Stonehenge (England) - Quiz
A) Sandstone B) Granite C) Sarsen stones D) Limestone
A) Scotland B) Wiltshire, England C) Wales D) Ireland
A) Market area B) Astronomic observatory C) Fortress D) Ceremonial site
A) Two B) Four C) One D) Three
A) The bluestone B) The lintel C) The altar stone D) The heel stone
A) Quartz stones B) Bluestones C) Granite stones D) Sarsen stones
A) Not yet B) Only partially C) No D) Yes
A) 2000 B) 1930 C) 1975 D) 1882
A) Mortise and tenon joints B) Use of marble stones C) Alignment with the solstices D) Circular layout
A) Spring equinox B) Summer solstice C) Winter solstice D) Autumn equinox
A) Nearly 1000 BC B) Around 2000 BC C) Approximately 1500 BC D) About 3100 BC
A) Between 2700 BC and 2500 BC B) Between 2600 BC and 2400 BC C) Around 3000 BC to 2900 BC D) From 2500 BC to 2300 BC
A) The Crown Estate B) English Heritage C) UNESCO D) National Trust
A) 1995 B) 2000 C) 1986 D) 2010
A) 'Precipice rocks' B) 'Burial ground' C) 'Hanging stones' D) 'Sacred circle'
A) A stone circle with lintels B) A burial mound C) An ancient temple D) A circular banked enclosure with an internal ditch
A) Construction of trilithons B) The placement of sarsen stones C) Positioning of bluestones D) The circular earth bank and ditch
A) 'Stone circle' B) 'Sacred monument' C) 'Hinge' or 'to hang' D) 'Burial site'
A) Bronze tools from 2500 BC B) Iron weapons from 1500 BC C) Deposits containing human bone from around 3000 BC D) Pottery shards from 2000 BC
A) John Smith B) David Brown C) Mike Parker Pearson D) Emma Johnson
A) Burial B) Agriculture C) Trade D) Residential living
A) First millennium A.D. B) Mid third millennium B.C. C) Second millennium B.C. D) Fourth millennium B.C.
A) 500 years B) 2000 years C) At least 1500 years D) 1000 years
A) 5000 years B) 8000 years C) 6500 years D) 3000 years
A) Circular B) Diagonal C) East-west D) North-south
A) Aberdeenshire B) Yorkshire C) Cornwall D) Wiltshire
A) Stonehenge Cursus B) Neolithic village C) Stone circle D) Wooden henge
A) Wooded B) Swampy C) Desert D) Mountainous
A) Granite from Preseli Hills B) Limestone from nearby cliffs C) Sandstone from local quarry D) Late Cretaceous (Santonian Age) Seaford chalk
A) Isaac Newton B) William Hawley C) John Aubrey, a 17th-century antiquarian D) Parker Pearson
A) The underlying chalk beneath the graves was crushed by substantial weight B) Inscriptions on the stones C) Presence of gold artifacts D) Fossilized remains
A) A metal framework B) An earthen mound C) A timber structure D) A stone circle
A) They were used for ceremonial gatherings B) They held water C) They contained cremation burials D) They stored food supplies
A) Scottish Highlands B) Brecon Beacons in Wales C) Glacial erratics by the Irish Sea Glacier D) Preseli Hills in modern-day Pembrokeshire, Wales
A) Craig Rhos-y-felin near Crymych in Pembrokeshire B) Brecon Beacons C) Irish Sea Glacier D) Scottish Highlands
A) Scottish Highlands B) Brecon Beacons C) Senni Beds, possibly east of the Preseli Hills D) Preseli Hills directly
A) Bluestone B) Limestone C) Sarsen stone D) Tertiary sandstone
A) Seven trilithons B) Ten trilithons C) Five trilithons D) Three trilithons
A) Facing the rising Sun on summer solstice B) Open end facing northeast C) Aligned with the setting sun on winter solstice D) Open end facing southwest
A) 30 tons each B) 20 tons each C) 10 tons each D) Up to 50 tons each
