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