World’s Columbian Exposition
The fair celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage. This topic is part of World's Fairs within History. This page currently draws on 5 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
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World's Columbian Exposition trivia questions
The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was held in which city?
Answer: Chicago
Bonus fact: The fair celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage.
What nickname was given to the fair's gleaming neoclassical center?
Answer: White City
Bonus fact: Electric lighting made the White City spectacular at night.
What major amusement ride debuted at the exposition?
Answer: Ferris wheel
Bonus fact: George Ferris designed the giant wheel as an American answer to the Eiffel Tower.
Who designed the original Ferris Wheel for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition?
Answer: George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
Bonus fact: Ferris designed it as an American engineering showpiece.
Turner presented his frontier thesis at an academic meeting held during which major 1893 event?
Answer: World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
Bonus fact: His paper was delivered at a meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago.