A) 316 feet B) 400 feet C) 200 feet D) 250 feet
A) Elizabeth Tower B) Victoria Tower C) Albert Tower D) Henry Tower
A) 15 B) 7 C) 11 D) 9
A) Queen Victoria B) King George III C) Queen Elizabeth II D) King Henry VIII
A) Stone B) Glass C) Brick D) Cast iron
A) Norman Foster B) Augustus Pugin C) Richard Rogers D) Christopher Wren
A) Baroque B) Art Deco C) Modernist D) Gothic Revival
A) Edmund Beckett Denison B) Augustus Pugin C) Charles Barry D) Sir Christopher Wren
A) Three times a week B) Once a day C) Twice a month D) Once a week
A) 500 steps B) 334 steps C) 250 steps D) 400 steps
A) Big Benji B) Grand Bell C) Great Bell D) Time Gong
A) 3 B) 4 C) 1 D) 2
A) 1859 B) 1900 C) 1776 D) 1700
A) The weather B) The tides C) The phases of the moon D) The date
A) Paris B) London C) Sydney D) New York
A) 1999 B) 1987 C) 2000 D) 2012
A) Sir Benjamin Hall B) Augustus Pugin C) Queen Victoria D) Sir Charles Barry
A) By adding or removing pre-decimal pennies from the pendulum B) By winding the clock mechanism C) By recalibrating the gears D) By adjusting the clock hands
A) Only on special occasions B) During the renovation period C) Before news at 18:00 and 00:00, with an additional broadcast at 22:00 on Sundays D) Every hour on the hour
A) 1987 B) 2000 C) 1970 D) 2012
A) 13.5 long tons B) 20 long tons C) 10 long tons D) 15 long tons
A) The Great Fire of London B) The old palace was largely destroyed by fire on 16 October 1834 C) A storm in 1835 D) The Blitz during World War II
A) Five B) Six C) Three D) Four
A) Between 2017 and 2021 B) Between 1987 and 1990 C) Between 1995 and 2000 D) Between 2000 and 2005
A) Marble B) Sandstone C) Sand-coloured Anston limestone D) Granite
A) 290 B) 350 C) 300 D) 250
A) Augustus Pugin B) John Nash C) David Boswell Reid D) Charles Barry
A) IV B) IV C) IIII D) V
A) Black B) Prussian blue C) White D) Red and white
A) A new spire B) A lift in the ventilation shaft C) A new clock mechanism D) An additional staircase
A) June 2010 B) September 2008 C) August 2007 D) July 2005
A) Black B) White C) Gold D) Prussian blue
A) 110–115 decibels B) 120–125 decibels C) 90–95 decibels D) 100–105 decibels
A) 70 strokes B) 68 strokes C) 96 strokes D) 56 strokes
A) Greenpeace B) Friends of the Earth C) WWF D) PETA
A) Approximately 1⁄240 B) Approximately 1⁄150 C) Approximately 1⁄300 D) Approximately 1⁄200
A) The Turner Prize B) The Stirling Prize C) The Pritzker Prize D) The Nobel Prize
A) About 1000 mm (39 in) B) About 300 mm (12 in) C) About 700 mm (28 in) D) About 500 mm (20 in)
A) 300 mm (11.8 in) B) 250 mm (9.8 in) C) 230 mm (9.1 in) D) 200 mm (7.9 in)
A) For one year B) For three years C) For six months D) For two years
A) Five B) Three C) Six D) Four
A) 60 B) 52 C) 50 D) 54
A) A workman left a hammer too close to the mechanism B) A heavy snowfall C) A power outage D) A mechanical failure
A) 400 B) 200 C) 150 D) 324
A) Anchor escapement B) Pendulum escapement C) Deadbeat escapement D) Double three-legged gravity escapement
A) Low-energy LEDs B) Incandescent bulbs C) Fluorescent lights D) Halogen bulbs
A) Whitechapel Bell Foundry B) Royal Bell Foundry C) Stockton Bell Foundry D) John Warner & Sons
A) DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM PRIMAM B) FIDE ET LABORE C) IN DEO SPERAMUS D) VIVAT REGINA
A) Charles Bradlaugh B) Acton Smee Ayrton C) John Bercow D) Augustus Pugin
A) 2021 B) 2022 C) 2025 D) 2020
A) G-flat B) C-sharp C) E-natural D) A-natural
A) Italy B) England C) Germany D) France
A) Union Jack B) Fleurs-de-lis C) Crown of England D) Rose of York
A) £69 million B) £18.6 million C) £90 million D) £29 million
A) Throne B) Portcullis C) Crown D) Sceptre
A) 31 December 1923 B) 1 January 1950 C) 1 January 1945 D) 1 January 1930
A) George Airy B) Frederick Dent C) Sir Giles Gilbert Scott D) Edmund Beckett Denison
A) New Year's Day B) Christmas Day C) Remembrance Day D) Independence Day
A) It was completely destroyed B) It was left untouched C) It had sustained greater damage than previously thought D) It was slightly damaged
A) £29 million B) £69 million C) £90 million D) Nearly £80 million
A) Augustus Pugin B) Acton Smee Ayrton C) Charles Bradlaugh D) John Bercow
A) A special event where the clock is set to strike thirteen B) The electronically transmitted chimes arrive virtually instantaneously, while the 'live' sound is delayed C) A glitch in the broadcasting system D) A malfunction in the clock mechanism
A) 440 lb (200 kg) B) 500 lb (227 kg) C) 300 lb (136 kg) D) 600 lb (272 kg)
A) 2008 B) 2010 C) 2015 D) 2012
A) Candles B) LED lights C) Electric bulbs D) Gas lamps
A) 44 B) 50 C) 60 D) 40 |