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) Spain
B) France
C) England
D) Germany
  • 3. How tall is the Statue of Liberty from ground to torch?
A) 150 feet
B) 305 feet
C) 400 feet
D) 250 feet
  • 4. What material was used to build the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Granite
B) Marble
C) Concrete
D) Brick
  • 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) Neoclassical
B) Gothic
C) Baroque
D) Art Deco
  • 7. What is the statue's official name?
A) Liberty Monument
B) Freedom Goddess
C) Liberty Enlightening the World
D) Statue of Peace
  • 8. How many windows are in the crown of the Statue of Liberty?
A) 10
B) 25
C) 15
D) 20
  • 9. What color was the Statue of Liberty originally when it was unveiled?
A) Silver
B) Gold
C) Bronze
D) Copper
  • 10. Who designed the Statue of Liberty?
A) Joseph Pulitzer
B) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
C) Édouard de Laboulaye
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 11. Who built the metal framework of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
B) Joseph Pulitzer
C) Édouard de Laboulaye
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 12. What does the Statue of Liberty hold in her right hand?
A) A torch
B) An olive branch
C) A sword
D) A book
  • 13. What does the Statue of Liberty's left foot step on?
A) An olive branch
B) A rock
C) A broken chain and shackle
D) A book
  • 14. Who proposed a monument to commemorate U.S. independence?
A) Édouard de Laboulaye
B) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
C) Joseph Pulitzer
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 15. What delayed the progress of the Statue of Liberty project?
A) The Franco-Prussian War
B) World War I
C) The American Civil War
D) The Spanish-American War
  • 16. Where was the torch-bearing arm of the Statue of Liberty displayed in 1876?
A) Liberty Island
B) New York's first ticker-tape parade
C) Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
D) Madison Square Park, Manhattan
  • 17. Who started a drive for donations to finish the Statue of Liberty project?
A) Joseph Pulitzer
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Édouard de Laboulaye
D) Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
  • 18. What was the original name of Liberty Island?
A) Freedom Island
B) Independence Island
C) Liberty Island
D) Bedloe's 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) George Washington
D) Abraham Lincoln
  • 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) The Lion of Belfort
D) Colossus of Rhodes
  • 21. Which other sculpture influenced Bartholdi's design for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Colossus of Rhodes
B) Vercingétorix monument
C) Lion of Belfort
D) Sancarlone
  • 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 celebrate American independence
D) To guide ships at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal
  • 23. What was Bartholdi's profession?
A) Engineer
B) Historian
C) Sculptor
D) Architect
  • 24. Who was consulted by Bartholdi to propose a design method for the Statue of Liberty?
A) Thomas Crawford
B) Eugène Delacroix
C) Jefferson Davis
D) Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
  • 25. Who was responsible for financing the Statue of Liberty according to the announcement?
A) The American government
B) The Franco-American Union
C) European monarchies
D) The French people
  • 26. Who was a notable political figure that opposed the Statue of Liberty in France?
A) President Grant
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) French monarchists
D) Charles Gounod
  • 27. Which composer wrote a cantata for an event related to the Statue of Liberty?
A) Ludwig van Beethoven
B) Charles Gounod
C) Johann Sebastian Bach
D) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • 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) 50,000 pounds (22,700 kg)
B) 200,000 pounds (91,000 kg)
C) 128,000 pounds (58,000 kg)
D) 100,000 pounds (45,400 kg)
  • 30. What was the arm of the Statue of Liberty called during the Centennial Exhibition?
A) Bartholdi's Marvel
B) Liberty's Torch
C) The 'Colossal Arm'
D) The Great American Arm
  • 31. Who was a young member of the American Committee responsible for fundraising?
A) Eugène Secrétan
B) Rutherford B. Hayes
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) Theodore Roosevelt
  • 32. In which year did Bartholdi concentrate on completing the head of the Statue of Liberty?
A) 1879
B) 1877
C) 1882
D) 1884
  • 33. Where was the head and arm of the Statue of Liberty exhibited in 1878?
A) Paris World's Fair
B) New York City Exhibition
C) Berlin Industrial Show
D) London International Exhibition
  • 34. What material was used to insulate the copper skin of the Statue of Liberty?
A) Cotton
B) Asbestos impregnated with shellac
C) Rubber
D) Wood
  • 35. When were the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island jointly added to the National Register of Historic Places?
A) 1966
B) 2017
C) 1984
D) 1971
  • 36. In which Hitchcock film is the Statue of Liberty's torch the setting for the climax?
A) Saboteur (1942)
B) Rear Window
C) Psycho
D) North by Northwest
  • 37. When did construction start on the new Statue of Liberty Museum?
A) On July 4, 2009
B) In August 2004
C) On October 7, 2016
D) On March 16, 2020
  • 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) Frederick Law Olmsted
D) Bartholdi
  • 39. In what year was the Statue of Liberty designated as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument?
A) 1924
B) 1984
C) 1965
D) 1976
  • 40. Over how many months were daily calls made to donate to the statue fund?
A) Three months
B) Five months
C) One month
D) Six months
  • 41. Who supervised the cleanup of Bedloe's Island before the dedication?
