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