Statue of Liberty - Quiz
Statue of Liberty
  • 1. When was the Statue of Liberty dedicated?
A) 1886
B) 1901
C) 1920
D) 1776
  • 2. Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?
A) France
B) Germany
C) Spain
D) England
  • 3. How tall is the Statue of Liberty from ground to torch?
A) 400 feet
B) 305 feet
C) 150 feet
D) 250 feet
  • 4. What material was used to build the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Marble
B) Concrete
C) Brick
D) Granite
  • 5. What inscription is found at the feet of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Liberty or Death
B) July IV MDCCLXXVI
C) Give me your tired, your poor
D) E Pluribus Unum
  • 6. What architectural style is the Statue of Liberty designed in?
A) Gothic
B) Baroque
C) Art Deco
D) Neoclassical
  • 7. What is the statue's official name?
A) Freedom Goddess
B) Liberty Monument
C) Statue of Peace
D) Liberty Enlightening the World
  • 8. How many windows are in the crown of the Statue of Liberty?
A) 15
B) 20
C) 10
D) 25
  • 9. What color was the Statue of Liberty originally when it was unveiled?
A) Copper
B) Silver
C) Bronze
D) Gold
  • 10. Who designed the Statue of Liberty?
A) Joseph Pulitzer
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Édouard de Laboulaye
D) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
  • 11. Who built the metal framework of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Édouard de Laboulaye
B) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
C) Joseph Pulitzer
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 12. What does the Statue of Liberty hold in her right hand?
A) A book
B) A sword
C) An olive branch
D) A torch
  • 13. What does the Statue of Liberty's left foot step on?
A) A rock
B) A book
C) An olive branch
D) A broken chain and shackle
  • 14. Who proposed a monument to commemorate U.S. independence?
A) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Édouard de Laboulaye
D) Joseph Pulitzer
  • 15. What delayed the progress of the Statue of Liberty project?
A) The Spanish-American War
B) The American Civil War
C) The Franco-Prussian War
D) World War I
  • 16. Where was the torch-bearing arm of the Statue of Liberty displayed in 1876?
A) Madison Square Park, Manhattan
B) Liberty Island
C) Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
D) New York's first ticker-tape parade
  • 17. Who started a drive for donations to finish the Statue of Liberty project?
A) Édouard de Laboulaye
B) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
C) Joseph Pulitzer
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 18. What was the original name of Liberty Island?
A) Independence Island
B) Bedloe's Island
C) Freedom Island
D) Liberty Island
  • 19. Who did Bartholdi meet to discuss the Statue of Liberty idea in the United States?
A) George Washington
B) President Ulysses S. Grant
C) Abraham Lincoln
D) Thomas Jefferson
  • 20. What was Bartholdi's initial project before proposing the Statue of Liberty?
A) Statue of Freedom
B) Progress or Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia
C) Colossus of Rhodes
D) The Lion of Belfort
  • 21. Which other sculpture influenced Bartholdi's design for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Lion of Belfort
B) Colossus of Rhodes
C) Sancarlone
D) Vercingétorix monument
  • 22. What was the purpose of the Suez Canal lighthouse proposed by Bartholdi?
A) To honor Napoleon III
B) To guide ships at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal
C) To celebrate American independence
D) To commemorate the Franco-Prussian War
  • 23. What was Bartholdi's profession?
A) Historian
B) Sculptor
C) Engineer
D) Architect
  • 24. Who was consulted by Bartholdi to propose a design method for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
B) Jefferson Davis
C) Eugène Delacroix
D) Thomas Crawford
  • 25. Who was responsible for financing the Statue of Liberty according to the announcement?
A) European monarchies
B) The French people
C) The American government
D) The Franco-American Union
  • 26. Who was a notable political figure that opposed the Statue of Liberty in France?
A) French monarchists
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) Charles Gounod
D) President Grant
  • 27. Which composer wrote a cantata for an event related to the Statue of Liberty?
A) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
B) Ludwig van Beethoven
C) Johann Sebastian Bach
D) Charles Gounod
  • 28. What was the title of Charles Gounod's cantata?
A) The Statue of Liberty Cantata
B) La Liberté éclairant le monde
C) Freedom in America
D) Liberty Enlightening the World
  • 29. How much copper did Eugène Secrétan donate for the statue?
A) 128,000 pounds (58,000 kg)
B) 50,000 pounds (22,700 kg)
C) 200,000 pounds (91,000 kg)
D) 100,000 pounds (45,400 kg)
  • 30. What was the arm of the Statue of Liberty called during the Centennial Exhibition?
