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