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The Eiffel Tower

13 questions · Multiple choice, True/False, Fill in the blank
  1. On which Paris green space does the Eiffel Tower stand?

    • The Champ de Mars
    • The Tuileries Garden
    • The Bois de Boulogne
    • The Luxembourg Garden
  2. Which engineer's company designed and built the tower?

    • Gustave Eiffel
    • Le Corbusier
    • Georges-Eugene Haussmann
    • Auguste Perret
  3. For which event was the tower built?

    • The 1889 World's Fair
    • The 1900 Summer Olympics
    • The coronation of Napoleon III
    • The opening of the Paris Metro
  4. What is the tower mainly built from?

    • Wrought iron
    • Steel
    • Reinforced concrete
    • Cast aluminium
  5. Roughly how tall is the tower today, including its antennas?

    • About 330 metres
    • About 180 metres
    • About 250 metres
    • About 450 metres
  6. How many levels of the tower are open to visitors?

    • Three
    • Two
    • Four
    • Five
  7. Which building took the title of world's tallest structure from the Eiffel Tower?

    • The Chrysler Building
    • The Empire State Building
    • The Woolworth Building
    • Big Ben
  8. Why is the tower repainted every several years?

    • To protect the iron from rust
    • To keep birds from nesting
    • To change its colour by decade
    • To reduce its weight
  9. Which river flows past the foot of the tower?

    • The Seine
    • The Loire
    • The Rhone
    • The Marne
  10. The tower was originally intended to be a permanent monument.

    • True
    • False
  11. The tower can grow slightly taller in hot weather.

    • True
    • False
  12. The tower was the entrance arch to the 1889 Exposition ___, the Paris World's Fair.

  13. Many artists and writers signed a public protest against the tower, calling it a useless ___ before it was finished.