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