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