A) Granite B) Sandstone C) Limestone D) Sarsen stones
A) Ireland B) Scotland C) Wiltshire, England D) Wales
A) Market area B) Astronomic observatory C) Fortress D) Ceremonial site
A) One B) Two C) Three D) Four
A) The lintel B) The heel stone C) The bluestone D) The altar stone
A) Sarsen stones B) Bluestones C) Quartz stones D) Granite stones
A) Not yet B) Yes C) Only partially D) No
A) 1975 B) 2000 C) 1882 D) 1930
A) Mortise and tenon joints B) Circular layout C) Alignment with the solstices D) Use of marble stones
A) Summer solstice B) Spring equinox C) Autumn equinox D) Winter solstice
A) Nearly 1000 BC B) Approximately 1500 BC C) Around 2000 BC D) About 3100 BC
A) Between 2700 BC and 2500 BC B) From 2500 BC to 2300 BC C) Around 3000 BC to 2900 BC D) Between 2600 BC and 2400 BC
A) The Crown Estate B) National Trust C) UNESCO D) English Heritage
A) 2010 B) 1995 C) 1986 D) 2000
A) 'Burial ground' B) 'Precipice rocks' C) 'Sacred circle' D) 'Hanging stones'
A) A stone circle with lintels B) An ancient temple C) A circular banked enclosure with an internal ditch D) A burial mound
A) Positioning of bluestones B) The circular earth bank and ditch C) Construction of trilithons D) The placement of sarsen stones
A) 'Stone circle' B) 'Burial site' C) 'Hinge' or 'to hang' D) 'Sacred monument'
A) Pottery shards from 2000 BC B) Iron weapons from 1500 BC C) Bronze tools from 2500 BC D) Deposits containing human bone from around 3000 BC
A) Emma Johnson B) Mike Parker Pearson C) David Brown D) John Smith
A) Trade B) Residential living C) Agriculture D) Burial
A) Second millennium B.C. B) Fourth millennium B.C. C) First millennium A.D. D) Mid third millennium B.C.
A) 500 years B) At least 1500 years C) 2000 years D) 1000 years
A) 3000 years B) 6500 years C) 8000 years D) 5000 years
A) North-south B) Diagonal C) Circular D) East-west
A) Aberdeenshire B) Wiltshire C) Yorkshire D) Cornwall
A) Stone circle B) Stonehenge Cursus C) Wooden henge D) Neolithic village
A) Desert B) Wooded C) Mountainous D) Swampy
A) Late Cretaceous (Santonian Age) Seaford chalk B) Granite from Preseli Hills C) Sandstone from local quarry D) Limestone from nearby cliffs
A) Isaac Newton B) William Hawley C) John Aubrey, a 17th-century antiquarian D) Parker Pearson
A) Inscriptions on the stones B) The underlying chalk beneath the graves was crushed by substantial weight C) Fossilized remains D) Presence of gold artifacts
A) A stone circle B) An earthen mound C) A metal framework D) A timber structure
A) They were used for ceremonial gatherings B) They held water C) They contained cremation burials D) They stored food supplies
A) Glacial erratics by the Irish Sea Glacier B) Brecon Beacons in Wales C) Preseli Hills in modern-day Pembrokeshire, Wales D) Scottish Highlands
A) Brecon Beacons B) Scottish Highlands C) Irish Sea Glacier D) Craig Rhos-y-felin near Crymych in Pembrokeshire
A) Senni Beds, possibly east of the Preseli Hills B) Brecon Beacons C) Scottish Highlands D) Preseli Hills directly
A) Sarsen stone B) Limestone C) Bluestone D) Tertiary sandstone
A) Ten trilithons B) Three trilithons C) Seven trilithons D) Five trilithons
A) Open end facing northeast B) Facing the rising Sun on summer solstice C) Open end facing southwest D) Aligned with the setting sun on winter solstice
A) 30 tons each B) 20 tons each C) Up to 50 tons each D) 10 tons each
