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