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A) A temporary exhibit B) An outdated structure C) A remarkable piece of structural art D) A failed engineering project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