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Statue of Christopher Columbus (Central Park) - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the statue in Central Park made of?
A) Bronze
B) Granite
C) Copper
D) Marble
  • 2. Who created the sculpture of Christopher Columbus in Central Park?
A) Gutzon Borglum
B) Daniel Chester French
C) Jeronimo Suñol
D) Augustus Saint-Gaudens
  • 3. In which park is the sculpture installed?
A) Bryant Park
B) Flushing Meadows Park
C) Central Park
D) Washington Square Park
  • 4. In which New York borough is the sculpture located?
A) Queens
B) Brooklyn
C) Manhattan
D) Bronx
  • 5. Who donated the statue to Central Park?
A) Metropolitan Museum of Art
B) New York Historical Society
C) City of New York
D) New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
  • 6. In what year was the statue donated to Central Park?
A) 1892
B) 1894
C) 1889
D) 1901
  • 7. What anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the Americas did the donation commemorate?
A) 400th anniversary
B) 100th anniversary
C) 500th anniversary
D) 300th anniversary
  • 8. Columbus arrived in the Americas in the service of which country?
A) Spain
B) Portugal
C) Italy
D) England
  • 9. The New York statue replicates one located in which city?
A) Seville
B) Barcelona
C) Rome
D) Madrid
  • 10. What is the name of the plaza in Madrid where the replicated statue is located?
A) Plaza de Colon
B) Plaza de España
C) Puerta del Sol
D) Plaza Mayor
  • 11. In what year was the New York version of the statue placed in Central Park?
A) 1892
B) 1894
C) 1902
D) 1896
  • 12. Where in Central Park was the statue originally placed?
A) At Strawberry Fields
B) By the Bethesda Fountain
C) Near the Central Park Zoo
D) At the foot of the Mall
  • 13. How many monuments of Columbus are found in Central Park's environs according to the text?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) One
  • 14. What is the other monument of Columbus found near Central Park?
A) A relief at the Delacorte Theater
B) The statue surmounting the column at Columbus Circle
C) A plaque at the Naumburg Bandshell
D) A bust near the Reservoir
  • 15. What pose is the explorer depicted in by the sculpture?
A) Holding a flag planted on the ground
B) Holding a telescope pointing at the horizon
C) Standing with outstretched arms, looking towards the heavens
D) Sitting on a bench holding a map
  • 16. Why is the explorer looking towards the heavens in the sculpture?
A) In gratitude for his successful voyage
B) In prayer for a safe return home
C) In despair over stormy weather
D) To watch for approaching land
  • 17. On what exact date was the statue unveiled in Central Park?
A) November 19, 1892
B) October 12, 1892
C) August 3, 1894
D) May 12, 1894
  • 18. In what month and year was the statue first vandalized in the text?
A) October 2018
B) August 2017
C) May 2015
D) February 2017
  • 19. What color paint was used in the August 2017 vandalism?
A) Blue paint
B) Red paint
C) Black paint
D) Green paint
  • 20. What phrase was written in graffiti during the August 2017 vandalism?
A) Down with colonialism
B) Murderer
C) Land back
D) Hate will not be tolerated
  • 21. What hashtag or symbol phrase was also written on the statue in August 2017?
A) #somethingscoming
B) #nojustice
C) #columbusfalls
D) #historymatters
  • 22. When was the statue vandalized a second time according to the text?
A) February 2023
B) May 2022
C) October 2021
D) August 2020
  • 23. What graffiti phrases were painted on the statue in February 2023?
A) Land back and murderer
B) Hate will not be tolerated and somethingscoming
C) Take it down and colonialist
D) No gods no masters
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