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