Bill O'Reilly: News Quiz

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

Detroit

Birmingham

Columbia

Selma

Atlanta

2. Rev. Dr. King's first named was changed from Michael to Martin in honor of what theologian?

Martin of Tours

Martin Baptist

Martin Luther

King Martin

Saint Martin

3. Who is the only other American to have their birthday celebrated as a national holiday?

Reagan

Washington

Madison

Adams

Roosevelt

4. 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

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

Bus

Plane

Train

Jail

Vestry

6. What speech did King deliver on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial?

"I Have an Idea"

"Freedom"

"I Have A Dream"

"Equality for All"

"Peace and Justice"

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

Vaclav Havel

FDR

Gandhi

Eugene Debbs

Franz Ferdinand

8. Dr. King was the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize until it was given to what recipient?

Prince George

Marie Curie

Malala Yousef

Dexter King

John F. Kennedy

9. Congress passed the Voting Rights Act in what year?

1965

1976

1986

1956

1886

10. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, while he was in Memphis to support what kind of strike?

Engineer

Porter

Counter

Bus

Sanitation

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