Quiz: The Federal Bureau of Investigation

By U.S. News Staff

August 31, 2009

In what year was the Bureau of Investigation (the agency that would later be renamed the FBI) founded?
1. 1898
2. 1908
3. 1918
4. 1928
Under what government department does the FBI currently operate?
1. Justice
2. Homeland Security
3. Defense
4. State
What is the agency's official motto?
1. Fairness, Brawn, Intellect
2. Finding Better Intelligence
3. Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity
4. Fraternity Begets Ingenuity
Including his tenure as head of the Bureau of Investigation, for how many years did J. Edgar Hoover run the FBI?
1. 15 years
2. 26 years
3. 37 years
4. 48 years
True or false: The current term limit for the director of the FBI is 10 years.
1. True
2. False
Which of these Watergate conspirators was once an FBI agent?
1. Howard Hunt
2. G. Gordon Liddy
3. H.R. Haldeman
4. John Ehrlichman
True or false: FBI directors are appointed by the president and must be confirmed by the Senate.
1. True
2. False
Which of these films does not prominently feature FBI agents?
1. Mississippi Burning
2. Donnie Brasco
3. The Silence of the Lambs
4. The Fugitive
Where is the FBI Academy, the main training facility for agents, located?
1. Washington
2. Quantico, Va.
3. Langley, Va.
4. Annapolis, Md.
Which of these "public enemies" died at the hands of FBI agents?
1. Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd
2. Alvin Karpis
3. George "Machine Gun" Kelly
4. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow