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