Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - This Week in History: The Empire State Building

1. The Empire State Building officially opened on May 1, 1931. Which president turned on the lights for the first time?

Woodrow Wilson

Herbert Hoover

Richard Nixon

Calvin Coolidge

Franklin Roosevelt

2. Lightweight steel and what other crucial invention allowed buildings to reach greater heights in the twentieth century?

Elevator

Telephone

Crane

Subway

Cable

3. How many floors does the Empire State Building have?

60

87

99

102

110

4. 4. The term skyscraper first came into use in the 1880s to describe buildings that had between __ to __ stories?

15 to 20

30 to 40

10 to 20

20 to 30

5 to 10

5. The Empire State Building has been in many movies, most famously which one?

King Kong

Tarzan

North By Northwest

It

Godzilla

6. A workforce of 3,400 helped to erect the building in record time, including this group of famous Native American steelworkers.

Blackfeet

Sioux

Creek

Iroquois

Mohawk

7. In 1972, the Empire State Building was no longer the world's tallest building. What took its place?

UN

Sears Tower

World Trade Center

Chrysler Building

Woolworth Building

8. Where is the world's tallest building now?

Dubai

New York City

Chicago

London

Berlin

9. Two automotive magnates were involved in building New York City skyscrapers. General Motors John Jakob Raskob sat on the board of the Empire State Building committee, who was the other?

Henry Ford

Gottlieb Daimler

The Duryea Brothers

Walter Chrysler

The Studebaker Brothers

10. In 1980 the Empire State Building received its very own what?

Area code

Zip Code

National Historic Register Status

FM antennae

TV station