Mount Rushmore Quiz

Where is Mount Rushmore National Memorial located?

• Montana

• South Dakota

• North Dakota

• Wyoming

What was the original name of the mountain where Mount Rushmore is carved?

• Six Grandfathers

• Seven Peaks

• Lakota Ridge

• Black Hills Summit

Who was Charles Rushmore?

• A miner

• A historian

• A sculptor

• A New York lawyer

Who was David Swanzey's wife related to?

• Charles Rushmore

• Gutzon Borglum

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Abraham Lincoln

When did Gutzon Borglum begin work on Mount Rushmore?

• 1884

• 1923

• 1941

• 1927

Where did Gutzon Borglum study art?

• Paris

• London

• Rome

• New York

Which famous sculptor was Gutzon Borglum friends with?

• Donatello

• Michelangelo

• Auguste Rodin

• Henry Moore

What was Gutzon Borglum fascinated with?

• Making art on a gigantic scale

• Mining gold

• Writing novels

• Painting landscapes

What did Gutzon Borglum declare upon seeing Mount Rushmore for the first time?

• America will march along that skyline.

• This is the perfect site for a monument.

• The Black Hills are breathtaking.

• This mountain is a masterpiece.

Which four leaders are carved on Mount Rushmore?

• George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Theodore Roosevelt

• George Washington, John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt

• George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt