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