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  • 1. When was the Statue of Liberty dedicated?
A) 1901
B) 1920
C) 1776
D) 1886
  • 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) 250 feet
B) 400 feet
C) 305 feet
D) 150 feet
  • 4. What material was used to build the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Brick
B) Granite
C) Concrete
D) Marble
  • 5. What inscription is found at the feet of the Statue of Liberty?
A) E Pluribus Unum
B) Give me your tired, your poor
C) Liberty or Death
D) July IV MDCCLXXVI
  • 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) Liberty Monument
B) Liberty Enlightening the World
C) Statue of Peace
D) Freedom Goddess
  • 8. How many windows are in the crown of the Statue of Liberty?
A) 10
B) 15
C) 20
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) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
B) Édouard de Laboulaye
C) Joseph Pulitzer
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 12. What does the Statue of Liberty hold in her right hand?
A) A sword
B) A book
C) An olive branch
D) A torch
  • 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) Joseph Pulitzer
B) Édouard de Laboulaye
C) Gustave Eiffel
D) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
  • 15. What delayed the progress of the Statue of Liberty project?
A) World War I
B) The Spanish-American War
C) The Franco-Prussian War
D) The American Civil War
  • 16. Where was the torch-bearing arm of the Statue of Liberty displayed in 1876?
A) Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
B) New York's first ticker-tape parade
C) Madison Square Park, Manhattan
D) Liberty Island
  • 17. Who started a drive for donations to finish the Statue of Liberty project?
A) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
B) Joseph Pulitzer
C) Édouard de Laboulaye
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 18. What was the original name of Liberty Island?
A) Liberty Island
B) Independence Island
C) Bedloe's Island
D) Freedom Island
  • 19. Who did Bartholdi meet to discuss the Statue of Liberty idea in the United States?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Thomas Jefferson
C) George Washington
D) President Ulysses S. Grant
  • 20. What was Bartholdi's initial project before proposing the Statue of Liberty?
A) Progress or Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia
B) Colossus of Rhodes
C) Statue of Freedom
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) Sculptor
B) Architect
C) Historian
D) Engineer
  • 24. Who was consulted by Bartholdi to propose a design method for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Thomas Crawford
B) Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
C) Jefferson Davis
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) The Franco-American Union
D) European monarchies
  • 26. Who was a notable political figure that opposed the Statue of Liberty in France?
A) President Grant
B) French monarchists
C) Charles Gounod
D) Theodore Roosevelt
  • 27. Which composer wrote a cantata for an event related to the Statue of Liberty?
A) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
B) Johann Sebastian Bach
C) Charles Gounod
D) Ludwig van Beethoven
  • 28. What was the title of Charles Gounod's cantata?
A) Liberty Enlightening the World
B) The Statue of Liberty Cantata
C) La Liberté éclairant le monde
D) Freedom in America
  • 29. How much copper did Eugène Secrétan donate for the statue?
A) 100,000 pounds (45,400 kg)
B) 200,000 pounds (91,000 kg)
C) 128,000 pounds (58,000 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) Liberty's Torch
C) Bartholdi's Marvel
D) The Great American Arm
  • 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) 1884
C) 1877
D) 1879
  • 33. Where was the head and arm of the Statue of Liberty exhibited in 1878?
A) Paris World's Fair
B) London International Exhibition
C) New York City Exhibition
D) Berlin Industrial Show
  • 34. What material was used to insulate the copper skin of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Asbestos impregnated with shellac
B) Rubber
C) Cotton
D) Wood
  • 35. When were the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island jointly added to the National Register of Historic Places?
A) 2017
B) 1966
C) 1971
D) 1984
  • 36. In which Hitchcock film is the Statue of Liberty's torch the setting for the climax?
A) Rear Window
B) North by Northwest
C) Saboteur (1942)
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) Eiffel
B) Francis Longo, a thirty-nine-year-old Italian laborer
C) Bartholdi
D) Frederick Law Olmsted
  • 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) Three months
B) One month
C) Six months
D) Five months
  • 41. Who supervised the cleanup of Bedloe's Island before the dedication?
A) General Charles Stone
B) Frederick Law Olmsted
C) Bartholdi
D) Eiffel
  • 42. Who was the grand marshal of the parade for the Statue of Liberty's dedication?
A) President Grover Cleveland
B) Bartholdi
C) General Stone
D) Lesseps
  • 43. In what year did fundraising for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal begin in the U.S.?
A) 1884
B) 1888
C) 1882
D) 1886
  • 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) Richard Morris Hunt
B) Joachim Goschen Giæver
C) Charles Pomeroy Stone
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 46. Where did the parade for the Statue of Liberty's dedication begin?
A) Madison Square
B) Park Row
C) Fifth Avenue and Broadway
D) The Battery
  • 47. Who led the Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Centennial Commission?
