Frederick Law Olmsted Quiz

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1) Frederick Law Olmsted was nominated as a candidate for what position in 1872? (He later declined the nomination)

a. Vice-President
b. Secretary of State
c. Under Secretary of Agriculture
d. Secretary of Commerce

2) Which historical landmark(s) did Olmsted’s firm work on in Washington, D.C.?

a. US Capitol Grounds
b. The White House
c. The Mall
d. All of the above

3) What other occupation(s) did Olmsted have in his lifetime?

a. Journalist
b. Farmer
c. Seaman
d. All of the above

4) Olmsted’s landscape design for the 1893 Chicago World Fair served as a prototype for which Disney World park?

a. Magic Kingdom
b. Animal Kingdom
c. EPCOT
d. MGM Studios

5) The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC, one of Olmsted’s final landscaping projects, was commissioned by a member of which famous family?

a. The Edisons
b. The Vanderbilts
c. The Rockefellers
d. The Kennedys

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Source: The Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site website