A) 1950 B) 1900 C) 1920 D) 1889
A) London B) Paris C) Tokyo D) New York City
A) 1,400 feet B) 800 feet C) 1,063 feet D) 1,000 feet
A) Steel B) Concrete C) Wood D) Iron
A) Metal Monument B) Steel Giant C) Iron Lady D) Iron Behemoth
A) Leonardo da Vinci B) Claude Monet C) Pierre Cardin D) Gustave Eiffel
A) 2000 B) 2010 C) 1990 D) 2020
A) 2 stories B) 4 stories C) 3 stories D) 5 stories
A) 4.5 million B) 5,889,000 C) 6.91 million D) 7.2 million
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Émile Nouguier C) Maurice Koechlin D) Stephen Sauvestre
A) 150 meters (492 feet) B) The Eiffel Tower became taller than the Washington Monument during its construction. C) 200 meters (656 feet) D) 300 meters (984 feet)
A) Compagnie des Établissements Eiffel B) Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC) C) National Bank of Haiti D) Société des Ingénieurs Civils
A) 1991 B) 2000 C) 1989 D) 1964
A) $1.5 million francs B) $6.5 million francs C) The budget included funds allocated for the construction of the Eiffel Tower. D) $10 million francs
A) Édouard Lockroy B) Gustave Eiffel C) Jules Grévy D) Stephen Sauvestre
A) 150 steps B) 450 steps C) Over 300 steps D) 600 steps
A) He was a mere consultant with no financial involvement. B) He funded the entire project alone. C) He bought the rights to the patent and managed the commercial exploitation. D) He designed the entire structure by himself.
A) The French Revolution B) The founding of Paris C) The Industrial Revolution D) The signing of the Declaration of Independence
A) Maurice Koechlin B) Gustave Eiffel C) Stephen Sauvestre D) Émile Nouguier
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Charles Garnier C) Édouard Lockroy D) William-Adolphe Bouguereau
A) L'Équipe B) The New York Times C) Le Figaro D) Le Temps
A) William-Adolphe Bouguereau B) Jules Massenet C) Guy de Maupassant D) Charles Gounod
A) The Roman Colosseum B) The Egyptian pyramids C) The Great Wall of China D) Stonehenge
A) Victor Hugo B) Paul Verlaine C) Guillaume Apollinaire D) Charles Baudelaire
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Édouard Lockroy C) Adolphe Alphand D) Charles Garnier
A) All of them apologized publicly B) Some changed their minds, others remained unconvinced C) They started a new protest against other structures D) They all continued to protest
A) 1925 B) 1939 C) 1900 D) 1918
A) 15 March 1887 B) 28 January 1887 C) 30 June 1886 D) 1 April 1887
A) Four B) Six C) Eight D) Two
A) Wooden piles B) Brick walls C) Steel beams D) Compressed-air caissons
A) 15 m (49 ft) B) 25 m (82 ft) C) 20 m (66 ft) D) 10 m (33 ft)
A) 8 m (26 ft) B) 4 m (13 ft) C) 6 m (20 ft) D) 10 m (33 ft)
A) 22 m (72 ft) B) 10 m (33 ft) C) 15 m (49 ft) D) 30 m (98 ft)
A) Granite B) Sandstone C) Marble D) Limestone
A) 18,038 B) 25,000 C) 20,000 D) 10,000
A) On horse-drawn carts B) By river barge C) By train D) In trucks
A) Nanterre B) Levallois-Perret C) Montmartre D) Versailles
A) Cantilevers B) Steel trusses C) Timber scaffolding D) Brick masonry
A) An elevator B) A small 'creeper' crane C) A large crane D) A pulley system
A) 1200 tonnes B) 1000 tonnes C) 500 tonnes D) 800 tonnes
A) A 'truly tragic street lamp' B) A masterpiece of engineering C) A symbol of modernity D) An architectural wonder
A) Thomas Edison B) Alberto Santos-Dumont C) Buffalo Bill Cody D) Sarah Bernhardt
A) Buffalo Bill Cody B) Gustave Eiffel C) Alberto Santos-Dumont D) Thomas Edison
A) Sent coded messages to Allied forces B) Intercepted enemy communications from Berlin C) Transmitted weather reports D) Broadcasted propaganda to Germany
A) It was preserved as a historical artifact B) It was replaced with a modern design C) It was painted a different color D) It was removed
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Robert Moriarty C) A. J. Hackett D) Thierry Devaux
A) Give a speech on modern technology B) Discuss future engineering projects C) Present him with a phonograph D) Demonstrate his latest invention
A) They were permanently closed B) They were restored to their original condition C) They were converted into emergency staircases D) They were replaced after 97 years in service
A) Wind resistance B) Cost efficiency C) Aesthetic appeal D) Structural height
A) Basically exponential B) Rectangular C) Spherical D) Cylindrical
A) Second floor B) Ground floor C) First floor D) Third floor
A) Alain Ducasse B) Julia Child C) Frédéric Anton D) Gustave Eiffel
A) Anglo-American Bar B) Russian restaurant C) French restaurant D) Flemish restaurant
A) East column B) North column C) South column D) West column
A) A champagne bar B) A science museum C) An art gallery D) A gift shop
A) Julia Child B) Alain Ducasse C) Gustave Eiffel D) Frédéric Anton
A) Comité des Forges B) Otis Brothers & Company C) Eiffel et Compagnie D) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape
A) Eiffel et Compagnie B) Comité des Forges C) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape D) Otis Brothers & Company
A) 50 passengers B) 40 passengers C) 25 passengers D) 15 passengers
A) 100 passengers B) 65 passengers C) 80 passengers D) 50 passengers
A) 1923 B) 1950 C) 1986–87 D) 1905
A) Bronze B) Yellow-brown C) White D) Reddish brown
A) 2001 B) 1968 C) 2010 D) 2024
A) Black B) Yellow-brown C) Bronze D) Reddish brown
A) 30 times B) At least 19 times C) 12 times D) 25 times
A) Lead paint B) Yellow-brown paint C) Reddish brown paint D) Bronze paint
A) 40 tons B) 50 tons C) 20 tons D) 30 tons
A) Paris residents B) The Eiffel family C) Mayor Anne Hidalgo D) The Paris Observatory
A) 1957 B) 2011 C) 1889 D) 2000
A) 1957 B) 2000 C) 8 March 2011 D) 31 March 2005
A) Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel B) Quai Branly C) Bir-Hakeim D) Pont d'Iéna
A) FM radio B) Cable television C) Analogue television D) Digital terrestrial television (DTT)
A) Shortest freestanding structure B) Tallest guyed structure C) Tallest freestanding (non-guyed) structure D) Second tallest tower
A) 1993 B) 1989 C) 2002 D) 2014
A) 2043 B) 2021 C) 2091 D) 2039
A) Pierre Bideau B) Eugène Viollet-le-Duc C) John Bickerstaffe D) Stéphane Dieu
A) Japan B) China C) United States D) Mexico
A) 1965 B) 1958 C) 1989 D) 1972
A) Vienna B) Prague C) Rome D) Berlin
A) One B) Three C) Two D) Four
A) $300 million B) $100 million C) $480 million D) $600 million |