A) Burial ground B) Agricultural site C) Center of a 'land of the living' D) Defensive structure
A) Oval arrangement B) Square formation C) Circular arrangement D) Horseshoe-shaped setting
A) Trilithons B) Lintels C) Sarsens D) Bluestones
A) Magnetic properties B) Unusual acoustic properties C) Thermal properties D) Reflective properties
A) Durrington Walls B) Amesbury Archer C) Seahenge D) Vespasian's Camp
A) Vespasian's Camp B) The Amesbury Archer C) The Boscombe Bowmen D) Seahenge
A) Seahenge B) Maenclochog C) Durrington Walls D) Vespasian's Camp
A) Africa B) Northern Europe C) Anatolia D) South America
A) Western Hunter-Gatherers B) Early European Farmers C) Central Asian Nomads D) Aegean Ancestors
A) 30% B) 50% C) More than 90% D) 70%
A) Non-cereal farming B) Fishing C) Cereal agriculture D) Hunting
A) Through Africa B) Via Scandinavia C) Iberia before heading north D) Directly from Anatolia
A) William Hawley B) John Aubrey C) Richard J. C. Atkinson D) Mike Pitts
A) 100–200 AD B) 400–500 AD C) 600–690 AD D) 700–800 AD
A) Richard Colt Hoare B) John Wood, the Elder C) William Stukeley D) Inigo Jones
A) John Wood, the Elder B) Richard Colt Hoare C) William Stukeley D) Charles Darwin
A) 1963 B) 1958 C) 1979 D) 1995
A) Mesolithic postholes B) Carved axes on sarsen stones C) The remains of the Stonehenge Archer D) Aubrey's pits
A) As many as 17 B) Four C) Nine D) Two
A) X-ray fluorescence spectrometry B) Carbon dating C) Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) D) Electromagnetic induction field survey
A) Roman coins B) A shale object C) Stonehenge blue stones D) Iron tools
A) "Moon-Stone" B) "Devil's Marker" C) "Friar's Heel" D) "King's Rock"
A) Merlin B) Uther Pendragon C) King Arthur D) The Devil
A) "Tell me more." B) "You're lying." C) "That's what you think!" D) "I don't believe you."
A) Merlin and his followers B) The Irish army C) Roman soldiers D) British Celtic warriors
A) 300 B) 600 C) 500 D) 420
A) Cecil Chubb B) King Henry VIII C) Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus D) The National Trust
A) 1540 B) 1824 C) 1927 D) 1915
A) Knight Frank & Rutley B) Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus C) George V D) Cecil Chubb
A) The National Trust B) Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus C) Cecil Chubb D) George V
A) £10,000 B) £6,600 C) £8,000 D) £561,400
A) 1930 B) 1927 C) 2022 D) 1915
A) Royal Flying Corps B) The National Trust C) Knight Frank & Rutley D) National Heritage Lottery Fund (NHLF)
A) Stonehenge Free Festival B) Battle of the Beanfield C) A High Court injunction D) European Court of Human Rights ruling
A) 2001 B) 1998 C) 2000 D) 1985
A) A representative of the National Trust B) Ronald Hutton C) A member of the Polytantric Circle D) Arthur Uther Pendragon
A) 1st B) 75th C) 50th D) 100th
A) Denton Corker Marshall B) Gensler C) Zaha Hadid Architects D) Foster + Partners
A) The tunnel would 'not move forward'. B) Construction would begin immediately. C) A new design for the tunnel was approved. D) Funding for the project was increased.
A) Screwdrivers B) Hammers C) Chisels D) Picks
A) 1975 onwards B) 1969 onwards C) 1980 onwards D) 1990 onwards
A) Black marker pens B) Acid C) Red spray paint D) Purple spray paint
A) 2019 B) 2018 C) 2015 D) 2020
A) July 2024 B) January 2023 C) March 2022 D) December 2025 |