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The history of the Eiffel Tower - Exam
Contributed by: Robertson
  • 1. When was the Eiffel Tower completed?
A) 1920
B) 1900
C) 1850
D) 1889
  • 2. Who designed the Eiffel Tower?
A) Gustave Eiffel
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Pierre Charles L'Enfant
D) Philippe Starck
  • 3. Which material was primarily used to build the Eiffel Tower?
A) Wood
B) Steel
C) Concrete
D) Iron
  • 4. How long did it take to construct the Eiffel Tower?
A) 3 years
B) 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days
C) 10 years
D) 5 years
  • 5. Which famous writer described the Eiffel Tower as a 'truly tragic street lamp'?
A) Guy de Maupassant
B) Émile Zola
C) Gustave Flaubert
D) Victor Hugo
  • 6. How many floors does the Eiffel Tower have?
A) 5
B) 3
C) 4
D) 2
  • 7. How many visitors does the Eiffel Tower attract annually?
A) 15 million
B) 1 million
C) 2 million
D) Around 7 million
  • 8. In which city is the Eiffel Tower located?
A) Paris
B) Berlin
C) Rome
D) London
  • 9. What is the nickname of the Eiffel Tower in French?
A) Steel Magnolia
B) Grand Tower
C) Luminous Lady
D) La Dame de Fer
  • 10. What was the height of the Eiffel Tower when it surpassed the Washington Monument?
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)
  • 11. In what year was the Eiffel Tower designated a monument historique?
A) 1964
B) 1957
C) 1991
D) 1889
  • 12. How many steps are there from ground level to the first level of the Eiffel Tower?
A) 200 steps
B) Over 300 steps
C) 150 steps
D) 600 steps
  • 13. What was the original purpose of Gustave Eiffel's private apartment in the tower?
A) For housing construction workers
B) For military strategy meetings
C) To entertain guests like Thomas Edison
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) Complete self-financing by Gustave Eiffel
C) Funding solely through ticket sales
D) Financing involved predatory loans from Haiti
  • 15. When was the Eiffel Tower named part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 1991
B) 1964
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) Édouard Lockroy
C) Charles Garnier
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 17. Which publication published the 'Artists against the Eiffel Tower' petition on February 14, 1887?
A) Libération
B) La Croix
C) Le Temps
D) L'Équipe
  • 18. Who was the Minister of Works and Commissioner for the Exposition that received the protest petition?
A) Charles Garnier
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Édouard Lockroy
D) Adolphe Alphand
  • 19. By what year had the Eiffel Tower become a symbol of Paris and France?
A) 1918
B) 1905
C) 1899
D) 1923
  • 20. Who wrote a nationalist poem in the shape of the Eiffel Tower during World War I?
A) Édouard Lockroy
B) Charles Garnier
C) Guy de Maupassant
D) Guillaume Apollinaire
  • 21. What is the Eiffel Tower widely considered today?
A) A temporary exhibit
B) A remarkable piece of structural art
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) 4.5 m (15 ft)
B) 6 m (20 ft)
C) 3 m (10 ft)
D) 8 m (26 ft)
  • 24. How many general drawings were produced for the Eiffel Tower construction?
A) 1,700
B) 500
C) 18,038
D) 3,629
  • 25. How many different parts were needed for the Eiffel Tower construction?
A) 1,700
B) 18,038
C) 20,000
D) 3,629
  • 26. What type of crane was installed in each leg during construction?
A) No cranes were used
B) A large stationary crane
C) An overhead gantry crane
D) A small 'creeper' crane
  • 27. What was one of the sensational headlines about the Eiffel Tower during its construction?
A) 'Eiffel Suicide!'
B) 'A New Era in Architecture!'
C) 'Eiffel's Triumph!'
D) 'The Marvel of Paris!'
  • 28. How many people died during the construction of the Eiffel Tower?
A) Fifty
B) One
C) None
D) Ten
  • 29. How many visitors made the climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower before the lifts entered service?
A) Nearly 30,000
B) Over 50,000
C) 15,000
D) 1,896,987
  • 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) 200,000 francs
B) 100,000 francs
C) 75,000 francs
D) 50,000 francs
  • 31. Who discovered what are known today as cosmic rays at the Eiffel Tower?
A) Alberto Santos-Dumont
B) Gustave Ferrié
C) Father Theodor Wulf
D) Franz Reichelt
  • 32. What did a German flag replace at the top of the Eiffel Tower during World War I?
A) A British Union Jack
B) The original French Tricolour
C) An American Stars and Stripes
D) No flag was replaced
  • 33. Who performed one of his first bungee jumps from the Eiffel Tower in 1987?
