The famed Eiffel Tower, stretching 330 metres above the Parisian skyline, is the topic of this week’s podcast quiz.
You can listen below and play along with everyone else, or simply scroll down for all the questions (the answers are at the very bottom of the page). Good luck.
1. How tall is the Eiffel Tower?
Come on, I mentioned it in the introduction above. Surely you haven’t forgotten! No scrolling up!
2: Which arrondissement is the tower in?
You have a one in 20 chance!
3: True or false: Only the Montparnasse Tower is taller Than the Eiffel?
Hm, these are getting tougher….
4: Which slippery winter activity can you on the Eiffel Tower some winters?
Surely it isn’t skiing…
5: Which famous American visited the tower and left a note saying: To M Eiffel the Engineer the brave builder of so gigantic and original specimen of modern Engineering from one who has the greatest respect and admiration for all Engineers including the Great Engineer the Bon Dieu…?
This one is quite hard, but the engineering is a clue.
6: Gustave Eiffel, the head engineer, contributed to another exceptionally famous world monument. Which?
No more clues. Except to say the monument is very famous indeed.
7. What nickname does the Eiffel Tower share with Margaret Thatcher?
Hmmm…
8. In 1987, a New Zealand man tied himself to the tower and did something very illegal, much to the annoyance of Parisian police waiting below. What did he do?
Get your mind out of the gutter, it’s not what you’re perhaps thinking 🙂
9. If the Eiffel Tower were to topple over to the south west, the summit would land on which national embassy?
Clue: I hosted an event here once…
10. The famous elevators on the second level ascend diagonally. Which American company made them?
Hardest question here. No clues. All answers below.
Answers: 1) 330 metres. 2) 7th arrondissement. 3) False. 4) Ice skating. 5) Thomas Edison. 6) The Statue of Liberty. 7)The Iron Lady. 8) Bungee jumped! 9) The Australian Embassy. 10) Otis.
That’s it! How did you do? If you liked this quiz or even this content, you’d love the podcast. We’re working through the alphabet of Paris and France, and we’re up to E is for Eiffel. Below are ALL the episodes – and new ones drop every Monday, supported by The Earful Tower’s Patreon members.