Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Quiz Yourself Civil War Spy Allan Pinkerton

1. Allan Pinkerton who founded the Pinkerton's National Detective Agency was born on August 25, 1819, in Scotland and moved to Chicago to establish what kind of shop?

Soap-making

Butcher

Cooper

Candling

Shop building

2. In addition to be founding a detective agency, Pinkerton was an ardent what?

Abolitionist

Copperhead

Teetotaler

Quaker

Secessionist

3. Pinkerton started his detective career when he accidentally came across a ring of what?

Bootleggers

Confederates

Assassins

Counterfeiters

Nationalists

4. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency's motto which inspired the saying "private eyes" was what?

"Always Awake"

"Eyes Open"

"Eyes Wide"

"Sleep is for the Weak"

"We Never Sleep"

5. What kind of theft did the agency specialize in?

Banks

Railroads

Homes

Salons

Saloons

6. While investigated one case, Pinkerton uncovered a plot to assassinate which president?

Lincoln

Grant

Buchanan

Monroe

Garfield

7. Pinkerton's agency infiltrated the first train robbing gang in the U.S., which was called what?

Reno Gang

James Gang

Cassidy Gang

Bart Gang

Bull Gang

8. Pinkerton served as chief of intelligence to what general?

Grant

Sherman

McClellan

Lee

Jackson

9. Pinkerton failed to put an end to what notorious fraternal criminals?

Cook Brothers

Carey Brothers

Cassidy Brothers

Lincoln Brothers

James Brothers

10. Pinkerton agents were also used as what?

Bankers

Notaries

Strikebreakers

Conductors

Journalists