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How old is Big Ben (a British clock tower)?
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180 years old.
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265 years old.
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73 years old.
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195 years old.
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151 years old.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -1852: John Dent is appointed to build the clock to the designs of Edmund Beckett Denison. This is the same year that the New Palace of Westminster was opened by Queen Victoria at the State Opening. 1854: The clock mechanism is completed. 1856: The first ‘Big Ben’ bell is cast at Warners of Norton near Stockton-on-Tees.
Detailed explanation-2: -The hands of the clock are 9 and 14 feet (2.7 and 4.3 metres) long, respectively, and the clock tower rises about 320 feet (97.5 metres).
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