Lincoln Memorial trivia quiz questions with answers
In which city is the Lincoln Memorial located?
Answer: Washington D.C.
What year was the Lincoln Memorial dedicated?
Answer: 1922
What is the name of the sculptor who designed the
statue of Abraham Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: Daniel Chester French
What is the material used to construct the Lincoln
Memorial?
Answer: Marble
What is the name of the architect who designed the
Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: Henry Bacon
What is the name of the President who signed the
legislation authorizing the construction of the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: William Howard Taft
What is the name of the man who served as the chairman
of the commission that oversaw the construction of the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: Robert Todd Lincoln, the son of Abraham Lincoln
What is the name of the inscription on the north wall
of the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: The Gettysburg Address
What is the name of the inscription on the south wall
of the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
What is the name of the organization that maintains the
Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: National Park Service
What is the name of the reflecting pool located in
front of the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
What is the name of the statue located outside of the
Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: The Emancipation Proclamation
What is the name of the organization that oversaw the
restoration of the Lincoln Memorial in the 21st century?
Answer: National Park Service
What is the name of the staircase that leads to the
Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: The Grand Staircase
What is the name of the man who was the President of
the United States during the Civil War and is honored in the Lincoln
Memorial?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
What is the name of the organization that commissioned
the construction of the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: Lincoln Memorial Association
What is the name of the style of architecture used to
design the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: Greek Revival
What is the height of the statue of Abraham Lincoln
inside the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: 19 feet
What is the name of the woman who sat next to Rosa
Parks at the dedication ceremony of the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: Coretta Scott King
What is the name of the man who gave the keynote
address at the re-dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 2009?
Answer: Barack Obama
What is the name of the man who gave the dedication
speech at the opening of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922?
Answer: Warren G. Harding
What is the name of the room located at the back of the
Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: The Chamber of Contemplation
What is the name of the organization that oversaw the
construction of the Lincoln Memorial after the Lincoln Memorial Association
disbanded?
Answer: United States Congress
What is the name of the man who led the construction of
the Lincoln Memorial after Henry Bacon's death?
Answer: John Russell Pope
What is the name of the organization that oversaw the
design of the Emancipation Proclamation statue?
Answer: Emancipation Monument Commission
What is the name of the group that performed the song
"We Shall Overcome" at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963,
which was held at the Lincoln Memorial?
Answer: The Freedom Singers
What is the name of the famous actor who portrayed
Abraham Lincoln in a famous performance at the Lincoln Memorial in 1922?
Answer: John Barrymore