Monuments & Memorials Trivia

1. The mountain on which the sculpture is built was named after Charles Rushmore. Who was he?

From Quiz The History of Mount Rushmore

Answer: A lawyer from New York.

Charles Rushmore visited the area to check some mining titles for a local mining promoter in 1885. The mountain was jokingly named after him by his guide, when the latter was asked about the mountain's original name.

From Quiz Memorial Port Elizabeth

Answer: Donkin Reserve

On top of a hill overlooking Algoa Bay, this small stone pyramid was built with a lighthouse next to it. It is located in the middle of a small park with walkways and benches. Inside the monument is a museum dedicated to Sir Rufane Donkin and his wife as well as the history of the lighthouse. Buildings erected between the monument and the shoreline may not interfere with the view of the bay so that one can enjoy a great view of the city centre and the bay.

From Quiz The Lincoln Memorial

Answer: Washington D.C.

The Lincoln Memorial stands at the western end of the National Mall at West Potomac Park.

From Quiz Facts about Gettysburg Monuments

Answer: New York

New York has a total of 128 and Pennsylvania is a close second with 123.

From Quiz This Is Monumental

Answer: Boll weevil

The citizens of Enterprise erected this unusual monument in 1919 to express their appreciation to the insect for destruction of the cotton crops in the early twentieth century, which forced their farmers to diversify their crops. The monument, which is the only known one to a pest, consists of a woman in a white gown holding a black boll weevil above her head. If you want to know more, check out http://www.eprisenow.com/bollweevil.html.

From Quiz Monuments to Peace Around the World

Answer: Capitol

This beautiful monument was erected in 1877, and honors those who died in the naval battles of the American Civil War. It includes personifications of Peace, Victory, Grief and History, as well as symbols of science and art, and child versions of Mars and Neptune (Greek gods of war and the sea, respectively).

From Quiz The History of Mount Rushmore

Answer: Gutzon Borglum

Gutzon Borglum was born in 1867. He was also commissioned to carve a Confederate Memorial on Stone Mountain, Georgia, but he abandoned the project. He died in 1941.

From Quiz Memorial Port Elizabeth

Answer: Donkin Street Houses

Along Donkin Street, the street that runs next to the hill where the Donkin Reserve was built, are eighteen houses that were built in the 1850s and that have changed very little since then. These terraced houses were built stepwise down the slope in the Victorian style and they give a view of the time when the British Settlers lived there.

From Quiz The Lincoln Memorial

Answer: Greece & Athens

The memorial stands 190 feet long, 119 feet wide, and almost 100 feet high. The exterior is made of Colorado Yule marble with a walkway made of Massachusetts granite and Potomac River stones. The interior walls and columns are Indiana limestone, the floor Tennessee Pink marble, and the ceiling is made of panels of Alabama marble soaked in paraffin to make them translucent. The Parthenon is in Athens.

From Quiz Facts about Gettysburg Monuments

Answer: seven

There are memorials to Generals Sedwick, Hancock, Howard, Slocum, Reynolds, Meade and Longstreet.

From Quiz This Is Monumental

Answer: Rio de Janeiro

This 38-meter tall statue, of Christ standing with his arms outstretched, is familiar from many postcard views of the city of Rio (Brazil). Erected in 1931, the statue underwent major restorations in 2000. You can ride a train up Corcovado Mountain and visit the statue up close.

From Quiz U.S. National Monuments

Answer: Devil's Tower

The first National Monument was the Devil's Tower in Wyoming. It was designated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 and is managed by the National Park Service.

From Quiz The History of Mount Rushmore

Answer: Calvin Coolidge

Coolidge said at the dedication of the project in 1927 that Rushmore was "American in its conception, magnitude and meaning". It was he who suggested that the face of Theodore Roosevelt be added to the monument.

From Quiz Memorial Port Elizabeth

Answer: Diaz Cross

Portuguese explorer Bartholomeus Diaz was the first European to set foot in what is now South Africa in 1488. The Diaz Cross was donated by the Portuguese Government to commemorate this event.

From Quiz The Lincoln Memorial

Answer: 36

Altogether there are 38 fluted Doric columns. The additional two columns are behind the entrance to the colonnade.

