A) 1889 B) 1900 C) 1920 D) 1850
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Philippe Starck C) Pierre Charles L'Enfant D) Leonardo da Vinci
A) Steel B) Concrete C) Iron D) Wood
A) 10 years B) 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days C) 5 years D) 3 years
A) Victor Hugo B) Guy de Maupassant C) Gustave Flaubert D) Émile Zola
A) 3 B) 2 C) 4 D) 5
A) Around 7 million B) 2 million C) 15 million D) 1 million
A) London B) Paris C) Berlin D) Rome
A) Steel Magnolia B) La Dame de Fer C) Grand Tower D) Luminous Lady
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) 1889 B) 1964 C) 1957 D) 1991
A) Over 300 steps B) 200 steps C) 600 steps D) 150 steps
A) For military strategy meetings B) To entertain guests like Thomas Edison C) For housing construction workers D) As a public museum exhibit
A) Financing involved predatory loans from Haiti B) Donations from European monarchs C) Funding solely through ticket sales D) Complete self-financing by Gustave Eiffel
A) 1957 B) 1964 C) 1889 D) 1991
A) William-Adolphe Bouguereau B) Charles Garnier C) Édouard Lockroy D) Gustave Eiffel
A) L'Équipe B) Libération C) La Croix D) Le Temps
A) Adolphe Alphand B) Gustave Eiffel C) Charles Garnier D) Édouard Lockroy
A) 1923 B) 1918 C) 1899 D) 1905
A) Édouard Lockroy B) Guy de Maupassant C) Charles Garnier D) Guillaume Apollinaire
A) A temporary exhibit B) A failed engineering project C) A remarkable piece of structural art D) An outdated structure
A) 1 April 1886 B) 30 June 1889 C) 15 March 1888 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) 3,629 B) 18,038 C) 1,700 D) 500
A) 1,700 B) 20,000 C) 18,038 D) 3,629
A) A large stationary crane B) A small 'creeper' crane C) No cranes were used D) An overhead gantry crane
A) 'A New Era in Architecture!' B) 'Eiffel's Triumph!' C) 'The Marvel of Paris!' D) 'Eiffel Suicide!'
A) Ten B) One C) None D) Fifty
A) Nearly 30,000 B) 15,000 C) 1,896,987 D) Over 50,000
A) 200,000 francs B) 75,000 francs C) 100,000 francs D) 50,000 francs
A) Gustave Ferrié B) Alberto Santos-Dumont C) Franz Reichelt D) Father Theodor Wulf
A) No flag was replaced B) An American Stars and Stripes C) The original French Tricolour D) A British Union Jack
A) Robert Moriarty B) Franz Reichelt C) A. J. Hackett D) Thierry Devaux
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
A) A glass floor B) The present radio aerial C) An electrically driven Otis lift D) Illuminated signs for Citroën
A) Antoine Bourdelle B) Charles de Gaulle C) Jean Drapeau D) Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe
A) It was replaced with illuminated signs B) It was painted with new colors C) It was removed D) It was converted into a café
A) It lost the title when the Chrysler Building was completed B) It regained the title after renovations C) It became the second tallest structure D) It shared the title with another building
A) They were dismantled for Expo 67 B) They were used to transport construction materials C) They were replaced by Fives-Lille lifts with a compensating mechanism D) They were converted into staircases
A) Aesthetic appeal B) Wind resistance C) Structural height D) Material cost
A) Basically exponential B) Rectangular C) Cylindrical D) Triangular
A) A linear algebraic formula for structural integrity B) A non-linear integral equation based on counteracting wind pressure C) An algorithm for optimizing material usage D) A geometric proof of aesthetic symmetry
A) The east column B) The west column C) The south column D) The north column
A) A 250-seat theatre B) A Russian restaurant C) An Anglo-American Bar D) Another French restaurant
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Alain Ducasse C) Frédéric Anton D) Jules Verne
A) Alain Ducasse B) Frédéric Anton C) Gustave Eiffel D) Jules Verne
A) A French chef named Jules B) A type of French cuisine C) An architectural feature D) The famous science-fiction writer Jules Verne
A) Gustave Eiffel's apartment B) A restaurant C) A champagne bar D) Laboratories
A) 100 B) 72 C) 50 D) 85
A) 2000 B) 1905 C) 1923 D) 1986–87
A) Otis Brothers & Company B) Eiffel's own company C) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape D) A European branch of a foreign company
A) The west tower B) The south tower C) The east tower D) The north tower
A) A French company B) Otis Brothers & Company C) Eiffel's own company D) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape
A) 65 B) 50 C) 25 D) 10
A) 25 B) 65 C) 100 D) 50
A) 2010 B) 1889 C) 1968 D) 2001
A) Oil-based paint B) Bronze paint C) Acrylic paint D) Lead paint
A) 8 March 2011 B) 15 July 2015 C) 31 December 1999 D) 1 January 2000
A) Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel B) Pont d'Iéna C) Quai Branly D) Bir-Hakeim
A) 1993 B) 1989 C) 1975 D) 2002
A) Until 2025 B) Until 2043 C) Until 2091 D) Until 2030
A) 1993 B) 1958 C) 1975 D) 1894
A) Six Flags B) Disneyland C) Universal Studios D) Kings Island
A) Prague, Czech Republic B) Tokyo, Japan C) Durango, Mexico D) Richmond, Virginia
A) 300 meters B) 400 meters C) 350 meters D) 333.4 meters |