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