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