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A) A temporary exhibit B) An outdated structure C) A failed engineering project D) A remarkable piece of structural art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