Q 01/05

Wartime metal rationing meant the Jefferson Memorial opened in 1943 with a statue made of what, painted bronze?

A) Plaster

B) Concrete

C) Pine wood

D) Limestone

Answer · why

A) Plaster

Plaster stood in for four years. The bronze Jefferson, 19 feet tall, was not installed until April 1947, once wartime restrictions on metal had eased.

Q 02/05

The Jefferson Memorial statue faces north across the water toward which famous Washington building?

A) U.S. Capitol

B) White House

C) Supreme Court

D) Smithsonian Castle

Answer · why

B) White House

The White House stands due north in a straight line, and the president who dedicated the memorial had the view between the two cleared.

Q 03/05

Inside the Jefferson Memorial, the bronze Jefferson holds which founding document in his left hand?

A) Constitution of the United States

B) Articles of Confederation

C) Declaration of Independence

D) Treaty of Paris of 1783

Answer · why

C) Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence in hand, the statue shows Jefferson in mid-life, and a carving over the entrance shows him presenting the same text to Con...

Q 04/05

The Jefferson Memorial's domed, columned design was modeled on which ancient Roman temple that Jefferson admired?

A) Temple of Saturn

B) Maison Carrée

C) Temple of Vesta

D) Pantheon

Answer · why

D) Pantheon

The Pantheon in Rome also shaped the library Jefferson designed for his own university, which the memorial's architect named as a second model.

Q 05/05

In 1938, society women chained themselves to what at the Jefferson Memorial's building site to halt construction?

A) Cherry trees

B) Steam shovels

C) Iron gates

D) Park benches

Answer · why

A) Cherry trees

Cherry trees were the cause of the so-called Cherry Tree Rebellion, which fizzled after the president joked that he would have the women transplanted ...