Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of the Statue of Liberty

1. On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor from where?

Peru

Mexico

France

Italy

United Kingdom

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

End of the American Revolution

100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

End of the French Revolution

End of the Seven Years War

Defeat of Napoleon

3. What newspaper magnate helped to spearhead donations for the Statue of Liberty?

Edward Everett Hale

Thomas Nast

Benjamin Franklin

Joseph Pulitzer

Horace Greeley

4. 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

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

Liberty Island

Freedom Island

Patriot Island

French Island

Fort Wood Island

6. Who designed the Statue of Liberty?

Michelangelo

Camille Claudel

Auguste Rodin

Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi

Gustave Eiffel

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

Woodrow Wilson

Grover Cleveland

Ulysses Grant

James Garfield

Chester Arthur

8. What type of parade did New York City have after the Statue of Liberty was dedicated?

Ticker-Tape Parade

Knights of Columbus Parade

Victory Day Parade

Open Carriage Parade

Open Buggy Parade

9. 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

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

Iron and copper

Iron and steel

Copper and steel

Copper and silver

Silver and gold