Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of the state of Illinois

1. Illinois entered the Union as which state?

12th

37th

42nd

21st

50th

2. The name "Illinois" comes from which Native American tribe's language?

Creek

Sioux

Algonquian

Cherokee

Mohawk

3. Illinois is also known as the Land of Lincoln after its most famous inhabitant. Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

Kentucky

Illinois

Indiana

Ohio

New York

4. Which two famous events that contributed to the rise of the American labor movement happened in Chicago?

Haymarket Riot and Pullman Strike

Ludlow Massacre and Pullman Strike

Cripple Creek and Ludlow Massacre

Homestead Strike and Pullman Strike

Haymarket Riot and Homestead Strike

5. Who wrote The Jungle, a novel chronicling the Chicago meatpacking industry?

William Randolph Hearst

Upton Sinclair

John Dos Passos

John Steinbach

Rachel Carson

6. What allegedly started the great Chicago fire of 1871?

A goat

A cow

A chicken

A hog

A farmhand

7. What popular attraction premiered at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893?

Rollercoaster

Ice cream cone

Ferris wheel

Eiffel Tower

Styrofoam

8. Where is the tallest building in North America, other than newly completed the World Trade 1 in New York City, located?

Evanston

Chicago

Mexico City

Peoria

Washington D.C.

9. Aurora, Illinois, was the first city to have what?

Streetcars

Electric street lamps

Subway

Telephones

Walkie-Talkies

10. What iconic food was created in Illinois in 1930?

Devil's food cake

Twinkie

Little Debbie

Sno-ball

Gumball