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