Info Quest and Game: Notre Dame

The towers on the west facade of Notre Dame are approximately how tall?

• 69 meters

• 200 meters

• 64 meters

• 8 meters

In what year was Notre Dame’s construction begun?

• 1812

• 1776

• 1163

• 1237

What was located on the site of Notre Dame during Roman times?

• a McDonalds

• a Roman bath

• a pagan temple

• the world's oldest hospital

What was the name of the church that was torn down to make way for Notre Dame’s construction?

• the Church of Saint Paul

• the Basilica of Saint-Etienne

• the Basilica of Sainte Anne

• the Church of All Saints

What was the name of the bishop of Paris who ordered Notre Dame’s construction?

• Pierre Pommes Frites

• Antoine de Montferant

• Maurice de Sully

• Jules Vernes

There are approximately how many pipes in Notre Dame’s organ?

• 8,000

• 500

• 2,700

• 12,437

When were Notre Dame’s grotesques and gargoyles added onto the cathedral?

• the mid-12th century

• the mid-15th century

• the mid-20th century

• the mid-19th century

How much does the Emmanuel bell weigh?

• 5,000 pounds

• 13 tons

• 40 tons

• 31 tons

Approximately how many trees were used to make Notre Dame’s roof structure during the 12th century?

• more than 5,000

• more than 1,300

• less than 500

• less than 1,000

Why do the 28 statues on the west façade of Notre Dame have no heads?

• Their heads were cut off during the French Revolution.

• Their heads were distroyed by a World War II bomb.

• The sculptor forgot to give them heads.

• The heads were stolen during the Franco-Prussian War.