Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - The Dakotas, North and South

1. On November 2, 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota entered the Union as which two states?

16 and 17

22 and 23

39 and 40

52 and 53

1 and 7

2. Which president who signed the bill creating the Dakota Territory in 1861?

Ulysses S. Grant

James Buchanan

John Tyler

Abraham Lincoln

Chester A. Arthur

3. What enterprise brought most Europeans to the Dakotas prior to 1803?

Bear hunting

Seal clubbing

Fur trapping

Feather collecting

Timber sourcing

4. The capital of North Dakota is Bismarck, naming in honor of whom?

The rapper, Biz Markie

The German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck

The donut

The current president of the U.S. at the time

The biscuit mix

5. What was discovered in the Black Hills in 1874, spurring a rush of migrants to Dakota Territory?

Gold

Copper

Silver

Turquoise

Ermine

6. Deadwood, South Dakota, was a rough mining town full of famous outlaws and toughs, it is the final resting home of whom?

Buffalo Bill

Doc Holliday

Billy the Kid

O.K Corral

Wild Bill Hickok

7. What was used to carve Mount Rushmore, located in the Black Hills region of South Dakota?

Pick axes

Dynamite

Water hoses

Toothpicks

Trowels

8. Who are the four presidents on Mount Rushmore?

Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Reagan

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt

Washington, Adams, Madison, Monroe

Jefferson, Roosevelt, Grant, Adams

9. The Badlands National Park in South Dakota is home to some of the world's richest what?

Oil reserves

Fossil beds

Petrified trees

Petrified rocks

Tar pits

10. What does 'dakota' mean in the Sioux language?

Friend

Human

Girl

Boy

Man