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The history of the Eiffel Tower - Exam
Contributed by: Robertson
  • 1. When was the Eiffel Tower completed?
A) 1920
B) 1850
C) 1900
D) 1889
  • 2. Who designed the Eiffel Tower?
A) Pierre Charles L'Enfant
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Philippe Starck
  • 3. Which material was primarily used to build the Eiffel Tower?
A) Steel
B) Iron
C) Concrete
D) Wood
  • 4. How long did it take to construct the Eiffel Tower?
A) 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days
B) 5 years
C) 3 years
D) 10 years
  • 5. Which famous writer described the Eiffel Tower as a 'truly tragic street lamp'?
A) Gustave Flaubert
B) Émile Zola
C) Victor Hugo
D) Guy de Maupassant
  • 6. How many floors does the Eiffel Tower have?
A) 2
B) 5
C) 3
D) 4
  • 7. How many visitors does the Eiffel Tower attract annually?
A) 15 million
B) Around 7 million
C) 2 million
D) 1 million
  • 8. In which city is the Eiffel Tower located?
A) Paris
B) Rome
C) Berlin
D) London
  • 9. What is the nickname of the Eiffel Tower in French?
A) Luminous Lady
B) Grand Tower
C) Steel Magnolia
D) La Dame de Fer
  • 10. What was the height of the Eiffel Tower when it surpassed the Washington Monument?
A) Tallest human-made structure in the world at that time
B) 150 metres (492 ft)
C) 300 metres (984 ft)
D) 200 metres (656 ft)
  • 11. In what year was the Eiffel Tower designated a monument historique?
A) 1991
B) 1964
C) 1889
D) 1957
  • 12. How many steps are there from ground level to the first level of the Eiffel Tower?
A) 200 steps
B) 600 steps
C) 150 steps
D) Over 300 steps
  • 13. What was the original purpose of Gustave Eiffel's private apartment in the tower?
A) To entertain guests like Thomas Edison
B) For military strategy meetings
C) For housing construction workers
D) As a public museum exhibit
  • 14. What was one of the controversial financial aspects related to the Eiffel Tower's construction?
A) Donations from European monarchs
B) Funding solely through ticket sales
C) Financing involved predatory loans from Haiti
D) Complete self-financing by Gustave Eiffel
  • 15. When was the Eiffel Tower named part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 1964
B) 1991
C) 1889
D) 1957
  • 16. Who led the 'Committee of Three Hundred' that protested against the construction of the Eiffel Tower?
A) William-Adolphe Bouguereau
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Charles Garnier
D) Édouard Lockroy
  • 17. Which publication published the 'Artists against the Eiffel Tower' petition on February 14, 1887?
A) L'Équipe
B) La Croix
C) Le Temps
D) Libération
  • 18. Who was the Minister of Works and Commissioner for the Exposition that received the protest petition?
A) Édouard Lockroy
B) Adolphe Alphand
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Charles Garnier
  • 19. By what year had the Eiffel Tower become a symbol of Paris and France?
A) 1905
B) 1918
C) 1899
D) 1923
  • 20. Who wrote a nationalist poem in the shape of the Eiffel Tower during World War I?
A) Guy de Maupassant
B) Charles Garnier
C) Édouard Lockroy
D) Guillaume Apollinaire
  • 21. What is the Eiffel Tower widely considered today?
A) A remarkable piece of structural art
B) A temporary exhibit
C) An outdated structure
D) A failed engineering project
  • 22. When did work on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower start?
A) 30 June 1889
B) 15 March 1888
C) 28 January 1887
D) 1 April 1886
  • 23. How thick were the concrete slabs used for the west and north legs?
A) 8 m (26 ft)
B) 3 m (10 ft)
C) 6 m (20 ft)
D) 4.5 m (15 ft)
  • 24. How many general drawings were produced for the Eiffel Tower construction?
A) 1,700
B) 3,629
C) 500
D) 18,038
  • 25. How many different parts were needed for the Eiffel Tower construction?
A) 18,038
B) 1,700
C) 20,000
D) 3,629
  • 26. What type of crane was installed in each leg during construction?
A) An overhead gantry crane
B) A small 'creeper' crane
C) A large stationary crane
D) No cranes were used
  • 27. What was one of the sensational headlines about the Eiffel Tower during its construction?
A) 'A New Era in Architecture!'
B) 'Eiffel Suicide!'
C) 'The Marvel of Paris!'
D) 'Eiffel's Triumph!'
  • 28. How many people died during the construction of the Eiffel Tower?
A) One
B) Fifty
C) Ten
D) None
  • 29. How many visitors made the climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower before the lifts entered service?
A) 1,896,987
B) 15,000
C) Over 50,000
D) Nearly 30,000
  • 30. What was the prize amount for the first person to fly from St. Cloud to the Eiffel Tower and back in less than half an hour?
A) 100,000 francs
B) 50,000 francs
C) 75,000 francs
D) 200,000 francs
  • 31. Who discovered what are known today as cosmic rays at the Eiffel Tower?
A) Father Theodor Wulf
B) Alberto Santos-Dumont
C) Gustave Ferrié
D) Franz Reichelt
  • 32. What did a German flag replace at the top of the Eiffel Tower during World War I?
A) An American Stars and Stripes
B) A British Union Jack
C) The original French Tricolour
D) No flag was replaced
  • 33. Who performed one of his first bungee jumps from the Eiffel Tower in 1987?
