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Question 1

Paris's tallest iron structure opened at the 1889 World's Fair to celebrate the centennial of what major political upheaval?

The 1889 exposition specifically marked 100 years since the 1789 storming of the Bastille, the flashpoint that ignited the French Revolution.

Question 2

Victor Hugo wrote an 1831 novel to help save what Parisian Gothic landmark, which later suffered a devastating roof fire in 2019?

Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame drew massive public attention to the crumbling cathedral, sparking a major 19th-century restoration project.

Question 3

French authorities built the Paris Catacombs to solve what major public crisis?

By the late 1700s, overflowing urban cemeteries posed severe health risks. The crisis peaked when a cemetery wall collapsed, spilling corpses into nearby properties.

Question 4

Paris landmark the Eiffel Tower avoided demolition in 1909 when the military used it to do what?

Initially built as a temporary exhibit intended to stand for 20 years, the tower's extreme height made it an invaluable permanent wireless telegraph station.