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