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