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