The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii marks the resting place of the USS Arizona battleship that was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The memorial spans the sunken remains of the ship and commemorates the lives lost that day. Here are 85 riddles related to the memorial along with their answers.
Riddles about the USS Arizona Memorial
1. What memorial remembers those lost on the USS Arizona?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
2. I’m a white structure that stretches over a sunken battleship. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
3. Thousands visit me each year to pay respects to fallen soldiers. Who am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
4. I’m a somber site found in Pearl Harbor. Sailors are laid to rest beneath my waters. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
5. I mark the watery grave of the USS Arizona. Visitors can walk above the sunken wreck on me. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
6. Over 1100 sailors remain entombed within the sunken hull of a battleship beneath me. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
7. I’m aplace where visitors can reflect on the events of December 7, 1941. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
8. I’m a gleaming white reminder of the losses suffered at Pearl Harbor. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
9. I’m a destination for those wishing to pay tribute to the fallen crew of a battleship. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
10. I’m a bridge built over a watery grave in Pearl Harbor. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
11. I’m a place where the losses of December 7, 1941 are remembered. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
12. Over 1 million people visit me each year in Hawaii. I commemorate a tragic day in history. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
13. I’m a white structure built over the wreck of the USS Arizona. Visitors can pay respects on me. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
14. I span the remains of a battleship sunk on December 7, 1941. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
15. I’m a memorial built over the wreckage of a ship attacked at Pearl Harbor. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
16. I’m a somber remembrance of those killed aboard the USS Arizona on December 7th. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
17. Over 1100 sailors remain within a shipwreck beneath me in Pearl Harbor. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
18. I’m a bridge-like structure built over the sunken hull of a battleship in Hawaii. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
19. I allow visitors to gaze down at a sunken ship in Pearl Harbor. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
20. I’m a gleaming white memorial that arches over a sunken relic of WWII. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
Riddles about the attack on Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona
21. Over 100 planes came to bomb me one December morning. What am I?
Answer: Pearl Harbor
22. Sailors were asleep below my decks when explosions rocked December 7th. What ship am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona
23. I’m the Japanese surprise attack that destroyed much of the US fleet. What am I?
Answer: The attack on Pearl Harbor
24. Fires and explosions consumed me after being struck by enemy bombs. What ship am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona
25. I’m the event that brought the US into WWII. What am I?
Answer: The attack on Pearl Harbor
26. Over 1100 sailors went down with me on December 7, 1941. What ship am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona
27. I’m the nickname given to the surprise attack against Pearl Harbor. What am I?
Answer: A date which will live in infamy
28. I exploded and sank after being struck by Japanese bombs. Over 1100 men remain entombed within my wreck. What ship am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona
