US Monument Quiz

Located in Arlington, Virginia, this monument honors 184 people killed when an airplane struck this five-sided building

• Flight 93 National Memorial

• 9/11 Memorial & Museum

• National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial

• Vietnam Memorial

Which president's face does NOT appear on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Which branch of the US military is honored by the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia?

• US Army

• US Navy

• US Air Force

• US Marine Corps

The US Capitol Building in Washington, DC has more than 600 rooms, and it was built to be the burial place of which great American?

• Rosa Parks

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

The famous arch at Gateway Arch National Park was constructed out of what material?

• Stainless steel

• Limestone

• Marble

• Wood and iron

The National September 11 Memorial in New York City features the rubble and steel debris from what famous landmark?

• Grand Central Terminal

• The Chrysler Building

• The Empire State Building

• The World Trade Center

Finished in 2004, the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, features a plaza surrounded by 56 ___.

• Statues of soldiers

• Columns representing American states and territories

• Fountains

• Large cannon

The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii sits atop an American battleship that was sunk by _.

• Bombs from Japanese planes

• A torpedo from a German U-boat

• An explosion following the accidental collision of two ships

• Striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage from England

How much did the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial cost to build in 2011?

• $1.2 million

• $12 million

• $120 million

• $1.2 billion

Located in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, this historic national monument is built out of brick and has five sides.

• Fort McKenzie

• Fort Knox

• Fort Sumter

• Fort Apache