A) Agricultural site B) Center of a 'land of the living' C) Defensive structure D) Burial ground
A) Circular arrangement B) Horseshoe-shaped setting C) Square formation D) Oval arrangement
A) Trilithons B) Bluestones C) Lintels D) Sarsens
A) Magnetic properties B) Unusual acoustic properties C) Reflective properties D) Thermal properties
A) Amesbury Archer B) Vespasian's Camp C) Durrington Walls D) Seahenge
A) The Amesbury Archer B) The Boscombe Bowmen C) Vespasian's Camp D) Seahenge
A) Maenclochog B) Durrington Walls C) Vespasian's Camp D) Seahenge
A) Northern Europe B) Africa C) Anatolia D) South America
A) Central Asian Nomads B) Early European Farmers C) Western Hunter-Gatherers D) Aegean Ancestors
A) 70% B) 30% C) More than 90% D) 50%
A) Fishing B) Cereal agriculture C) Non-cereal farming D) Hunting
A) Directly from Anatolia B) Via Scandinavia C) Iberia before heading north D) Through Africa
A) William Hawley B) Richard J. C. Atkinson C) Mike Pitts D) John Aubrey
A) 100–200 AD B) 400–500 AD C) 600–690 AD D) 700–800 AD
A) Richard Colt Hoare B) Inigo Jones C) John Wood, the Elder D) William Stukeley
A) Richard Colt Hoare B) Charles Darwin C) John Wood, the Elder D) William Stukeley
A) 1963 B) 1995 C) 1958 D) 1979
A) Mesolithic postholes B) The remains of the Stonehenge Archer C) Aubrey's pits D) Carved axes on sarsen stones
A) Four B) As many as 17 C) Nine D) Two
A) X-ray fluorescence spectrometry B) Electromagnetic induction field survey C) Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) D) Carbon dating
A) A shale object B) Iron tools C) Stonehenge blue stones D) Roman coins
A) "Moon-Stone" B) "Devil's Marker" C) "King's Rock" D) "Friar's Heel"
A) King Arthur B) Merlin C) Uther Pendragon D) The Devil
A) "I don't believe you." B) "That's what you think!" C) "Tell me more." D) "You're lying."
A) The Irish army B) Roman soldiers C) Merlin and his followers D) British Celtic warriors
A) 420 B) 300 C) 600 D) 500
A) King Henry VIII B) Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus C) Cecil Chubb D) The National Trust
A) 1915 B) 1927 C) 1540 D) 1824
A) George V B) Cecil Chubb C) Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus D) Knight Frank & Rutley
A) Sir Cosmo Gordon Antrobus B) George V C) Cecil Chubb D) The National Trust
A) £561,400 B) £6,600 C) £8,000 D) £10,000
A) 2022 B) 1915 C) 1930 D) 1927
A) National Heritage Lottery Fund (NHLF) B) Royal Flying Corps C) The National Trust D) Knight Frank & Rutley
A) European Court of Human Rights ruling B) A High Court injunction C) Battle of the Beanfield D) Stonehenge Free Festival
A) 1985 B) 2000 C) 2001 D) 1998
A) A member of the Polytantric Circle B) Arthur Uther Pendragon C) Ronald Hutton D) A representative of the National Trust
A) 100th B) 1st C) 50th D) 75th
A) Gensler B) Zaha Hadid Architects C) Foster + Partners D) Denton Corker Marshall
A) A new design for the tunnel was approved. B) Funding for the project was increased. C) The tunnel would 'not move forward'. D) Construction would begin immediately.
A) Chisels B) Screwdrivers C) Picks D) Hammers
A) 1980 onwards B) 1990 onwards C) 1975 onwards D) 1969 onwards
A) Black marker pens B) Purple spray paint C) Red spray paint D) Acid
A) 2015 B) 2020 C) 2018 D) 2019
A) January 2023 B) July 2024 C) March 2022 D) December 2025 |
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