A) The Great American Arm
B) Liberty's Torch
C) The 'Colossal Arm'
D) Bartholdi's Marvel
  • 31. Who was a young member of the American Committee responsible for fundraising?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Eugène Secrétan
C) Theodore Roosevelt
D) Rutherford B. Hayes
  • 32. In which year did Bartholdi concentrate on completing the head of the Statue of Liberty?
A) 1877
B) 1884
C) 1882
D) 1879
  • 33. Where was the head and arm of the Statue of Liberty exhibited in 1878?
A) New York City Exhibition
B) Berlin Industrial Show
C) London International Exhibition
D) Paris World's Fair
  • 34. What material was used to insulate the copper skin of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Rubber
B) Wood
C) Cotton
D) Asbestos impregnated with shellac
  • 35. When were the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island jointly added to the National Register of Historic Places?
A) 1971
B) 1984
C) 2017
D) 1966
  • 36. In which Hitchcock film is the Statue of Liberty's torch the setting for the climax?
A) Saboteur (1942)
B) North by Northwest
C) Rear Window
D) Psycho
  • 37. When did construction start on the new Statue of Liberty Museum?
A) On October 7, 2016
B) On July 4, 2009
C) On March 16, 2020
D) In August 2004
  • 38. Who was killed during the construction of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Frederick Law Olmsted
B) Francis Longo, a thirty-nine-year-old Italian laborer
C) Eiffel
D) Bartholdi
  • 39. In what year was the Statue of Liberty designated as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument?
A) 1924
B) 1976
C) 1984
D) 1965
  • 40. Over how many months were daily calls made to donate to the statue fund?
A) One month
B) Five months
C) Three months
D) Six months
  • 41. Who supervised the cleanup of Bedloe's Island before the dedication?
A) Frederick Law Olmsted
B) General Charles Stone
C) Eiffel
D) Bartholdi
  • 42. Who was the grand marshal of the parade for the Statue of Liberty's dedication?
A) President Grover Cleveland
B) Lesseps
C) Bartholdi
D) General Stone
  • 43. In what year did fundraising for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal begin in the U.S.?
A) 1882
B) 1884
C) 1886
D) 1888
  • 44. Who placed a plaque on the cornerstone?
A) The Freemasons
B) Gaget, Gauthier et Cie
C) American Committee
D) Emma Lazarus Commemorative Committee
  • 45. Who designed the structural framework for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Joachim Goschen Giæver
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Richard Morris Hunt
D) Charles Pomeroy Stone
  • 46. Where did the parade for the Statue of Liberty's dedication begin?
A) Park Row
B) The Battery
C) Madison Square
D) Fifth Avenue and Broadway
  • 47. Who led the Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Centennial Commission?
A) Ronald Reagan
B) Lee Iacocca
C) Bartholdi
D) François Mitterrand
  • 48. Which publication stated that no true patriot could countenance expenditures for bronze females?
A) The Washington Post
B) The New York Times
C) Harper's Weekly
D) The Wall Street Journal
  • 49. Who announced the reopening of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2009?
A) Ken Salazar
B) Anthony Weiner
C) Barack Obama
D) David Luchsinger
  • 50. Who sculpted the group of statues honoring those associated with the Statue of Liberty?
A) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
B) Philip Ratner
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Emma Lazarus
  • 51. When was Liberty Island officially renamed from Bedloe's Island?
A) 1944
B) 1956
C) 1965
D) 1933
  • 52. In which year was the cornerstone of the pedestal laid?
A) 1886
B) 1884
C) 1885
D) 1883
  • 53. What shape were the fortifications of Fort Wood?
A) A rectangle
B) An eleven-point star
C) A circle
D) A hexagon
  • 54. How many people lined the docks to welcome the Isère?
A) Five hundred thousand
B) One hundred thousand
C) Fifty thousand
D) Two hundred thousand
  • 55. What percentage of the total donations were received in sums of less than one dollar?
A) 80 percent
B) 90 percent
C) 60 percent
D) 70 percent
  • 56. Who vetoed a bill to provide $50,000 for the statue project in 1884?
A) Chester A. Arthur
B) James Garfield
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) Grover Cleveland
  • 57. How much did the new Statue of Liberty Museum cost?
A) $50 million
B) $70 million
C) $60 million
D) $40 million
  • 58. Who was commissioned to design the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in 1881?
A) Gustave Eiffel
B) Charles Pomeroy Stone
C) Richard Morris Hunt
D) Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
  • 59. What was done to the statue's rays during restoration in 1937?