A) Franz Reichelt
B) Robert Moriarty
C) Thierry Devaux
D) A. J. Hackett
  • 34. What was the fate of Victor Lustig's attempt to sell the Eiffel Tower for scrap metal?
A) The tower was dismantled and relocated
B) It was a con, as he 'sold' it twice
C) He successfully sold it once
D) He received payment but never delivered the tower
  • 35. What was installed at the top of the Eiffel Tower in 1957?
A) An electrically driven Otis lift
B) A glass floor
C) Illuminated signs for Citroën
D) The present radio aerial
  • 36. Who unveiled a bust of Gustave Eiffel at the base of the north leg in 1929?
A) Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe
B) Antoine Bourdelle
C) Jean Drapeau
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 37. What happened to the decorative arcade around the first level of the Eiffel Tower in 1938?
A) It was converted into a café
B) It was replaced with illuminated signs
C) It was removed
D) It was painted with new colors
  • 38. What happened to the Eiffel Tower's title as the world's tallest structure in 1930?
A) It regained the title after renovations
B) It shared the title with another building
C) It lost the title when the Chrysler Building was completed
D) It became the second tallest structure
  • 39. What was the role of the Eiffel Tower's lifts in 1899?
A) They were converted into staircases
B) They were used to transport construction materials
C) They were replaced by Fives-Lille lifts with a compensating mechanism
D) They were dismantled for Expo 67
  • 40. What was the primary concern for Eiffel when designing the Tower?
A) Structural height
B) Wind resistance
C) Material cost
D) Aesthetic appeal
  • 41. What shape does the Eiffel Tower have?
A) Triangular
B) Cylindrical
C) Rectangular
D) Basically exponential
  • 42. What mathematical hypothesis was devised in 2004 regarding the Eiffel Tower's design?
A) A geometric proof of aesthetic symmetry
B) A linear algebraic formula for structural integrity
C) A non-linear integral equation based on counteracting wind pressure
D) An algorithm for optimizing material usage
  • 43. Which column's lift to the second floor restaurant is publicly accessible?
A) The west column
B) The east column
C) The north column
D) The south column
  • 44. What was the Flemish restaurant converted into after the exposition closed?
A) An Anglo-American Bar
B) Another French restaurant
C) A 250-seat theatre
D) A Russian restaurant
  • 45. Which chef managed Le Jules Verne from 2007 to 2017?
A) Frédéric Anton
B) Alain Ducasse
C) Jules Verne
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 46. Who manages Le Jules Verne as of May 2019?
A) Frédéric Anton
B) Alain Ducasse
C) Jules Verne
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 47. What is the name origin of Le Jules Verne restaurant?
A) A type of French cuisine
B) The famous science-fiction writer Jules Verne
C) An architectural feature
D) A French chef named Jules
  • 48. What is currently on the third floor of the Eiffel Tower?
A) Laboratories
B) A champagne bar
C) Gustave Eiffel's apartment
D) A restaurant
  • 49. How many French scientists' names were engraved on the Eiffel Tower by Gustave Eiffel?
A) 72
B) 50
C) 100
D) 85
  • 50. When were the engravings of scientists' names restored on the Eiffel Tower?
A) 1905
B) 1923
C) 2000
D) 1986–87
  • 51. Which company was contracted to fit lifts in the east and west legs of the Eiffel Tower?
A) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape
B) Otis Brothers & Company
C) A European branch of a foreign company
D) Eiffel's own company
  • 52. Which company's rope mechanism can be seen as visitors exit the lift?
A) The south tower
B) The west tower
C) The east tower
D) The north tower
  • 53. Which company eventually received the contract to install lifts to the second level?
A) Eiffel's own company
B) A French company
C) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape
D) Otis Brothers & Company
  • 54. How many passengers could each compartment of the car designed by Otis hold?
A) 65
B) 50
C) 10
D) 25
  • 55. How many passengers could each 10-ton car hold between the second and third levels?
A) 25
B) 65
C) 50
D) 100
  • 56. In what year was the Eiffel Tower painted yellow-brown?
A) 2001
B) 2010
C) 1889
D) 1968
  • 57. What was the material used for painting until 2001, which was later stopped due to environmental concerns?
A) Oil-based paint
B) Lead paint
C) Bronze paint
D) Acrylic paint
  • 58. When did analogue television signals from the Eiffel Tower cease?
A) 15 July 2015
B) 31 December 1999
C) 1 January 2000
D) 8 March 2011
  • 59. Which Paris Métro station is nearest to the Eiffel Tower?
A) Bir-Hakeim
B) Pont d'Iéna
C) Quai Branly
D) Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
  • 60. In what year did the Eiffel Tower's image and tower itself enter the public domain?
A) 1975
B) 1993
C) 1989
D) 2002
  • 61. What is the duration of artistic copyright for Pierre Bideau's 1989 lighting display?
A) Until 2030
B) Until 2043
C) Until 2025
D) Until 2091
  • 62. In which year was Tokyo Tower, inspired by the Eiffel Tower, built?
A) 1958
B) 1894
C) 1993
D) 1975
  • 63. Which amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio, has a 1:3 scale model of the Eiffel Tower?
A) Universal Studios
B) Six Flags
C) Disneyland
D) Kings Island
  • 64. Which city has a replica of the Eiffel Tower that was donated by the local French community?
A) Durango, Mexico
B) Richmond, Virginia
C) Tokyo, Japan
D) Prague, Czech Republic
  • 65. What is the height of Tokyo Tower?
A) 333.4 meters
B) 300 meters
C) 350 meters
D) 400 meters
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