On which Paris green space does the Eiffel Tower stand?
- The Champ de Mars
- The Tuileries Garden
- The Bois de Boulogne
- The Luxembourg Garden
Which engineer's company designed and built the tower?
- Gustave Eiffel
- Le Corbusier
- Georges-Eugene Haussmann
- Auguste Perret
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
What is the tower mainly built from?
- Wrought iron
- Steel
- Reinforced concrete
- Cast aluminium
Roughly how tall is the tower today, including its antennas?
- About 330 metres
- About 180 metres
- About 250 metres
- About 450 metres
How many levels of the tower are open to visitors?
- Three
- Two
- Four
- Five
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
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
Which river flows past the foot of the tower?
- The Seine
- The Loire
- The Rhone
- The Marne
The tower was originally intended to be a permanent monument.
- True
- False
The tower can grow slightly taller in hot weather.
- True
- False
The tower was the entrance arch to the 1889 Exposition ___, the Paris World's Fair.
Many artists and writers signed a public protest against the tower, calling it a useless ___ before it was finished.