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