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