A) 1920 B) 1850 C) 1900 D) 1889
A) Pierre Charles L'Enfant B) Leonardo da Vinci C) Gustave Eiffel D) Philippe Starck
A) Steel B) Iron C) Concrete D) Wood
A) 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days B) 5 years C) 3 years D) 10 years
A) Gustave Flaubert B) Émile Zola C) Victor Hugo D) Guy de Maupassant
A) 2 B) 5 C) 3 D) 4
A) 15 million B) Around 7 million C) 2 million D) 1 million
A) Paris B) Rome C) Berlin D) London
A) Luminous Lady B) Grand Tower C) Steel Magnolia D) La Dame de Fer
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)
A) 1991 B) 1964 C) 1889 D) 1957
A) 200 steps B) 600 steps C) 150 steps D) Over 300 steps
A) To entertain guests like Thomas Edison B) For military strategy meetings C) For housing construction workers D) As a public museum exhibit
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
A) 1964 B) 1991 C) 1889 D) 1957
A) William-Adolphe Bouguereau B) Gustave Eiffel C) Charles Garnier D) Édouard Lockroy
A) L'Équipe B) La Croix C) Le Temps D) Libération
A) Édouard Lockroy B) Adolphe Alphand C) Gustave Eiffel D) Charles Garnier
A) 1905 B) 1918 C) 1899 D) 1923
A) Guy de Maupassant B) Charles Garnier C) Édouard Lockroy D) Guillaume Apollinaire
A) A remarkable piece of structural art B) A temporary exhibit C) An outdated structure D) A failed engineering project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) 8 m (26 ft) B) 3 m (10 ft) C) 6 m (20 ft) D) 4.5 m (15 ft)
A) 1,700 B) 3,629 C) 500 D) 18,038
A) 18,038 B) 1,700 C) 20,000 D) 3,629
A) An overhead gantry crane B) A small 'creeper' crane C) A large stationary crane D) No cranes were used
A) 'A New Era in Architecture!' B) 'Eiffel Suicide!' C) 'The Marvel of Paris!' D) 'Eiffel's Triumph!'
A) One B) Fifty C) Ten D) None
A) 1,896,987 B) 15,000 C) Over 50,000 D) Nearly 30,000
A) 100,000 francs B) 50,000 francs C) 75,000 francs D) 200,000 francs
A) Father Theodor Wulf B) Alberto Santos-Dumont C) Gustave Ferrié D) Franz Reichelt
A) An American Stars and Stripes B) A British Union Jack C) The original French Tricolour D) No flag was replaced
A) Franz Reichelt B) Robert Moriarty C) Thierry Devaux D) A. J. Hackett
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
A) An electrically driven Otis lift B) A glass floor C) Illuminated signs for Citroën D) The present radio aerial
A) Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe B) Antoine Bourdelle C) Jean Drapeau D) Charles de Gaulle
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
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
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
A) Structural height B) Wind resistance C) Material cost D) Aesthetic appeal
A) Triangular B) Cylindrical C) Rectangular D) Basically exponential
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
A) The west column B) The east column C) The north column D) The south column
A) An Anglo-American Bar B) Another French restaurant C) A 250-seat theatre D) A Russian restaurant
A) Frédéric Anton B) Alain Ducasse C) Jules Verne D) Gustave Eiffel
A) Frédéric Anton B) Alain Ducasse C) Jules Verne D) Gustave Eiffel
A) A type of French cuisine B) The famous science-fiction writer Jules Verne C) An architectural feature D) A French chef named Jules
A) Laboratories B) A champagne bar C) Gustave Eiffel's apartment D) A restaurant
A) 72 B) 50 C) 100 D) 85
A) 1905 B) 1923 C) 2000 D) 1986–87
A) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape B) Otis Brothers & Company C) A European branch of a foreign company D) Eiffel's own company
A) The south tower B) The west tower C) The east tower D) The north tower
A) Eiffel's own company B) A French company C) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape D) Otis Brothers & Company
A) 65 B) 50 C) 10 D) 25
A) 25 B) 65 C) 50 D) 100
A) 2001 B) 2010 C) 1889 D) 1968
A) Oil-based paint B) Lead paint C) Bronze paint D) Acrylic paint
A) 15 July 2015 B) 31 December 1999 C) 1 January 2000 D) 8 March 2011
A) Bir-Hakeim B) Pont d'Iéna C) Quai Branly D) Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
A) 1975 B) 1993 C) 1989 D) 2002
A) Until 2030 B) Until 2043 C) Until 2025 D) Until 2091
A) 1958 B) 1894 C) 1993 D) 1975
A) Universal Studios B) Six Flags C) Disneyland D) Kings Island
A) Durango, Mexico B) Richmond, Virginia C) Tokyo, Japan D) Prague, Czech Republic
A) 333.4 meters B) 300 meters C) 350 meters D) 400 meters |