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