From Quiz This Is Monumental

Answer: Shakespeare

The Bard was born on April 23, 1564, and died on April 23, 1616. He was both baptized and buried in the Holy Trinity Church. Shakespeare had a placard put on his grave, which reads: "Good frend, for Jesus sake forbeare To digg the dust encloased here Blese be they man y spares thes stones And curst be he y moves my bones." Every year, near the anniversary of his birth and death, a large pageant parades through the town to lay flowers at Shakespeare's grave.

From Quiz U.S. National Monuments

Answer: Grand Staircase-Escalante

Until 1996, all National Monuments designated under the authority of the Antiquities Act were designated to be managed by other agencies. In 1996, President Clinton designated the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah to be managed by the Bureau of Land Management. By 2012, the agency was managing 17 National Monuments.

From Quiz Memorial Port Elizabeth

Answer: Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria ruled the United Kingdom from 1837 until her death in 1901. The Cape Colony was part of her realm. The main library of Port Elizabeth is located next to Market Square. A courthouse was built here first but it was replaced by the library building in 1902. The statue of Queen Victoria holding the Sovereign's Orb in her hand was erected in front of the library in 1903.

From Quiz Facts about Gettysburg Monuments

Answer: $50,000

The Virginia State monument was dedicated on June 8, 1917 and unveiled by Miss Virgina Carter, a niece of General Lee.

From Quiz This Is Monumental

Answer: the Magyar conquest of Hungary

The memorial, built from 1891-1898, marks the one-thousandth anniversary of Hungary's statehood. "Each part of the monument represents an important section of Hungarian history. In the focus of the semicircular colonnade stands the bronze statue of Archangel Gabriel on a 36-meter-high column, which was awarded a Grand Prix at the Paris World Exposition in 1900. According to an old Hungarian legend, the angel appeared in the dreams of first Hungarian king Saint Stephen and gave him the holy crown. The equestrian statues of the seven legendary chieftains who lead migrating Hungarians to the Carpathian Basin stand on the pedestal of the obelisk. The two circular peristyles present statues of famous kings, emperors and personalities of Hungarian history."- budapestinfo.com

From Quiz U.S. National Monuments

Answer: The American people

Like National Parks, Fish and Wildlife Refuges, and public lands, National Monuments are owned by all of the American people. The federal government agencies fulfill a public trust to manage the areas for the benefit of present and future generations.

From Quiz The History of Mount Rushmore

Answer: Lincoln

Lincoln's head was dedicated on September 17, 1937. The carving of his face had been difficult because of his beard, but was eventually completed.

From Quiz Memorial Port Elizabeth

Answer: The Campanile

The Campanile was built in 1923 to commemorate the arrival of the 1820 British settlers. It is located at the entrance to the railway station and harbour. The Campanile contains a chiming clock and the largest carillon of bells in the country. The staircase with 204 steps leads to the top of the tower from where you have a magnificent view of the city centre, the harbour and the bay.

From Quiz The Lincoln Memorial

Answer: South

Above the address is a carving by Jules Guerin of the Angel of Truth freeing a slave called "Reunion".

From Quiz Facts about Gettysburg Monuments

Answer: 1917

The first Confederate State Monument was from the state of Virginia. With the completion of the Tennessee State Memorial in 1982 each southern State was at last represented.

From Quiz This Is Monumental

Answer: de Soto

Spaniard Hernando de Soto procured a permit for colonization of the Gulf Coast of what is now Florida. He and 600 of his closest friends are believed to have put ashore at this spot on May 30, 1539. They continued on through Arkansas to Oklahoma, "discovering" the Mississippi River in 1541. De Soto died in 1542, but his associates continued on to the area of the Panuco River, in modern-day Mexico.

From Quiz U.S. National Monuments

Answer: Canyons of the Ancients

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument has more than 6,000 archaeological sites, and up to 100 per square mile in some locations. It is the only National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the state of Colorado.

From Quiz Memorial Port Elizabeth

Answer: No 7 Castle Hill Museum

Though Victoria House is considered the oldest, disrepair led to it being condemned. No 7 Castle Hill was built in 1830 and is the oldest house in the city open to the public. It is now a museum of the period after the British settlers arrived in the area. The inside is furnished in the style of a typical middle-class British family in Port Elizabeth in the mid-19th century. It has beautiful yellow wood floors and beams.

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