Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz

1. The Iditarod Dog Race on March 20, 1985 was notable for what reason?

First woman winner

No winner

27 blizzards

No dogs

No sleds

2. The Iditarod is also called what?

The World's Only Dog Sled Race

Last Great Race on Earth

From Alaska with Love

Mush

The World's Craziest Race

3. Dog sledding has a long history in Alaska. What famous dog delivered medicine to children in Nome when no other mode of transportation was viable?

Fido

Lassie

Rintintin

Balto

Boris

4. The trail that the Iditarod follows has humble beginnings as what kind of route?

Mail and supply

Gold rush

Oil rush

Whaling

Logging

5. The Iditarod is a native Ingalik and Holikachuk word that means what?

Dog Race

Medicine Race

Distant Place

Polar Bear

Cold Place

6. Dogsleds were the primary mode of transportation for what culture?

Eskimo

Iroquois

Creek

Russian

Cherokee

7. The first permanent European settlement in Alaska was on what island?

Aleutian

Atka

Fox

Kodiak

Chagulak

8. Alaska was purchased from what country in 1867?

Canada

Great Britain

China

Japan

Russia

9. Where was gold first discovered in Alaska?

Klondike Territory

Nome

Seward

Achorage

Fairbanks

10. Alaska entered the Union in what year?

1960

1959

1946

1956

1900