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