Martin Luther King Jr. Day Trivia Questions

While MLK Day is a federal holiday, essential federal employees may be required to work. The statement that all are required to take off is false because some are mandated to work and receive holiday pay.

The holiday is observed on the third Monday of January, not the exact date, similar to Presidents' Day. King's birthday is January 15.

The holiday wasn't signed into law until 1983 by President Reagan, nearly two decades after the Civil Rights Act.

The 1994 King Holiday and Service Act encourages Americans to volunteer on MLK Day, making it the only federal holiday focused on service.

The first formal proposal was a bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers on April 8, 1968—four days after the assassination, not hours.

New Hampshire was the last state to adopt MLK Day as a paid holiday, finally doing so in 1999 with implementation in 2000.

The NFL moved Super Bowl XXVII from Arizona to California in 1990 after voters rejected a paid Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

States like Virginia once combined MLK Day with holidays honoring Confederate generals, such as Robert E. Lee Day. Virginia separated the holidays in 2000, but some states like Alabama still observe them on the same day.