A) Thierry Devaux
B) A. J. Hackett
C) Franz Reichelt
D) Robert Moriarty
  • 34. What was the fate of Victor Lustig's attempt to sell the Eiffel Tower for scrap metal?
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
  • 35. What was installed at the top of the Eiffel Tower in 1957?
A) The present radio aerial
B) An electrically driven Otis lift
C) A glass floor
D) Illuminated signs for Citroën
  • 36. Who unveiled a bust of Gustave Eiffel at the base of the north leg in 1929?
A) Jean Drapeau
B) Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe
C) Antoine Bourdelle
D) Charles de Gaulle
  • 37. What happened to the decorative arcade around the first level of the Eiffel Tower in 1938?
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
  • 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 became the second tallest structure
D) It lost the title when the Chrysler Building was completed
  • 39. What was the role of the Eiffel Tower's lifts in 1899?
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
  • 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) Rectangular
C) Cylindrical
D) Basically exponential
  • 42. What mathematical hypothesis was devised in 2004 regarding the Eiffel Tower's design?
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
  • 43. Which column's lift to the second floor restaurant is publicly accessible?
A) The south column
B) The east column
C) The west column
D) The north column
  • 44. What was the Flemish restaurant converted into after the exposition closed?
A) An Anglo-American Bar
B) Another French restaurant
C) A Russian restaurant
D) A 250-seat theatre
  • 45. Which chef managed Le Jules Verne from 2007 to 2017?
A) Jules Verne
B) Frédéric Anton
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Alain Ducasse
  • 46. Who manages Le Jules Verne as of May 2019?
A) Jules Verne
B) Alain Ducasse
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Frédéric Anton
  • 47. What is the name origin of Le Jules Verne restaurant?
A) An architectural feature
B) A type of French cuisine
C) A French chef named Jules
D) The famous science-fiction writer Jules Verne
  • 48. What is currently on the third floor of the Eiffel Tower?
A) A champagne bar
B) Gustave Eiffel's apartment
C) Laboratories
D) A restaurant
  • 49. How many French scientists' names were engraved on the Eiffel Tower by Gustave Eiffel?
A) 50
B) 72
C) 85
D) 100
  • 50. When were the engravings of scientists' names restored on the Eiffel Tower?
A) 1986–87
B) 1923
C) 1905
D) 2000
  • 51. Which company was contracted to fit lifts in the east and west legs of the Eiffel Tower?
A) Eiffel's own company
B) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape
C) Otis Brothers & Company
D) A European branch of a foreign company
  • 52. Which company's rope mechanism can be seen as visitors exit the lift?
A) The south tower
B) The north tower
C) The west tower
D) The east tower
  • 53. Which company eventually received the contract to install lifts to the second level?
A) Otis Brothers & Company
B) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape
C) A French company
D) Eiffel's own 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) 50
B) 100
C) 65
D) 25
  • 56. In what year was the Eiffel Tower painted yellow-brown?
A) 1968
B) 2010
C) 1889
D) 2001
  • 57. What was the material used for painting until 2001, which was later stopped due to environmental concerns?
A) Lead paint
B) Oil-based paint
C) Bronze paint
D) Acrylic paint
  • 58. When did analogue television signals from the Eiffel Tower cease?
A) 1 January 2000
B) 31 December 1999
C) 8 March 2011
D) 15 July 2015
  • 59. Which Paris Métro station is nearest to the Eiffel Tower?
A) Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
B) Bir-Hakeim
C) Pont d'Iéna
D) Quai Branly
  • 60. In what year did the Eiffel Tower's image and tower itself enter the public domain?
A) 2002
B) 1993
C) 1989
D) 1975
  • 61. What is the duration of artistic copyright for Pierre Bideau's 1989 lighting display?
A) Until 2030
B) Until 2043
C) Until 2091
D) Until 2025
  • 62. In which year was Tokyo Tower, inspired by the Eiffel Tower, built?
A) 1894
B) 1975
C) 1958
D) 1993
  • 63. Which amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio, has a 1:3 scale model of the Eiffel Tower?
A) Disneyland
B) Kings Island
C) Universal Studios
D) Six Flags
  • 64. Which city has a replica of the Eiffel Tower that was donated by the local French community?
A) Prague, Czech Republic
B) Richmond, Virginia
C) Tokyo, Japan
D) Durango, Mexico
  • 65. What is the height of Tokyo Tower?
A) 350 meters
B) 300 meters
C) 333.4 meters
D) 400 meters
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