The Ultimate Isambard Kingdom Brunel Quiz

How much do you know about Isambard Kingdom Brunel? Answer these 28 questions to find out!

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When was he born?

9 April 1806

Where was he born?

Britain Street, Portsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire

Who was his mother?

Sophia Kingdom

Who was his father?

Marc Isambard Brunel

Where was his father from?

France

Where was the boarding school he was sent to?

Hove, Dr Morrell's boarding school

What university did he attend, at age 14?

University of Caen

What college did Isambard later attend?

Lycée Henri-IV

Where was his father sent to when Isambard was 15?

debtors' prison

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

After completing his studies, what engineering school was Isambard deemed ineligible for entry?

École Polytechnique

What clockmaker did Isambard take an apprenticeship with?

Abraham-Louis Breguet

What tunnel did Brunel work as an assistant engineer on?

Thames tunnel

When was the flooding of the above tunnel that killed the two most senior miners and badly injured Brunel?

1828

While recovering from the injury of above what bridge did Brunel design?

Clifton Suspension bridge

What river did above span over?

River Avon

What railway was Brunel appointed chief engineer of, in 1833?

Great Western Railway

What riot resulted in the bridge's construction being suspended?

Queen Square riots (Bristol riots)

Who did he marry in 1836?

Mary Elizabeth Horsley

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

What ship beat the ship above by one day at crossing the Atlantic?

Sirius

What hospital did Brunel design for Florence Nightingale during the Crimean war?

Renkioi Hospital

What bridge did Brunel design for the Cornwall railway in 1855?

Royal Albert Bridge

What type of gauge railway did Brunel decide to use instead of the common standard gauge?

broad-gauge

What was the name of the tunnel that Isambard designed, which became the largest railway tunnel at that time?

Box tunnel

What popular station was designed by Brunel, which was completed in 1856?