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A) A temporary exhibit B) An outdated structure C) A failed engineering project D) A remarkable piece of structural art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