 AD
A) William Stukeley B) Inigo Jones C) John Wood, the Elder D) Richard Colt Hoare
A) John Wood, the Elder B) Charles Darwin C) Richard Colt Hoare D) William Stukeley
A) 1963 B) 1995 C) 1958 D) 1979
A) The remains of the Stonehenge Archer B) Aubrey's pits C) Carved axes on sarsen stones D) Mesolithic postholes
A) Nine B) As many as 17 C) Two D) Four
A) Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) B) Carbon dating C) X-ray fluorescence spectrometry D) Electromagnetic induction field survey
A) A shale object B) Roman coins C) Stonehenge blue stones D) Iron tools
A) "Moon-Stone" B) "Friar's Heel" C) "King's Rock" D) "Devil's Marker"
A) King Arthur B) Uther Pendragon C) The Devil D) Merlin
A) "Tell me more." B) "I don't believe you." C) "That's what you think!" D) "You're lying."
A) British Celtic warriors B) Roman soldiers C) The Irish army D) Merlin and his followers
A) 300 B) 500 C) 420 D) 600
A) Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus B) King Henry VIII C) The National Trust D) Cecil Chubb
A) 1927 B) 1540 C) 1824 D) 1915
A) Cecil Chubb B) Knight Frank & Rutley C) Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus D) George V
A) Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus B) The National Trust C) George V D) Cecil Chubb
A) £8,000 B) £10,000 C) £6,600 D) £561,400
A) 2022 B) 1915 C) 1927 D) 1930
A) National Heritage Lottery Fund (NHLF) B) Knight Frank & Rutley C) Royal Flying Corps D) The National Trust
A) Stonehenge Free Festival B) Battle of the Beanfield C) European Court of Human Rights ruling D) A High Court injunction
A) 2001 B) 1985 C) 1998 D) 2000
A) Ronald Hutton B) A member of the Polytantric Circle C) A representative of the National Trust D) Arthur Uther Pendragon
A) 75th B) 50th C) 1st D) 100th
A) Denton Corker Marshall B) Gensler C) Foster + Partners D) Zaha Hadid Architects
A) Construction would begin immediately. B) Funding for the project was increased. C) The tunnel would 'not move forward'. D) A new design for the tunnel was approved.
A) Picks B) Hammers C) Chisels D) Screwdrivers
A) 1975 onwards B) 1980 onwards C) 1969 onwards D) 1990 onwards
A) Purple spray paint B) Red spray paint C) Black marker pens D) Acid
A) 2019 B) 2020 C) 2015 D) 2018
A) July 2024 B) December 2025 C) January 2023 D) March 2022 |
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