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A) 1850 B) 1900 C) 1889 D) 1920
A) Philippe Starck B) Pierre Charles L'Enfant C) Leonardo da Vinci D) Gustave Eiffel
A) Concrete B) Steel C) Iron D) Wood
A) 10 years B) 5 years C) 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days D) 3 years
A) Émile Zola B) Gustave Flaubert C) Guy de Maupassant D) Victor Hugo
A) 5 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
A) 15 million B) 2 million C) 1 million D) Around 7 million
A) Berlin B) London C) Paris D) Rome
A) Grand Tower B) Steel Magnolia C) La Dame de Fer D) Luminous Lady
A) 300 metres (984 ft) B) 150 metres (492 ft) C) 200 metres (656 ft) D) Tallest human-made structure in the world at that time
A) 1964 B) 1957 C) 1991 D) 1889
A) 200 steps B) Over 300 steps C) 600 steps D) 150 steps
A) For housing construction workers B) To entertain guests like Thomas Edison C) For military strategy meetings D) As a public museum exhibit
A) Financing involved predatory loans from Haiti B) Complete self-financing by Gustave Eiffel C) Funding solely through ticket sales D) Donations from European monarchs
A) 1964 B) 1889 C) 1957 D) 1991
A) Gustave Eiffel B) William-Adolphe Bouguereau C) Charles Garnier D) Édouard Lockroy
A) Le Temps B) La Croix C) L'Équipe D) Libération
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Charles Garnier C) Édouard Lockroy D) Adolphe Alphand
A) 1918 B) 1923 C) 1899 D) 1905
A) Guy de Maupassant B) Édouard Lockroy C) Charles Garnier D) Guillaume Apollinaire
A) A temporary exhibit B) An outdated structure C) A remarkable piece of structural art D) A failed engineering project
A) 30 June 1889 B) 28 January 1887 C) 1 April 1886 D) 15 March 1888
A) 8 m (26 ft) B) 3 m (10 ft) C) 4.5 m (15 ft) D) 6 m (20 ft)
A) 3,629 B) 18,038 C) 1,700 D) 500
A) 18,038 B) 20,000 C) 1,700 D) 3,629
A) No cranes were used B) An overhead gantry crane C) A large stationary crane D) A small 'creeper' crane
A) 'Eiffel's Triumph!' B) 'The Marvel of Paris!' C) 'Eiffel Suicide!' D) 'A New Era in Architecture!'
A) None B) Fifty C) One D) Ten
A) Nearly 30,000 B) 1,896,987 C) Over 50,000 D) 15,000
A) 200,000 francs B) 50,000 francs C) 100,000 francs D) 75,000 francs
A) Father Theodor Wulf B) Alberto Santos-Dumont C) Franz Reichelt D) Gustave Ferrié
A) The original French Tricolour B) No flag was replaced C) An American Stars and Stripes D) A British Union Jack
A) Robert Moriarty B) A. J. Hackett C) Franz Reichelt D) Thierry Devaux
A) The tower was dismantled and relocated B) He received payment but never delivered the tower C) He successfully sold it once D) It was a con, as he 'sold' it twice
A) Illuminated signs for Citroën B) An electrically driven Otis lift C) The present radio aerial D) A glass floor
A) Jean Drapeau B) Charles de Gaulle C) Antoine Bourdelle D) Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe
A) It was removed B) It was converted into a café C) It was replaced with illuminated signs D) It was painted with new colors
A) It shared the title with another building B) It regained the title after renovations C) It became the second tallest structure D) It lost the title when the Chrysler Building was completed
A) They were used to transport construction materials B) They were converted into staircases C) They were replaced by Fives-Lille lifts with a compensating mechanism D) They were dismantled for Expo 67
A) Aesthetic appeal B) Wind resistance C) Material cost D) Structural height
A) Triangular B) Cylindrical C) Rectangular D) Basically exponential
A) A linear algebraic formula for structural integrity B) A non-linear integral equation based on counteracting wind pressure C) An algorithm for optimizing material usage D) A geometric proof of aesthetic symmetry
A) The west column B) The east column C) The south column D) The north column
A) A 250-seat theatre B) An Anglo-American Bar C) Another French restaurant D) A Russian restaurant
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Alain Ducasse C) Frédéric Anton D) Jules Verne
A) Alain Ducasse B) Jules Verne C) Gustave Eiffel D) Frédéric Anton
A) An architectural feature B) The famous science-fiction writer Jules Verne C) A type of French cuisine D) A French chef named Jules
A) Laboratories B) A champagne bar C) Gustave Eiffel's apartment D) A restaurant
A) 50 B) 72 C) 100 D) 85
A) 1923 B) 1986–87 C) 2000 D) 1905
A) Otis Brothers & Company B) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape C) A European branch of a foreign company D) Eiffel's own company
A) The east tower B) The south tower C) The north tower D) The west tower
A) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape B) Eiffel's own company C) A French company D) Otis Brothers & Company
A) 10 B) 25 C) 50 D) 65
A) 25 B) 65 C) 100 D) 50
A) 1968 B) 2001 C) 2010 D) 1889
A) Acrylic paint B) Oil-based paint C) Lead paint D) Bronze paint
A) 8 March 2011 B) 31 December 1999 C) 15 July 2015 D) 1 January 2000
A) Quai Branly B) Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel C) Pont d'Iéna D) Bir-Hakeim
A) 1989 B) 2002 C) 1993 D) 1975
A) Until 2025 B) Until 2091 C) Until 2043 D) Until 2030
A) 1958 B) 1993 C) 1975 D) 1894
A) Kings Island B) Disneyland C) Universal Studios D) Six Flags
A) Tokyo, Japan B) Richmond, Virginia C) Prague, Czech Republic D) Durango, Mexico
A) 300 meters B) 333.4 meters C) 350 meters D) 400 meters |