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A) A temporary exhibit B) A failed engineering project C) An outdated structure D) A remarkable piece of structural art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