ONE ELEPHANT

A Spiritual Journey to the Cosmos from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

A Spiritual Journey

to the Cosmos from the

1893 Chicago World's Fair

Quiz: the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893

Which of these famous composers attended the World's Fair in 1893?

Beethoven

Wagner

Dvorak

What was the World's Fair of 1893 also known as?

World’s Columbian Exposition

Chicago Trade & Exchange

US/Canada Annual Business Expo

How many buildings from the World's Fair of 1893 are still standing today?

Two

Seven

Fourteen

What happened to most of the buildings after the Chicago World's Fair?

They were sold

They were demolished

They were destroyed by fire

Which of these people did NOT attend the fair?

Lord Kelvin

Helen Keller

Alexander Graham Bell

Queen Victoria

Which of these won the contract to power the World's Fair of 1893?

General Electric’s DC system

Westinghouse’s AC system

Which of these brands was represented at the World's Fair of 1893?

McDonalds restaurants

Lipton tea

Marlboro cigarettes

Which of these things debuted at the World's Fair of 1893?

The Eiffel tower

The Ferris wheel

The Statue of Liberty

Which of these people attended the World's Parliament of Religions at the World's Fair in 1893?

Swami Vivekananda

The Pope

The Archibishop of Canterbury

Who was the US president at the time of the World's Fair in 1893 and attended the opening ceremony?

Theodore Roosevelt

Ulysses S. Grant

Grover Cleveland

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Swami Vivekananda's opening speech at the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions

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