Honoring the King

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day so this week's trivia is all about the civil rights leader.

How much do you know? Current champion, Kate Montgomery, is looking to extend her streak to five weeks, but first, she has to get past Ryan Connors who works as a project manager.

QUESTIONS

• Where was Martin Luther King Jr. born?
• Where did he go to college?
• Whose individual protest led to his involvement in the civil rights movement?
• King wrote "Letters From a Jail." Fill in the blank.
• Whose philosophy of civil disobedience and militant nonviolence did King adopt?
• What year was the March on Washington where he gave his "I Have a Dream" speech?
• What prestigious prize did King win in 1964?
• King was assassinated in the Lorraine Motel, which is now the National Civil Rights Museum. In what city is it located?
• What president signed the bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
• How old would King be if he were alive today?

KATE'S ANSWERS

• I know it's somewhere in the South. Birmingham?
• Emory University in Atlanta.
• Rosa Parks.
• County.
• Gandhi.
• He won the Nobel.
• Memphis.
• Kennedy?
• Oh ... I'm not sure. 80?

RYAN'S ANSWERS

• Jackson.
• Harvard.
• Malcolm X.
• Segregated.
• Gandhi.
• Pulitzer Prize.
• Memphis, Tenn.
• President Carter.

CONCLUSION

Montgomery's streak continues. It's now been five weeks, and while she's still quite a ways from the record of 14 consecutive wins, her string of victories is still pretty impressive. Stay tuned to see if she can extend it.

CORRECT ANSWERS

• Atlanta
• Morehouse College
• Rosa Parks
• Birmingham
• Gandhi
• 1963
• Nobel Peace Price
• Memphis
• Ronald Reagan
• 81