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