A) 1920 B) 1900 C) 1850 D) 1889
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Leonardo da Vinci C) Pierre Charles L'Enfant D) Philippe Starck
A) Wood B) Steel C) Concrete D) Iron
A) 3 years B) 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days C) 10 years D) 5 years
A) Guy de Maupassant B) Émile Zola C) Gustave Flaubert D) Victor Hugo
A) 5 B) 3 C) 4 D) 2
A) 15 million B) 1 million C) 2 million D) Around 7 million
A) Paris B) Berlin C) Rome D) London
A) Steel Magnolia B) Grand Tower C) Luminous Lady D) La Dame de Fer
A) 200 metres (656 ft) B) 150 metres (492 ft) C) Tallest human-made structure in the world at that time D) 300 metres (984 ft)
A) 1964 B) 1957 C) 1991 D) 1889
A) 200 steps B) Over 300 steps C) 150 steps D) 600 steps
A) For housing construction workers B) For military strategy meetings C) To entertain guests like Thomas Edison D) As a public museum exhibit
A) Donations from European monarchs B) Complete self-financing by Gustave Eiffel C) Funding solely through ticket sales D) Financing involved predatory loans from Haiti
A) 1991 B) 1964 C) 1889 D) 1957
A) William-Adolphe Bouguereau B) Édouard Lockroy C) Charles Garnier D) Gustave Eiffel
A) Libération B) La Croix C) Le Temps D) L'Équipe
A) Charles Garnier B) Gustave Eiffel C) Édouard Lockroy D) Adolphe Alphand
A) 1918 B) 1905 C) 1899 D) 1923
A) Édouard Lockroy B) Charles Garnier C) Guy de Maupassant D) Guillaume Apollinaire
A) A temporary exhibit B) A remarkable piece of structural art C) An outdated structure D) A failed engineering project
A) 30 June 1889 B) 15 March 1888 C) 28 January 1887 D) 1 April 1886
A) 4.5 m (15 ft) B) 6 m (20 ft) C) 3 m (10 ft) D) 8 m (26 ft)
A) 1,700 B) 500 C) 18,038 D) 3,629
A) 1,700 B) 18,038 C) 20,000 D) 3,629
A) No cranes were used B) A large stationary crane C) An overhead gantry crane D) A small 'creeper' crane
A) 'Eiffel Suicide!' B) 'A New Era in Architecture!' C) 'Eiffel's Triumph!' D) 'The Marvel of Paris!'
A) Fifty B) One C) None D) Ten
A) Nearly 30,000 B) Over 50,000 C) 15,000 D) 1,896,987
A) 200,000 francs B) 100,000 francs C) 75,000 francs D) 50,000 francs
A) Alberto Santos-Dumont B) Gustave Ferrié C) Father Theodor Wulf D) Franz Reichelt
A) A British Union Jack B) The original French Tricolour C) An American Stars and Stripes D) No flag was replaced
A) Thierry Devaux B) A. J. Hackett C) Franz Reichelt D) Robert Moriarty
A) He received payment but never delivered the tower B) It was a con, as he 'sold' it twice C) The tower was dismantled and relocated D) He successfully sold it once
A) The present radio aerial B) An electrically driven Otis lift C) A glass floor D) Illuminated signs for Citroën
A) Jean Drapeau B) Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe C) Antoine Bourdelle D) Charles de Gaulle
A) It was replaced with illuminated signs B) It was painted with new colors C) It was converted into a café D) It was removed
A) It regained the title after renovations B) It shared the title with another building C) It became the second tallest structure D) It lost the title when the Chrysler Building was completed
A) They were replaced by Fives-Lille lifts with a compensating mechanism B) They were dismantled for Expo 67 C) They were converted into staircases D) They were used to transport construction materials
A) Structural height B) Wind resistance C) Material cost D) Aesthetic appeal
A) Triangular B) Rectangular C) Cylindrical D) Basically exponential
A) A non-linear integral equation based on counteracting wind pressure B) An algorithm for optimizing material usage C) A linear algebraic formula for structural integrity D) A geometric proof of aesthetic symmetry
A) The south column B) The east column C) The west column D) The north column
A) An Anglo-American Bar B) Another French restaurant C) A Russian restaurant D) A 250-seat theatre
A) Jules Verne B) Frédéric Anton C) Gustave Eiffel D) Alain Ducasse
A) Jules Verne B) Alain Ducasse C) Gustave Eiffel D) Frédéric Anton
A) An architectural feature B) A type of French cuisine C) A French chef named Jules D) The famous science-fiction writer Jules Verne
A) A champagne bar B) Gustave Eiffel's apartment C) Laboratories D) A restaurant
A) 50 B) 72 C) 85 D) 100
A) 1986–87 B) 1923 C) 1905 D) 2000
A) Eiffel's own company B) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape C) Otis Brothers & Company D) A European branch of a foreign company
A) The south tower B) The north tower C) The west tower D) The east tower
A) Otis Brothers & Company B) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape C) A French company D) Eiffel's own company
A) 65 B) 50 C) 10 D) 25
A) 50 B) 100 C) 65 D) 25
A) 1968 B) 2010 C) 1889 D) 2001
A) Lead paint B) Oil-based paint C) Bronze paint D) Acrylic paint
A) 1 January 2000 B) 31 December 1999 C) 8 March 2011 D) 15 July 2015
A) Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel B) Bir-Hakeim C) Pont d'Iéna D) Quai Branly
A) 2002 B) 1993 C) 1989 D) 1975
A) Until 2030 B) Until 2043 C) Until 2091 D) Until 2025
A) 1894 B) 1975 C) 1958 D) 1993
A) Disneyland B) Kings Island C) Universal Studios D) Six Flags
A) Prague, Czech Republic B) Richmond, Virginia C) Tokyo, Japan D) Durango, Mexico
A) 350 meters B) 300 meters C) 333.4 meters D) 400 meters |