Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of Winston Churchill

1. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born November 30, 1874, to an aristocratic British father and a wealthy American mother. Heiresses who married European noblemen were known as what?

Rich Betties

Ample Americans

Dollar Princesses

Quarter Queens

Humble Hamiltons

2. Churchill became a journalist after he graduated from the British military academy Sandhurst, and was captured during what war?

Boer War

Pashtun War

Bombay War

Independence War

Belfast War

3. Churchill served in what cabinet position starting in 1911?

Exchequer

Lord of the Admiralty

Lord of War

Raj of India

King

4. Churchill was demoted in 1915 after what failed campaign?

Levant

Addis Ababa

Marne

Dardanelles

Seine

5. Churchill disagreed with which prime minister who signed an agreement meant to appease Hitler in 1938?

Eden

George

Cameron

Blair

Chamberlain

6. Churchill convinced which U.S. president to provide Great Britain with war supplies?

Roosevelt

Truman

Eisenhower

Nixon

Harding

7. Churchill gave his famous "Iron Curtain" speech while receiving an honorary degree from what college?

Eton College

Westminster College

Harvard College

Dartmouth College

Columbia College

8. What did Winston Churchill win the Nobel Prize for in 1953?

Peace

Mathematics

Science

Diplomacy

Literature

9. Over the course of his lifetime, Churchill switched parties many times and referred to himself as a what?

Rat

Cat

Goat

Turncoat

Traveler

10. How many monarchs did Churchill serve under during his nearly 55-year career?

Two

Four

Six

Ten

Zero