A) Bartholdi
B) François Mitterrand
C) Lee Iacocca
D) Ronald Reagan
  • 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) Anthony Weiner
B) Ken Salazar
C) David Luchsinger
D) Barack Obama
  • 50. Who sculpted the group of statues honoring those associated with the Statue of Liberty?
A) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
B) Emma Lazarus
C) Philip Ratner
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 51. When was Liberty Island officially renamed from Bedloe's Island?
A) 1944
B) 1956
C) 1933
D) 1965
  • 52. In which year was the cornerstone of the pedestal laid?
A) 1885
B) 1886
C) 1883
D) 1884
  • 53. What shape were the fortifications of Fort Wood?
A) A rectangle
B) A hexagon
C) An eleven-point star
D) A circle
  • 54. How many people lined the docks to welcome the Isère?
A) Fifty thousand
B) One hundred thousand
C) Two hundred thousand
D) Five hundred thousand
  • 55. What percentage of the total donations were received in sums of less than one dollar?
A) 90 percent
B) 60 percent
C) 70 percent
D) 80 percent
  • 56. Who vetoed a bill to provide $50,000 for the statue project in 1884?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Chester A. Arthur
C) James Garfield
D) Grover Cleveland
  • 57. How much did the new Statue of Liberty Museum cost?
A) $40 million
B) $70 million
C) $60 million
D) $50 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) Pulitzer Press
B) Freemasons
C) American Committee
D) Gaget, Gauthier et Cie
  • 61. When did the Statue of Liberty close for installation of new elevators and staircases?
A) On October 29, 2011
B) On March 16, 2020
C) On July 4, 2009
D) In August 2004
  • 62. How can visitors view the balcony around the torch if it is closed?
A) Via webcam
B) Using binoculars from Liberty Island
C) By climbing to the crown
D) Through a guided tour
  • 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 requested more time to think about it.
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) June 17, 1885
C) April 18, 1886
D) August 11, 1885
  • 65. What was unique about the contributions published by Pulitzer in the New York World?
A) He highlighted anonymous donors.
B) He offered prizes for the largest donations.
C) He only published contributions over $10.
D) He began publishing the notes he received from contributors.
  • 66. When did the new Statue of Liberty Museum open?
A) In late October 2013
B) On July 4, 2018
C) On October 28, 2012
D) On May 16, 2019
  • 67. In what year did President Franklin Roosevelt order the Statue of Liberty to be transferred to the National Park Service?
A) 1933
B) 1944
C) 1965
D) 1956
  • 68. Which coin series features an image of the Statue of Liberty on its reverse side?
A) American Eagle platinum bullion coins
B) Centennial commemorative 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) Boston
D) Philadelphia
  • 70. What construction technique did Eiffel's design for the Statue of Liberty exemplify?
A) Masonry construction
B) Concrete pouring
C) Curtain wall construction
D) Bricklaying
  • 71. Who drove the first rivet into the skin of the Statue of Liberty?
A) United States Ambassador Levi P. Morton
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Maurice Koechlin
D) Bartholdi
  • 72. What was the shape of the pedestal designed by Richard Morris Hunt?
A) A cube
B) A cylinder
C) An obelisk
D) A truncated pyramid
  • 73. What structure was used to anchor Eiffel's iron framework during the reassembly of the statue?
A) Wooden beams
B) Brick pillars
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) John F. Kennedy
B) Lyndon Baines Johnson
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • 75. How many sides were identical in appearance on the pedestal?
A) Three
B) Five
C) Four
D) Two
  • 76. Who redesigned the torch in 1916?
A) Bartholdi
B) Gutzon Borglum
C) President Woodrow Wilson
D) Ralph Pulitzer
  • 77. Who headed the fundraising for the new Statue of Liberty Museum?
A) David Luchsinger
B) Anthony Weiner
C) Diane von Fürstenberg
D) Ken Salazar
  • 78. What is the maximum number of people who may purchase tickets for the combined ferry, pedestal, and crown per day?
A) 750
B) 1000
C) 600
D) 425
  • 79. Who was asked to donate an original work for a fundraising auction?
A) Walt Whitman
B) Poet Emma Lazarus
C) Mark Twain
D) Edgar Allan Poe
  • 80. In which year was the Statue of Liberty designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 1976
B) 1984
C) 1965
D) 1997
  • 81. Which group was offended by the restriction of women from Bedloe's Island during the dedication?
A) New York committee members
B) Area suffragists
C) French committee members
D) General public
  • 82. Who decorated the Capitol that provoked intense criticism despite being a naturalized U.S. citizen?
A) Levi P. Morton
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Bartholdi
D) Constantino Brumidi
  • 83. In which year were Liberty Island and Ellis Island ceded to the federal government?
A) 1776
B) 1900
C) 1850
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 signaled an attack plan
C) It called for reinforcements
D) It spelled out 'V' for victory
  • 85. Who concluded the speechmaking during the dedication ceremony?
A) Orator Chauncey M. Depew
B) Lesseps
C) President Grover Cleveland
D) Senator William M. Evarts
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