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The Ultimate Isambard Kingdom Brunel Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 1 time
- The average score is 5 of 28
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| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| When was he born? | 9 April 1806 | 100%
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| While recovering from the injury of above what bridge did Brunel design? | Clifton Suspension bridge | 100%
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| Where was his father from? | France | 100%
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| What river did above span over? | River Avon | 100%
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| What tunnel did Brunel work as an assistant engineer on? | Thames tunnel | 100%
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| When did he die? | 15 September 1859 | 0%
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| When was the flooding of the above tunnel that killed the two most senior miners and badly injured Brunel? | 1828 | 0%
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| What clockmaker did Isambard take an apprenticeship with? | Abraham-Louis Breguet | 0%
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| What tsar of Russia did his father say would give him an offer, later the British government gave him an offer instead, fearing a loss of a prominent rival to their rival? | Alexander I | 0%
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| What was the name of the tunnel that Isambard designed, which became the largest railway tunnel at that time? | Box tunnel | 0%
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| Where was he born? | Britain Street, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire | 0%
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| What type of gauge railway did Brunel decide to use instead of the common standard gauge? | broad-gauge | 0%
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| Where was his father sent to when Isambard was 15? | debtors' prison | 0%
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| After completing his studies, what engineering school was Isambard deemed ineligible for entry? | École Polytechnique | 0%
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| What railway was Brunel appointed chief engineer of, in 1833? | Great Western Railway | 0%
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| Where was the boarding school he was sent to? | Hove, Dr Morrell's boarding school | 0%
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| What college did Isambard later attend? | Lycée Henri-IV | 0%
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| Who was his father? | Marc Isambard Brunel | 0%
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| Who did he marry in 1836? | Mary Elizabeth Horsley | 0%
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| What American city did Brunel want his Railway to join with by steam-boat? | New York City | 0%
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| What popular station was designed by Brunel, which was completed in 1856? | Paddington station | 0%
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| What riot resulted in the bridge's construction being suspended? | Queen Square riots (Bristol riots) | 0%
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| What hospital did Brunel design for Florence Nightingale during the Crimean war? | Renkioi Hospital | 0%
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| What bridge did Brunel design for the Cornwall railway in 1855? | Royal Albert Bridge | 0%
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| What ship beat the ship above by one day at crossing the Atlantic? | Sirius | 0%
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| Who was his mother? | Sophia Kingdom | 0%
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| What was the name of the first steam powered ship built to be the first steam powered ship to cross the Atlantic but because of a fire that delayed the ships launch? | the Great Western | 0%
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| What university did he attend, at age 14? | University of Caen | 0%
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