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