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