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