Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - This Week in History: The Statue of Liberty

1. On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor. Where did it come from?

Peru

Mexico

France

Italy

United Kingdom

2. The statue was intended to commemorate what historic date?

The end of the American Revolution

The 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

The end of the French Revolution

The end of the Seven Years War

The defeat of Napoleon

3. The poem "The New Colossus," containing the famous lines "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses," is inscribed at the base of the statue. Who wrote the poem?

Walt Whitman

Carl Sandburg

John Greenleaf Whittier

Hart Crane

Emma Lazarus

4. The Statue of Liberty is on Bedloe Island, renamed what in 1956?

Liberty Island

Freedom Island

Patriot Island

French Island

Fort Wood Island

5. Who designed the Statue of Liberty?

Michelangelo

Camille Claudel

Auguste Rodin

Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi

Gustave Eiffel

6. The Statue was dedicated by which U.S. President?

Woodrow Wilson

Grover Cleveland

Ulysses Grant

James Garfield

Chester Arthur

7. What date is written on the tablet in the Statue's arms?

July 4, 1776

June 17, 1885

September 3, 1783

August 10, 1789

July 4, 1885

8. The Statue is made up of which two metals?

Iron and copper

Iron and steel

Copper and steel

Copper and silver

Silver and gold

9. The torch was electrified in what year?

1876

1954

1899

1901

1916

10. There are seven rays radiated from the Statue's crown, they represent what?

The seven seas and the seven continents

The seven deadly sins

Seven of the ten commandments

Seven years of the French Revolution

Nothing