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A) A temporary exhibit B) A failed engineering project C) An outdated structure D) A remarkable piece of structural art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