A) Bartholdi
B) Eiffel
C) General Charles Stone
D) Frederick Law Olmsted
  • 42. Who was the grand marshal of the parade for the Statue of Liberty's dedication?
A) General Stone
B) Bartholdi
C) President Grover Cleveland
D) Lesseps
  • 43. In what year did fundraising for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal begin in the U.S.?
A) 1886
B) 1888
C) 1884
D) 1882
  • 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) Gustave Eiffel
B) Richard Morris Hunt
C) Charles Pomeroy Stone
D) Joachim Goschen Giæver
  • 46. Where did the parade for the Statue of Liberty's dedication begin?
A) Madison Square
B) The Battery
C) Fifth Avenue and Broadway
D) Park Row
  • 47. Who led the Statue of Liberty–Ellis Island Centennial Commission?
A) Ronald Reagan
B) François Mitterrand
C) Bartholdi
D) Lee Iacocca
  • 48. Which publication stated that no true patriot could countenance expenditures for bronze females?
A) The Wall Street Journal
B) Harper's Weekly
C) The Washington Post
D) The New York Times
  • 49. Who announced the reopening of the Statue of Liberty on July 4, 2009?
A) Ken Salazar
B) David Luchsinger
C) Anthony Weiner
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) 1933
B) 1965
C) 1956
D) 1944
  • 52. In which year was the cornerstone of the pedestal laid?
A) 1886
B) 1885
C) 1884
D) 1883
  • 53. What shape were the fortifications of Fort Wood?
A) A hexagon
B) A rectangle
C) An eleven-point star
D) A circle
  • 54. How many people lined the docks to welcome the Isère?
A) One hundred thousand
B) Five hundred thousand
C) Two hundred thousand
D) Fifty thousand
  • 55. What percentage of the total donations were received in sums of less than one dollar?
A) 70 percent
B) 60 percent
C) 80 percent
D) 90 percent
  • 56. Who vetoed a bill to provide $50,000 for the statue project in 1884?
A) James Garfield
B) Grover Cleveland
C) Chester A. Arthur
D) Ulysses S. Grant
  • 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) Charles Pomeroy Stone
B) Gustave Eiffel
C) Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
D) Richard Morris Hunt
  • 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) 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) On March 16, 2020
C) In August 2004
D) On October 29, 2011
  • 62. How can visitors view the balcony around the torch if it is closed?
A) By climbing to the crown
B) Through a guided tour
C) Via webcam
D) Using binoculars from Liberty Island
  • 63. What was the initial reaction of Emma Lazarus when asked to write a poem about the statue?
A) She declined, stating she could not write a poem about a statue.
B) She immediately agreed and wrote it on the spot.
C) She requested more time to think about it.
D) She asked for financial compensation.
  • 64. On what date did the French steamer Isère arrive in New York with the disassembled Statue of Liberty?
A) August 11, 1885
B) June 17, 1885
C) April 18, 1886
D) July 4, 1885
  • 65. 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 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) 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) 1965
B) 1956
C) 1933
D) 1944
  • 68. Which coin series features an image of the Statue of Liberty on its reverse side?
A) American Eagle platinum bullion coins
B) Presidential Dollar series
C) Centennial commemorative coins
D) State Quarters series
  • 69. Which city's residents donated $15 from a home for alcoholics?
A) Philadelphia
B) Brooklyn
C) Boston
D) Davenport, Iowa
  • 70. What construction technique did Eiffel's design for the Statue of Liberty exemplify?
A) Masonry construction
B) Concrete pouring
C) Bricklaying
D) Curtain wall 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) 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) Steel I-beams within the concrete pedestal
B) Brick pillars
C) Wooden beams
D) Stone columns
  • 74. Which U.S. President proclaimed Ellis Island as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Lyndon Baines Johnson
  • 75. How many sides were identical in appearance on the pedestal?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Four
  • 76. Who redesigned the torch in 1916?
A) Ralph Pulitzer
B) President Woodrow Wilson
C) Gutzon Borglum
D) Bartholdi
  • 77. Who headed the fundraising for the new Statue of Liberty Museum?
A) Diane von Fürstenberg
B) Anthony Weiner
C) David Luchsinger
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) 425
D) 600
  • 79. Who was asked to donate an original work for a fundraising auction?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Poet Emma Lazarus
C) Mark Twain
D) Walt Whitman
  • 80. In which year was the Statue of Liberty designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
A) 1984
B) 1997
C) 1965
D) 1976
  • 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) Area suffragists
D) General public
  • 82. Who decorated the Capitol that provoked intense criticism despite being a naturalized U.S. citizen?
A) Levi P. Morton
B) Constantino Brumidi
C) Bartholdi
D) Gustave Eiffel
  • 83. In which year were Liberty Island and Ellis Island ceded to the federal government?
A) 1850
B) 1900
C) 1800
D) 1776
  • 84. What was the significance of the Morse code message flashed on D-Day?
A) It spelled out 'V' for victory
B) It signaled an attack plan
C) It announced the end of the war
D) It called for reinforcements
  • 85. Who concluded the speechmaking during the dedication ceremony?
A) Senator William M. Evarts
B) Orator Chauncey M. Depew
C) President Grover Cleveland
D) Lesseps
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