A) Temporarily removed for rusted supports replacement
B) Coated with special plastic
C) Replaced entirely
D) Repaired with copper sheathing
  • 60. Which firm built the statue?
A) American Committee
B) Gaget, Gauthier et Cie
C) Pulitzer Press
D) Freemasons
  • 61. When did the Statue of Liberty close for installation of new elevators and staircases?
A) In August 2004
B) On October 29, 2011
C) On March 16, 2020
D) On July 4, 2009
  • 62. How can visitors view the balcony around the torch if it is closed?
A) By climbing to the crown
B) Using binoculars from Liberty Island
C) Through a guided tour
D) Via webcam
  • 63. What was the initial reaction of Emma Lazarus when asked to write a poem about the statue?
A) She immediately agreed and wrote it on the spot.
B) She asked for financial compensation.
C) She requested more time to think about it.
D) She declined, stating she could not write a poem about a statue.
  • 64. On what date did the French steamer Isère arrive in New York with the disassembled Statue of Liberty?
A) April 18, 1886
B) August 11, 1885
C) June 17, 1885
D) July 4, 1885
  • 65. What was unique about the contributions published by Pulitzer in the New York World?
A) He began publishing the notes he received from contributors.
B) He highlighted anonymous donors.
C) He only published contributions over $10.
D) He offered prizes for the largest donations.
  • 66. When did the new Statue of Liberty Museum open?
A) On July 4, 2018
B) In late October 2013
C) On May 16, 2019
D) On October 28, 2012
  • 67. In what year did President Franklin Roosevelt order the Statue of Liberty to be transferred to the National Park Service?
A) 1944
B) 1933
C) 1965
D) 1956
  • 68. Which coin series features an image of the Statue of Liberty on its reverse side?
A) Centennial commemorative coins
B) American Eagle platinum bullion coins
C) State Quarters series
D) Presidential Dollar series
  • 69. Which city's residents donated $15 from a home for alcoholics?
A) Davenport, Iowa
B) Brooklyn
C) Philadelphia
D) Boston
  • 70. What construction technique did Eiffel's design for the Statue of Liberty exemplify?
A) Curtain wall construction
B) Concrete pouring
C) Bricklaying
D) Masonry construction
  • 71. Who drove the first rivet into the skin of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Gustave Eiffel
B) United States Ambassador Levi P. Morton
C) Maurice Koechlin
D) Bartholdi
  • 72. What was the shape of the pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt?
A) An obelisk
B) A cylinder
C) A truncated pyramid
D) A cube
  • 73. What structure was used to anchor Eiffel's iron framework during the reassembly of the statue?
A) Steel I-beams within the concrete pedestal
B) Wooden beams
C) Brick pillars
D) Stone columns
  • 74. Which U.S. President proclaimed Ellis Island as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Lyndon Baines Johnson
  • 75. How many sides were identical in appearance on the pedestal?
A) Two
B) Four
C) Three
D) Five
  • 76. Who redesigned the torch in 1916?
A) Ralph Pulitzer
B) Bartholdi
C) President Woodrow Wilson
D) Gutzon Borglum
  • 77. Who headed the fundraising for the new Statue of Liberty Museum?
A) Diane von Fürstenberg
B) Ken Salazar
C) David Luchsinger
D) Anthony Weiner
  • 78. What is the maximum number of people who may purchase tickets for the combined ferry, pedestal, and crown per day?
A) 750
B) 425
C) 1000
D) 600
  • 79. Who was asked to donate an original work for a fundraising auction?
A) Mark Twain
B) Walt Whitman
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) Poet Emma Lazarus
  • 80. In which year was the Statue of Liberty designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 1965
B) 1976
C) 1997
D) 1984
  • 81. Which group was offended by the restriction of women from Bedloe's Island during the dedication?
A) Area suffragists
B) New York committee members
C) General public
D) French committee members
  • 82. Who decorated the Capitol that provoked intense criticism despite being a naturalized U.S. citizen?
A) Levi P. Morton
B) Bartholdi
C) Constantino Brumidi
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 83. In which year were Liberty Island and Ellis Island ceded to the federal government?
A) 1850
B) 1776
C) 1900
D) 1800
  • 84. What was the significance of the Morse code message flashed on D-Day?
A) It announced the end of the war
B) It called for reinforcements
C) It signaled an attack plan
D) It spelled out 'V' for victory
  • 85. Who concluded the speechmaking during the dedication ceremony?
A) Orator Chauncey M. Depew
B) Senator William M. Evarts
C) President Grover Cleveland
D) Lesseps
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