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Monumental Trivia Quiz!
How much do you know about the monuments of Baltimore?
Courtesy of Mr. Christopher
T. George and The Urbanite magazine.
Which political leader named Baltimore "The Monumental City"?
Andrew Jackson
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Martin Tyler
The Edgar Allan Poe Statue now
located on the campus of University of Baltimore was previously located where?
Federal Hill
Wyman Park Drive
Cylburn Park
Leakin Park
Who is the person to whom three monuments have been dedicated in the city of Baltimore?
Abraham Lincoln
Thurgood Marshall
George Washington
Christopher Columbus
This man whose
statue is on Federal Hill was commander of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Who was he?
Col. George Armistead
Gen.
Samuel Smith
Gen. John Stricker
Gen. William H. Winder
This President dedicated the statue of Orpheus
at Fort McHenry
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Fort McHenry was designated a National Monument and Historic Shrine in
1933
1950
1939
1955
Name the two Confederate generals featured in the double equestrian statue in Wyman Park.
Lee and Longstreet
Lee and Jackson
Jackson and Longstreet
Johnston and Jackson
Frederick Douglass worked as a slave
in Fells Point before fleeing north on a train from President Street Station. Where is his statue located?
Morgan
State University
Coppin State College
Johns Hopkins University
Loyola College
Name the poet and musician
who is honored in a statue on the Johns Hopkins University campus.
H. L. Mencken
Edgar Allan Poe
Sidney
Lanier
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Name the architect of Baltimore's Washington Monument.
Benjamin Henry
Latrobe
Robert Mills
Maximilian Godefroy
William Thornton
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Christopher T. George is a local free-lance writer and poet, and the author of "TERROR ON THE CHESAPEAKE: THE
WAR OF 1812 ON THE BAY.
For the answers - GO! COME! Explore Baltimore!
And here are some more places to check out! Here is just a splash of what you'll find:
Inner Harbor: one of America's most beautiful city waterfronts
Camden Yards: home of the Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore
Ravens
The Babe Ruth Museum: birthplace of baseball's greatest star
The B&O Railroad Museum: historic locomatives
and more
The National Aquarium in Baltimore: one of Baltimore's most visited sites
The Maryland Science Center:
a family-oriented science museum
The American Visionary Art Museum: extraordinary folk art in an extraordinary building
The City Life Museums: everyday life in Baltimore's past
The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House and 1812 Museum:
where the famous flag was made
Baltimore Museum of Industry: Baltimore's economic past
The Walters Art Gallery:
a world class fine arts collection
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall: home of the renowned Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Lyric
Opera House: grand opera as well as broadway shows
Morris Mechanic Theater: broadway theater
Center Stage: Baltimore's
leading professional theater company
The Peabody Conservatory of Music: one of the finest
Enoch Pratt Free Library:
the main branch of the public library
Baltimore Convention Center: trade shows and meetings
Burial site of Edgar
Allan Poe: a shrine for his admirers
Burial site of Revolutionary War Heros and Financeers: in same cemetery as Poe
Federal Hill: an old neighborhood of markets, restaurants and pubs
Fells Point: popular waterfront full of nightlife
Little Italy: ethnic neighborhood stocked with good restaurants
Fort McHenry National Historic Site: Oh say, you
can see!
The Great Blacks Wax Museum: Only wax museum in the world totally dedicated to "Great Blacks"
National
La Cross Museum
National Dental Museum
The George Washington Monument: 2nd oldest Monument in US (1st is in Washington
State Park in Allegany County, MD)
Mother's Garden: Dedicated to all Mothers: Clifton Park area
St. Mary's Park:
Grounds home to 1st USA semenary, Seton House. maintained still as a meditation park
Billie Holiday Statue: Located on
Pennslvania Avenue, home of the finest Jazz musicians America ever had (seldom recorded unfortunately)
Free State
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