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