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