A) 1889 B) 1850 C) 1920 D) 1900
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Philippe Starck C) Pierre Charles L'Enfant D) Leonardo da Vinci
A) Iron B) Steel C) Concrete D) Wood
A) 2 years, 2 months, and 5 days B) 3 years C) 10 years D) 5 years
A) Émile Zola B) Victor Hugo C) Gustave Flaubert D) Guy de Maupassant
A) 4 B) 2 C) 5 D) 3
A) Around 7 million B) 2 million C) 15 million D) 1 million
A) Rome B) London C) Berlin D) Paris
A) Luminous Lady B) La Dame de Fer C) Grand Tower D) Steel Magnolia
A) 200 metres (656 ft) B) 150 metres (492 ft) C) 300 metres (984 ft) D) Tallest human-made structure in the world at that time
A) 1991 B) 1957 C) 1889 D) 1964
A) 600 steps B) 200 steps C) Over 300 steps D) 150 steps
A) For housing construction workers B) As a public museum exhibit C) For military strategy meetings D) To entertain guests like Thomas Edison
A) Funding solely through ticket sales B) Donations from European monarchs C) Complete self-financing by Gustave Eiffel D) Financing involved predatory loans from Haiti
A) 1889 B) 1957 C) 1991 D) 1964
A) Gustave Eiffel B) William-Adolphe Bouguereau C) Charles Garnier D) Édouard Lockroy
A) La Croix B) Le Temps C) Libération D) L'Équipe
A) Édouard Lockroy B) Charles Garnier C) Adolphe Alphand D) Gustave Eiffel
A) 1899 B) 1918 C) 1905 D) 1923
A) Guy de Maupassant B) Charles Garnier C) Guillaume Apollinaire D) Édouard Lockroy
A) A temporary exhibit B) An outdated structure C) A remarkable piece of structural art D) A failed engineering project
A) 15 March 1888 B) 1 April 1886 C) 30 June 1889 D) 28 January 1887
A) 6 m (20 ft) B) 4.5 m (15 ft) C) 3 m (10 ft) D) 8 m (26 ft)
A) 500 B) 18,038 C) 3,629 D) 1,700
A) 1,700 B) 20,000 C) 18,038 D) 3,629
A) An overhead gantry crane B) No cranes were used C) A small 'creeper' crane D) A large stationary crane
A) Franz Reichelt B) Robert Moriarty C) Thierry Devaux D) A. J. Hackett
A) Another French restaurant B) A Russian restaurant C) An Anglo-American Bar D) A 250-seat theatre
A) Antoine Bourdelle B) Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe C) Jean Drapeau D) Charles de Gaulle
A) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape B) Otis Brothers & Company C) Eiffel's own company D) A French company
A) They were converted into staircases B) They were replaced by Fives-Lille lifts with a compensating mechanism C) They were dismantled for Expo 67 D) They were used to transport construction materials
A) Universal Studios B) Six Flags C) Kings Island D) Disneyland
A) 75,000 francs B) 200,000 francs C) 100,000 francs D) 50,000 francs
A) It was painted with new colors B) It was removed C) It was replaced with illuminated signs D) It was converted into a café
A) An electrically driven Otis lift B) A glass floor C) Illuminated signs for Citroën D) The present radio aerial
A) Oil-based paint B) Lead paint C) Acrylic paint D) Bronze paint
A) 72 B) 85 C) 50 D) 100
A) Until 2025 B) Until 2030 C) Until 2043 D) Until 2091
A) It lost the title when the Chrysler Building was completed B) It shared the title with another building C) It regained the title after renovations D) It became the second tallest structure
A) No flag was replaced B) The original French Tricolour C) An American Stars and Stripes D) A British Union Jack
A) It was a con, as he 'sold' it twice B) He received payment but never delivered the tower C) He successfully sold it once D) The tower was dismantled and relocated
A) Alain Ducasse B) Jules Verne C) Frédéric Anton D) Gustave Eiffel
A) Quai Branly B) Pont d'Iéna C) Bir-Hakeim D) Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel
A) 1975 B) 1894 C) 1958 D) 1993
A) Over 50,000 B) 15,000 C) 1,896,987 D) Nearly 30,000
A) Gustave Eiffel B) Alain Ducasse C) Frédéric Anton D) Jules Verne
A) A type of French cuisine B) The famous science-fiction writer Jules Verne C) A French chef named Jules D) An architectural feature
A) 2002 B) 1993 C) 1989 D) 1975
A) 1923 B) 1986–87 C) 1905 D) 2000
A) 2010 B) 1889 C) 1968 D) 2001
A) Richmond, Virginia B) Prague, Czech Republic C) Durango, Mexico D) Tokyo, Japan
A) 333.4 meters B) 350 meters C) 300 meters D) 400 meters
A) 'Eiffel's Triumph!' B) 'A New Era in Architecture!' C) 'The Marvel of Paris!' D) 'Eiffel Suicide!'
A) None B) Ten C) Fifty D) One
A) Eiffel's own company B) Roux, Combaluzier & Lepape C) Otis Brothers & Company D) A European branch of a foreign company
A) The south tower B) The north tower C) The east tower D) The west tower
A) A champagne bar B) A restaurant C) Gustave Eiffel's apartment D) Laboratories
A) Father Theodor Wulf B) Gustave Ferrié C) Alberto Santos-Dumont D) Franz Reichelt
A) A linear algebraic formula for structural integrity B) A geometric proof of aesthetic symmetry C) An algorithm for optimizing material usage D) A non-linear integral equation based on counteracting wind pressure
A) Cylindrical B) Triangular C) Basically exponential D) Rectangular
A) 65 B) 50 C) 25 D) 10
A) Aesthetic appeal B) Wind resistance C) Material cost D) Structural height
A) 65 B) 25 C) 100 D) 50
A) 15 July 2015 B) 1 January 2000 C) 31 December 1999 D) 8 March 2011
A) The north column B) The east column C) The south column D) The west column |