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Parthenon (Nashville) - Quiz
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  • 1. Who donated the 63 paintings found in the Parthenon's permanent collection?
A) James M. Cowan
B) Craig McDonald
C) Alan LeQuire
D) Robert Altman
  • 2. In what years were the paintings in the permanent collection donated?
A) 2000–2002
B) 1927–1929
C) 1982–1985
D) 1990–1992
  • 3. When was the replica of the Athena Parthenos statue completed?
A) 2001
B) 1975
C) 1982
D) 1990
  • 4. Who was commissioned in 1982 to create the statue of Athena Parthenos?
A) Alan LeQuire
B) Robert Altman
C) Craig McDonald
D) James M. Cowan
  • 5. How high is the Athena Parthenos statue?
A) 20 feet
B) 42 feet
C) 19 feet
D) 6 feet
  • 6. How much gold leaf covers the Athena Parthenos statue?
A) More than 6 pounds
B) More than 10 pounds
C) More than 8 pounds
D) More than 4 pounds
  • 7. What is in the right palm of the Athena Parthenos statue?
A) A helmet
B) A shield
C) A 6-foot-high statue of Nike
D) A serpent
  • 8. What animal rears its head between Athena and her shield?
A) A horse
B) A serpent
C) An eagle
D) A lion
  • 9. Which group has left ritual offerings near the Athena statue?
A) Modern theater troupes
B) Ancient Greek historians
C) Art museum curators
D) Followers of Goddess Spirituality
  • 10. Which of these plays was performed on the steps of the Parthenon?
A) Antigone
B) Three Chords and The Truth
C) Metamorphoses
D) Nashville
  • 11. Which play was performed inside the Parthenon at the foot of the statue?
A) Metamorphoses
B) Medea
C) Percy Jackson
D) Antigone
  • 12. What occurred at the Nashville Parthenon in 2001?
A) Filming of the movie Nashville
B) Cleaning and restoration of the exterior
C) Completion of the Athena statue
D) Donation of the permanent collection
  • 13. In which 1975 film did the Parthenon serve as a location for a political rally?
A) Percy Jackson & the Olympians
B) Metamorphoses
C) Nashville
D) Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
  • 14. The Parthenon was used as a backdrop for a battle against the Hydra in which film?
A) Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
B) Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
C) Nashville
D) Three Chords and The Truth
  • 15. Which artist released the song 'Nashville Parthenon'?
A) Robert Altman
B) Alan LeQuire
C) Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
D) Heather Ross Miller
  • 16. Which PBS series featured the Parthenon in 2000?
A) Nashville
B) Metamorphoses
C) Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
D) Etiquette
  • 17. In which novel by Craig McDonald does the Parthenon structure figure in the climax?
A) Three Chords and The Truth
B) Celestial Navigator
C) Nashville
D) Etiquette
  • 18. What is the subject of the poem 'Ganymede' in the book Celestial Navigator?
A) Athena
B) The Parthenon
C) The Hydra
D) Nike
  • 19. What was upgraded to allow columns to be illuminated with different colors?
A) The art gallery HVAC
B) The Athena statue gilding
C) Exterior lighting
D) Interior security
  • 20. The permanent art collection of the Parthenon consists of paintings from which centuries?
A) 20th and 21st
B) 18th and 19th
C) 17th and 18th
D) 19th and 20th
  • 21. Who was the architect that designed the Nashville Parthenon?
A) Russell Hart
B) George Julian Zolnay
C) Alan LeQuire
D) William Crawford Smith
  • 22. In what year was the Nashville Parthenon originally built?
A) 1895
B) 1897
C) 1920
D) 1931
  • 23. What is the primary function of the Nashville Parthenon today?
A) Railway station
B) Art museum
C) University library
D) Government office
  • 24. In which room of the Nashville Parthenon is the Athena Parthenos statue located?
A) Main entrance foyer
B) Naos
C) Treasury Room
D) Pediment hall
  • 25. Who suggested building a reproduction of the Parthenon in Nashville?
A) Russell Hart
B) William Crawford Smith
C) Eugene Castner Lewis
D) Sidney Mttron Hirsch
  • 26. Who was hired for the concrete reconstruction of the Parthenon that started in 1920?
A) George Julian Zolnay
B) Alan LeQuire
C) Russell Hart
D) William Crawford Smith
  • 27. What was the name of the 1913 Spring Pageant performance?
A) The Athens of the South
B) The Mystery at Thanatos
C) The Fire Regained
D) Centennial Exposition Finale
  • 28. Which room in the Parthenon houses the plaster replicas of the Parthenon Marbles?
A) Treasury Room
B) East Hall
C) The Attic
D) Naos
  • 29. What happened to the Knights of Pythias Pavilion after the Exposition?
A) It was moved to Franklin, Tennessee
B) It was demolished
C) It was converted into a museum
D) It was rebuilt in concrete
  • 30. In what year was the exterior of the concrete Parthenon completed?
A) 1920
B) 1897
C) 1931
D) 1925
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