Easy Printable Statue of Liberty Trivia Questions
What is the Statue of Liberty?
A: The Statue of Liberty is a colossal sculpture
on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York
City, in the United States.
Who designed the statue?
A: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French
sculptor.
Who built the statue?
A; Gustave Eiffel.
When was the statue of liberty dedicated?
A: On October 28, 1886.
It was a gift to the United States from the
people of what country?
A: France.
What is the statue of liberty a statue of?
A: A robed female figure representing Libertas,
the Roman goddess.
The robed female figure is holding up a what?
A: Torch.
What is she holding with her other arm?
A: A tablet evoking the law.
What is inscribed on the tablet?
A: The date of the American Declaration of
Independence, July 4, 1776.
What lies at the Statue of Liberty’s feet?
A: A broken chain.
The statue is an icon of what?
A: Freedom and of the United States.
The statue was a welcoming sight to whom?
A: Immigrants arriving from abroad.
Bartholdi was inspired by what French law
professor and politician?
A: Édouard René de Laboulaye, who is said to
have commented in 1865 that any monument raised
to American independence would properly be a
joint project of the French and American
peoples.
Due to the post-war instability in France, work
on the statue did not commence until when?
A; The early 1870s.
In 1875, Laboulaye proposed that the French
finance the statue and the Americans do what?
A: Provide the site and build the pedestal.
Bartholdi completed the head and the
torch-bearing arm before what?
A: Before the statue was fully designed.
The head and arm were exhibited for publicity at
what?
A: International expositions.
Where was the torch-bearing arm was displayed in
Philadelphia in 1876?
A: At the Centennial Exposition.
Where was it displayed from 1876 to 1882?
A: Madison Square Park in Manhattan.
Fundraising proved difficult, especially for
whom?
A: The Americans, and by 1885 work on the
pedestal was threatened due to lack of funds.
What did publisher Joseph Pulitzer of the New
York World start?
A: A drive for donations to complete the project
that attracted more than 120,000 contributors,
most of whom gave less than a dollar.
The statue's completion was marked by New York's
first what?
A: Ticker-tape parade and a dedication ceremony
presided over by President Grover Cleveland.