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

1. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born on January 15, 1929, in what city?

Detroit

Birmingham

Columbia

Selma

Atlanta

2. Dr. King's first foray into the civil rights movement was what boycott?

Bus

Automobile

Lunch counter

Trash collection

Laundry

3. King was the founder of what conference?

Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Congress on Racial Equality

Free Speech Movement

Students for a Democratic Society

4. King took his inspiration for nonviolent protest from what other twentieth century figure?

Vaclav Havel

F.D.R.

Gandhi

Eugene Debbs

Franz Ferdinand

5. Where did King write the most famous statement of his philosophy on nonviolence?

Bus

Plane

Train

Jail

Vestry

6. Where did King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?

Ebenezer Baptist Church

Arlington National Cemetery

Steps of the Lincoln Memorial

Oslo, Norway

New York City

7. The year 1964 saw two great successes for the civil rights movement, the Civil Rights Act and what other?

24th Amendment

Voting Rights Act

Equality Act

Brown v. Board of Education

Desegregation of the University of Alabama

8. Dr. King was the youngest person to be awarded what prize?

Presidential Medal of Honor

Nobel Peace Prize

Pulitzer Prize

King George Cross

Presidential Medal of Freedom

9. Congress passed what important act in 1965?

Voting Rights Act

Civil Rights Act

Poll Tax Act

Equality Act

Desegregation Act

10. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, where?

Atlanta

Birmingham

D.C.

Nashville

Memphis