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A) A temporary exhibit B) An outdated structure C) A failed engineering project D) A remarkable piece of structural art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