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