Education
The Martin Luther King Jr Quiz
- In which year was Martin Luther King Jr. born?
a) 1925
b) 1929
c) 1933
d) 1937 - What was Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth name?
a) Martin Luther King Jr.
b) Michael King Jr.
c) Malcolm King
d) Marcus King - Which university did King earn his Ph.D. from?
a) Harvard University
b) Yale University
c) Boston University
d) Columbia University - In which city did the Montgomery Bus Boycott take place?
a) Birmingham, Alabama
b) Montgomery, Alabama
c) Atlanta, Georgia
d) Memphis, Tennessee - What was the name of King’s famous speech delivered in Washington D.C. in 1963?
a) “I Have a Dream”
b) “We Shall Overcome”
c) “The Mountaintop”
d) “Letter from Birmingham Jail” - In which year was Martin Luther King Jr. awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
a) 1962
b) 1964
c) 1966
d) 1968 - What was the name of the organization co-founded by King in 1957?
a) NAACP
b) SNCC
c) SCLC
d) CORE - In which city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
a) Atlanta, Georgia
b) Montgomery, Alabama
c) Washington D.C.
d) Memphis, Tennessee - What is the name of the federal holiday in the United States that honors King?
a) Civil Rights Day
b) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
c) Equality Day
d) Freedom Day - Which president signed the bill creating a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr.?
a) Jimmy Carter
b) Ronald Reagan
c) George H.W. Bush
d) Bill Clinton
Answers: 1-b, 2-b, 3-c, 4-b, 5-a, 6-b, 7-c, 8-d, 9-b, 10-b