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