Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - History Behind Columbus Day

1. Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe in 1492 under the flag of which king?

Henry IV

Ferdinand

Wilhelm

Ivan

Jason

2. Columbus sailed out determined would find a better route to where?

Africa

Antarctica

Australia

Asia

North Pole

3. When Columbus landed in the Bahamas, he thought he had made it to the Indies (Asia) because he miscalculated what?

Circumference

Latitude

Wind speed

Ocean depth

Space-time continuum

4. What are the names of the three ships Columbus set sail with?

Nina, Pinta, Santo Domingo

Nina, Pinto, Santa Maria

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

Tina, Pino, Santo Fernando

Isabella, Ferdinand, El Bullo

5. Who discovered the Pacific Ocean?

Columbus

Verrazano

Balboa

Magellan

Cook

6. The federal holiday of Columbus Day was made by possible due to the lobbying efforts of what group?

Columbian Order

Knights of Columbus

The Magi

The Templars

The Masons

7. When Columbus sighted Cuba, he thought he was seeing which country?

Japan

Singapore

Malaysia

India

China

8. Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola, which today is known as what?

Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Martinique

Cuba

Little Italy

St. Lucia

9. Columbus set sail in search of which commodities?

Gold and spices

Ore and steel

Cotton and indigo

Rice and tobacco

Timber and tar

10. The age that Columbus sailed in is now known by what moniker?

Age of Enlightenment

Age of Spanish Conquest

Age of Portuguese Conquest

Age of Discovery

Age of Empire