Have You Seen Jesus? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Corcovado

Art Deco, is a style of art that was popularized in France in the 1920s, and a French artist has captured the attention of many tourists with this Jesus overseeing the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The idea for a statue began in in 1850s when a priest wanted to make a Christian monument on the mountain.

The idea was dismissed until 1920, when local Catholics took up funds to raise money for the statue. Paul Landowski, a French artist, designed the statue and Brazilian engineer, Heitor da Silva Costa, put the art into formation.

It took nine years to build. The outer part of the statue was made with soap stone and the inner part out of concrete. Seventy five years after the statue was built, a chapel was built underneath the statue for tourist to have weddings and ceremonies.

Answer: a priest

The "Christ the King" statue was a project lead by a retired Polish priest, Sylwester Zawadzki. Its height of 33 meters was purposely made to symbolize a traditional belief that Jesus was 33 years old when he was crucified. Funds from many nations around the world were collected to build the statue.

The year it was completed in 2010, the statue was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest statue of Jesus in the world.

Answer: True

"Cristo della Minerva", was designed in 1521 by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the same artist who had painted the scenes of Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The idea for "Cristo della Minerva", was that of Roman patrician, Metello Vari. He had wanted a nude statue of Jesus holding the cross.

At Michelangelo's first attempt at the statue, he abandoned it when the white marble had a black vein. Michelangelo had to hurriedly come up with another statue (which is now the famous one on display), but Metello Vari kept the first version in his garden.

Answer: a former president's tomb

"Monument to the Divine Savior of the World" is located in San Salvador City in El Salvador. It was built in 1942 and was originally for the decoration of Manuel Enrique Araujo's tomb, the President of El Salvador between 1911 and 1913. The statue of Jesus stands on a giant world, placed at the center of a four sided pillar with a giant cross.

It has become a tourist attraction for many visitors.

Answer: Bolivia

"Cristo de la Concordia" stands above the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, and is placed like a compass, with the right hand pointing to the north and the left hand pointing to the south. Visitors climb a staircase of over 2,000 steps to visit the base of the statue. For many years, Sundays were the only day visitors were allowed to climb inside the statue to the viewpoint inside the hands.

Answer: Christ of the Ozarks

After a controversial political career, Gerald Smith retired to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He envision building a theme park named "Sacred Projects" and "Christ of the Ozarks" was built to be the centerpiece. When the statue was designed, it was meant reflect modernistic art, and was created to have very little facial expression or details. It is 65.5 feet tall.

Answer: Argentina and Chile

Argentina and Chile built the statue in 1904 as a celebration of peace between their borders. Bishop Marcelino del Carmen Benavente, had promised to build a statue of Jesus to remind the countries of Christ's message of peace and their agreement to each other.

The statue is located in the Andes mountain range. The pieces were moved by train 1,200 km and then carried up the steep mountains by mules. It was assembled at the top of the pass of La Cumbre, at the highest point of the border road. The bronze statue of Jesus stands with his hand waving in greeting while holding a cross at the mountain pathway between the two countries.

It is only accessible in the summer because snow and other weather make it a dangerous hike for travelers.

Answer: The Oklahoma City bombing

The "Jesus Wept" statue stands outside the memorial for the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. Timothy McVeigh parked a rental truck full of explosives in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and blew it up as a personal protest against the United States government.

The explosion killed 168 people, including women and children. St. Joseph's Catholic Church built the statue of Jesus across from the time gates honoring the victims and the chairs representing each life lost by the blast. Jesus faces away from the memorial with his face in his hands and below him is simply the line "And Jesus Wept". Jesus faces a wall with 168 gaps, a gap for each person who lost their life.

Answer: Portugal

The Apostleship of Prayer, a group of Catholics, began building "Cristo Rei" in 1941 as a plea to God for Portugal not being involved in World War II. Portugal was one of the few countries in Europe spared from involvement in the war. At the "Cristo Rei" statue, Christ stands on top a trapezoidal pedestal, overlooking Lisbon, the capital city.

The four arches of the pedestal are in sequence with a compass and point to the directions of the north, south, east and west. The statue is 294 feet high and was designed by designed by sculptor Francisco Franco de Sousa.

Answer: True

Don't sweat! Visitors of this Jesus statue were sometimes sent away after a long climb of a 133-step staircase inside the statue. The Vietnamese welcomed visitors but wanted them to treat the Christ statue with the respect of a church. People were turned because of sweaty clothes or clothes that did not fit the dress code.

The dress code did not stop visitors from coming, however. As one of the tallest statues of Jesus in the world, many pilgrims still made the journey to visit the statue on top of the Vung Tao mountain. Once at the top of the statue, visitors could see a beautiful view of the ocean.