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A) 1900 B) 1950 C) 1920 D) 1889
A) Paris B) London C) New York City D) Tokyo
A) 1,063 feet B) 1,400 feet C) 1,000 feet D) 800 feet
A) Wood B) Iron C) Concrete D) Steel
A) Iron Lady B) Metal Monument C) Iron Behemoth D) Steel Giant
A) Pierre Cardin B) Leonardo da Vinci C) Claude Monet D) Gustave Eiffel
A) 2020 B) 1990 C) 2010 D) 2000
A) 3 stories B) 2 stories C) 5 stories D) 4 stories
A) 7.2 million B) 6.91 million C) 4.5 million D) 5,889,000
A) Maurice Koechlin B) Stephen Sauvestre C) Émile Nouguier D) Gustave Eiffel
A) The Eiffel Tower became taller than the Washington Monument during its construction. B) 300 meters (984 feet) C) 150 meters (492 feet) D) 200 meters (656 feet)
A) Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC) B) Compagnie des Établissements Eiffel C) National Bank of Haiti D) Société des Ingénieurs Civils
A) 1989 B) 1964 C) 2000 D) 1991
A) $10 million francs B) The budget included funds allocated for the construction of the Eiffel Tower. C) $1.5 million francs D) $6.5 million francs
A) Stephen Sauvestre B) Jules Grévy C) Gustave Eiffel D) Édouard Lockroy
A) 450 steps B) Over 300 steps C) 150 steps D) 600 steps
A) He funded the entire project alone. B) He bought the rights to the patent and managed the commercial exploitation. C) He designed the entire structure by himself. D) He was a mere consultant with no financial involvement.
A) The French Revolution B) The signing of the Declaration of Independence C) The Industrial Revolution D) The founding of Paris
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Stephen Sauvestre C) Maurice Koechlin D) Émile Nouguier
A) Charles Garnier B) Gustave Eiffel C) Édouard Lockroy D) William-Adolphe Bouguereau
A) Le Temps B) Le Figaro C) The New York Times D) L'Équipe
A) Guy de Maupassant B) William-Adolphe Bouguereau C) Jules Massenet D) Charles Gounod
A) The Egyptian pyramids B) Stonehenge C) The Roman Colosseum D) The Great Wall of China
A) Victor Hugo B) Paul Verlaine C) Charles Baudelaire D) Guillaume Apollinaire
A) Charles Garnier B) Gustave Eiffel C) Édouard Lockroy D) Adolphe Alphand
A) Some changed their minds, others remained unconvinced B) They started a new protest against other structures C) All of them apologized publicly D) They all continued to protest
A) 1939 B) 1900 C) 1918 D) 1925
A) 15 March 1887 B) 30 June 1886 C) 1 April 1887 D) 28 January 1887
A) Eight B) Two C) Six D) Four
A) Brick walls B) Wooden piles C) Compressed-air caissons D) Steel beams
A) 25 m (82 ft) B) 10 m (33 ft) C) 15 m (49 ft) D) 20 m (66 ft)
A) 10 m (33 ft) B) 6 m (20 ft) C) 4 m (13 ft) D) 8 m (26 ft)
A) Yellow-brown B) White C) Reddish brown D) Bronze
A) 800 tonnes B) 1000 tonnes C) 1200 tonnes D) 500 tonnes
A) Tallest guyed structure B) Second tallest tower C) Shortest freestanding structure D) Tallest freestanding (non-guyed) structure
A) An architectural wonder B) A masterpiece of engineering C) A symbol of modernity D) A 'truly tragic street lamp'
A) 1923 B) 1905 C) 1950 D) 1986–87
A) United States B) Mexico C) China D) Japan
A) 2021 B) 2043 C) 2039 D) 2091
A) Spherical B) Rectangular C) Basically exponential D) Cylindrical
A) 2011 B) 2000 C) 1957 D) 1889
A) Aesthetic appeal B) Structural height C) Cost efficiency D) Wind resistance
A) Alain Ducasse B) Frédéric Anton C) Gustave Eiffel D) Julia Child
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Robert Moriarty C) Thierry Devaux D) A. J. Hackett
A) 30 times B) 12 times C) 25 times D) At least 19 times
A) Paris residents B) The Paris Observatory C) The Eiffel family D) Mayor Anne Hidalgo
A) Alberto Santos-Dumont B) Gustave Eiffel C) Buffalo Bill Cody D) Thomas Edison
A) Sent coded messages to Allied forces B) Transmitted weather reports C) Intercepted enemy communications from Berlin D) Broadcasted propaganda to Germany
A) 50 tons B) 20 tons C) 40 tons D) 30 tons
A) 1968 B) 2001 C) 2010 D) 2024
A) It was painted a different color B) It was preserved as a historical artifact C) It was removed D) It was replaced with a modern design
A) Granite B) Marble C) Sandstone D) Limestone
A) 25,000 B) 18,038 C) 20,000 D) 10,000
A) Cantilevers B) Timber scaffolding C) Steel trusses D) Brick masonry
A) Four B) One C) Three D) Two
A) 1989 B) 2014 C) 2002 D) 1993
A) Cable television B) FM radio C) Analogue television D) Digital terrestrial television (DTT)
A) North column B) East column C) South column D) West column
A) Reddish brown paint B) Yellow-brown paint C) Lead paint D) Bronze paint
A) 65 passengers B) 50 passengers C) 100 passengers D) 80 passengers
A) Levallois-Perret B) Montmartre C) Nanterre D) Versailles
A) Eugène Viollet-le-Duc B) John Bickerstaffe C) Stéphane Dieu D) Pierre Bideau
A) Demonstrate his latest invention B) Give a speech on modern technology C) Discuss future engineering projects D) Present him with a phonograph
A) 50 passengers B) 40 passengers C) 15 passengers D) 25 passengers
A) Reddish brown B) Yellow-brown C) Black D) Bronze
A) An art gallery B) A science museum C) A champagne bar D) A gift shop
A) Berlin B) Rome C) Prague D) Vienna
A) Quai Branly B) Bir-Hakeim C) Pont d'Iéna D) Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
A) Second floor B) Third floor C) First floor D) Ground floor
A) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape B) Comité des Forges C) Otis Brothers & Company D) Eiffel et Compagnie
A) They were converted into emergency staircases B) They were restored to their original condition C) They were permanently closed D) They were replaced after 97 years in service
A) In trucks B) On horse-drawn carts C) By river barge D) By train
A) Alain Ducasse B) Frédéric Anton C) Julia Child D) Gustave Eiffel
A) 1965 B) 1972 C) 1989 D) 1958
A) A small 'creeper' crane B) An elevator C) A large crane D) A pulley system
A) Flemish restaurant B) Russian restaurant C) French restaurant D) Anglo-American Bar
A) 1957 B) 2000 C) 31 March 2005 D) 8 March 2011
A) Eiffel et Compagnie B) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape C) Comité des Forges D) Otis Brothers & Company
A) Sarah Bernhardt B) Thomas Edison C) Buffalo Bill Cody D) Alberto Santos-Dumont
A) $100 million B) $600 million C) $300 million D) $480 million
A) 10 m (33 ft) B) 30 m (98 ft) C) 22 m (72 ft) D) 15 m (49 ft) |