29. Sailors were still in their bunks when I rocked the US Pacific Fleet on December 7, 1941. What am I?
Answer: The attack on Pearl Harbor
30. Over 2400 Americans lost their lives during me on December 7, 1941. What am I?
Answer: The attack on Pearl Harbor
Riddles about the memorial’s design and features
31. I’m the gleaming white color of the memorial bridge. What color am I?
Answer: White
32. The memorial spans me, the sunken remains of the USS Arizona. What am I?
Answer: The wreck of the ship
33. Visitors can gaze at the sunken battleship through circular openings in me. What am I?
Answer: The memorial bridge
34. Names of those killed are engraved on me at the memorial. What am I?
Answer: The memorial wall
35. I’m the number of years it took to build the memorial. What number am I?
Answer: Two years
36. The memorial was designed in this shape to represent support and help. What shape is it?
Answer: A bridge
37. Visitors enter the memorial by walking under these structures. What are they?
Answer: Arched entryways
38. Oil can be seen rising from me, the wreck of the USS Arizona. What am I?
Answer: The water
39. There are 7 of us on the memorial, one for each year of WWII. What are we?
Answer: Memorial plaques
40. I’m the type of marble used to build the gleaming white memorial. What type am I?
Answer: Carrara marble
Riddles about the memorial’s history
41. Construction on me began in this year. What year was it?
Answer: 1949
42. I’m the year the memorial was officially dedicated. What year am I?
Answer: 1962
43. The memorial stands above me, the sunken wreck of a battleship. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona
44. Over 50 survivors of the attack attended me in 1962. What am I?
Answer: The memorial’s dedication
45. The bridge spans the midsection of the sunken ship. This section used to be the ship’s what?
Answer: Galley
46. I’m the country the architect who designed the memorial was born in. What country am I?
Answer: Austria
47. The memorial was designed by this architect who fled Europe before WWII. Who am I?
Answer: Alfred Preis
48. I’m the ship that transported survivors to attend the memorial dedication. What ship was I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
49. The bodies of most sailors remain entombed in me, the sunken wreck. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona
50. Alfred Preis was detained at me before moving to the US. Where was he detained?
Answer: The Manzanar War Relocation Center
Riddles about visiting the memorial
51. Access to the memorial begins at this visitor center. What is it named?
Answer: The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
52. Shuttle boats carry visitors to me, the memorial itself. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
53. Visitors watch an introductory film at me before taking the boat ride out. What am I?
Answer: The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center theater
54. Ranger guided programs at the memorial run for this many minutes. How long are they?
Answer: 75 minutes
55. Access to me is free for visitors. What am I?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
56. Visitors can look down into the wreck from openings in this structure. What is it?
Answer: The memorial bridge
57. Oil still leaks from the wreck into this body of water today. What is it?
Answer: Pearl Harbor
58. This many visitors came to the memorial in 2019 alone. How many?
Answer: 1.9 million visitors
59. This is the average number of minutes visitors spend at the memorial. How long?
Answer: 30 minutes
60. Visitor access is limited to this number of people at a time. What is the number?
Answer: 3000 people
Riddles about the attack’s aftermath
61. Over 1100 sailors remain within the sunken hull of the Arizona. This makes it a what?
Answer: Grave and tomb
62. Following the attack, the US entered this war. What was it?
Answer: World War II
63. The attack spurred this country to declare war on Japan. What country?
Answer: The United States
64. The Arizona sank in less than this number of minutes after being bombed. How many minutes?
Answer: 9 minutes
65. Over 300 crewmen survived the attack. They are known by this nickname. What is it?
Answer: The Lucky Few
66. Burning oil and explosions caused this to happen to some of the Arizona’s crew. What happened?
Answer: They were cremated
67. Only this number of officers on the Arizona survived the attack. How many?
Answer: 2 officers
68. This admiral said “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant”. Who was he?
Answer: Admiral Yamamoto
69. Oil leaks from the Arizona because the tanks were this when bombed. What were they?
Answer: Nearly full
70. This president asked Congress for a declaration of war after the attack. Who was he?
Answer: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Symbolism and significance of the memorial
71. The white memorial bridge symbolizes this. What does it symbolize?
Answer: Help, support, and peace
72. The shape of the memorial represents a bridge reaching out in this. What is it?
Answer: Remembrance
73. The memorial’s construction over but not touching the wreck represents what?
Answer: Respect and reverence
74. The walls of the memorial are free of embellishment, representing this. What?
Answer: Simplicity, serenity, and spirituality
75. The memorial’s circular openings allow light to filter down on the wreckage, suggesting what?
Answer: Hope and life
76. The memorial’s simple and dignified design evokes feelings of what?
Answer: Tranquility, reverence and reflection
77. The battleship wreck beneath the water represents the service members’ what?
Answer: Final resting place
78. The memorial’s white color and lofty shape evoke this. What feeling?
Answer: Peace and transcendence
79. The sunken Arizona beneath the waters represents the sailors’ what?
Answer: Eternal tomb
80. The memorial’s simplicity reflects what about the events it marks?
Answer: The profound sacrifices made
Conclusion
81. The memorial structure was built in this many years. How long did it take?
Answer: 2 years to construct
82. Over 1100 sailors remain entombed in the sunken wreck of this ship. What ship?
Answer: The USS Arizona
83. The USS Arizona Memorial spans the sunken remains of the battleship in this harbor. Which one?
Answer: Pearl Harbor
84. This country attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Which country?
Answer: Japan
85. This memorial sits astride the submerged wreck of the USS Arizona. What is its name?
Answer: The USS Arizona Memorial
