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A) A failed engineering project B) An outdated structure C) A temporary exhibit D) A remarkable piece of structural art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