Big Ben - Test
A) 316 feet B) 200 feet C) 400 feet D) 250 feet
A) Victoria Tower B) Henry Tower C) Albert Tower D) Elizabeth Tower
A) 11 B) 9 C) 7 D) 15
A) King Henry VIII B) King George III C) Queen Elizabeth II D) Queen Victoria
A) Stone B) Cast iron C) Brick D) Glass
A) Augustus Pugin B) Christopher Wren C) Richard Rogers D) Norman Foster
A) Modernist B) Art Deco C) Baroque D) Gothic Revival
A) Edmund Beckett Denison B) Charles Barry C) Sir Christopher Wren D) Augustus Pugin
A) Twice a month B) Once a day C) Once a week D) Three times a week
A) 400 steps B) 250 steps C) 334 steps D) 500 steps
A) Grand Bell B) Great Bell C) Big Benji D) Time Gong
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
A) 1900 B) 1776 C) 1859 D) 1700
A) The phases of the moon B) The tides C) The date D) The weather
A) Paris B) London C) Sydney D) New York
A) 1987 B) 2012 C) 1999 D) 2000
A) Sir Charles Barry B) Queen Victoria C) Sir Benjamin Hall D) Augustus Pugin
A) By recalibrating the gears B) By adjusting the clock hands C) By adding or removing pre-decimal pennies from the pendulum D) By winding the clock mechanism
A) Before news at 18:00 and 00:00, with an additional broadcast at 22:00 on Sundays B) Every hour on the hour C) Only on special occasions D) During the renovation period
A) 1987 B) 2012 C) 2000 D) 1970
A) 13.5 long tons B) 10 long tons C) 20 long tons D) 15 long tons
A) A storm in 1835 B) The old palace was largely destroyed by fire on 16 October 1834 C) The Great Fire of London D) The Blitz during World War II
A) Three B) Five C) Six D) Four
A) Between 1987 and 1990 B) Between 2017 and 2021 C) Between 2000 and 2005 D) Between 1995 and 2000
A) Granite B) Marble C) Sandstone D) Sand-coloured Anston limestone
A) 250 B) 290 C) 350 D) 300
A) 54 B) 60 C) 50 D) 52
A) Augustus Pugin B) John Nash C) Charles Barry D) David Boswell Reid
A) About 1000 mm (39 in) B) About 300 mm (12 in) C) About 700 mm (28 in) D) About 500 mm (20 in)
A) A new spire B) An additional staircase C) A lift in the ventilation shaft D) A new clock mechanism
A) Approximately 1⁄300 B) Approximately 1⁄240 C) Approximately 1⁄150 D) Approximately 1⁄200
A) 200 mm (7.9 in) B) 300 mm (11.8 in) C) 230 mm (9.1 in) D) 250 mm (9.8 in)
A) Union Jack B) Fleurs-de-lis C) Rose of York D) Crown of England
A) Crown B) Throne C) Portcullis D) Sceptre
A) 44 B) 60 C) 40 D) 50
A) Charles Bradlaugh B) Acton Smee Ayrton C) Augustus Pugin D) John Bercow
A) Acton Smee Ayrton B) John Bercow C) Charles Bradlaugh D) Augustus Pugin
A) 150 B) 200 C) 400 D) 324
A) Gas lamps B) Electric bulbs C) LED lights D) Candles
A) DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM PRIMAM B) IN DEO SPERAMUS C) FIDE ET LABORE D) VIVAT REGINA
A) IIII B) V C) IV D) IV
A) Black B) White C) Gold D) Prussian blue
A) Four B) Five C) Six D) Three
A) Germany B) England C) France D) Italy
A) George Airy B) Frederick Dent C) Sir Giles Gilbert Scott D) Edmund Beckett Denison
A) Pendulum escapement B) Double three-legged gravity escapement C) Anchor escapement D) Deadbeat escapement
A) For one year B) For six months C) For two years D) For three years
A) A mechanical failure B) A power outage C) A heavy snowfall D) A workman left a hammer too close to the mechanism
A) Greenpeace B) WWF C) PETA D) Friends of the Earth
A) C-sharp B) A-natural C) G-flat D) E-natural
A) Stockton Bell Foundry B) John Warner & Sons C) Whitechapel Bell Foundry D) Royal Bell Foundry
A) 500 lb (227 kg) B) 300 lb (136 kg) C) 600 lb (272 kg) D) 440 lb (200 kg)
A) 120–125 decibels B) 90–95 decibels C) 110–115 decibels D) 100–105 decibels
A) September 2008 B) July 2005 C) August 2007 D) June 2010
A) 2015 B) 2010 C) 2012 D) 2008
A) Remembrance Day B) Independence Day C) Christmas Day D) New Year's Day
A) 56 strokes B) 68 strokes C) 70 strokes D) 96 strokes
A) 1 January 1945 B) 1 January 1950 C) 31 December 1923 D) 1 January 1930
A) A special event where the clock is set to strike thirteen B) The electronically transmitted chimes arrive virtually instantaneously, while the 'live' sound is delayed C) A malfunction in the clock mechanism D) A glitch in the broadcasting system
A) £90 million B) £29 million C) £18.6 million D) £69 million
A) The Nobel Prize B) The Stirling Prize C) The Turner Prize D) The Pritzker Prize
A) £29 million B) £69 million C) £90 million D) Nearly £80 million
A) It had sustained greater damage than previously thought B) It was completely destroyed C) It was slightly damaged D) It was left untouched
A) Halogen bulbs B) Fluorescent lights C) Incandescent bulbs D) Low-energy LEDs
A) Prussian blue B) Black C) Red and white D) White
A) 2025 B) 2021 C) 2022 D) 2020 |
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