The Bob Marley Quiz

Bob Marley fathered four children with his wife, Rita, and adopted her daughter. He also had eight other children.

Bob Marley was born in St. Ann, Jamaica, on Feb. 6, 1945. It is the largest parish in Jamaica, with a population of more than 171,000.

On June 15, 1978, Bob Marley was awarded the United Nations Peace Medal of the Third World for his peace and justice advocacy during an era of political unrest in Kingston, Jamaica.

"Redemption Song" is on Bob Marley and The Wailers' ninth album, "Uprising."

On Oct. 25, 1979, Bob Marley and The Wailers became the first reggae band to perform at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

Bob Marley recorded much of the "Exodus" album in London during a self-imposed exile following an assassination attempt at his home in Jamaica. The "Exodus" album was released in 1977 by Island Records.

Bob Marley was born Nesta Robert Marley, but he went by both Bob and Robert throughout his lifetime.

Bob Marley borrowed this phrase from the song "War" from a speech given by the Emperor of Ethiopia to the United Nations in October 1963.

Bob Marley was memorialized with a state funeral in Jamaica, then interred in a mausoleum built specifically for his remains. An estimated 100,000 people filed past his coffin during the wake.

In 1956 at the age of 11, Bob Marley moved with his family to Trench Town, one of the most poverty-stricken neighborhoods in Kingston, Jamaica.

Marley and his family moved into a home in Wilmington, Delaware in 1966. His son Stephen was born in the city in 1972.

Bob Marley worked on an assembly line at a Chrysler plant in Newark, Delaware. He also worked as a DuPont lab assistant.

Bob Marley released his first single, "Judge Not," in 1962 at the age of 17. It was the first of several singles Marley recorded as a solo artist.

Marley said, "God create you to be free. Free up yourself, otherwise you worthless." He was a Rastafarian, a religion that developed in Jamaica in the 1930s.

When the single, "Judge Not" was released in 1962, Bob Marley's name was misspelled on the label as "Bob Morley."

In 2014, the "Legend" album of Bob Marley and the Wailers' greatest hits became the second-longest running album on the Billboard 200. "Legend" spent 386 weeks on the Billboard 200.

Bob Marley was shot and wounded as the result of an assassination attempt at his Kingston, Jamaica, home. His wife, Rita, and manager, Don Taylor, were seriously injured but also survived the attack.

The Bob Marley Museum is in Marley's former home in Kingston, Jamaica. He purchased the home in 1975 from Island Records founder Chris Blackwell. It's also the home where, three years later, he was nearly assassinated by gunmen.

The Wailing Wailers formed in 1963. The band's founding members included Bob Marley, Neville "Bunny" Ortley Livingston and Peter Tosh. By the mid-1970s, the group was called Bob Marley and the Wailers.

On April 8, 2015, U.S. President Barack Obama made an after-hours visit to the Bob Marley Museum. President Obama reportedly told a museum tour guide that he'd been listening to Marley's "Exodus" album on his Air Force One flight to Jamaica.

On Sept. 21, 1980, Bob Marley collapsed while jogging in New York's Central Park, the result of a previously diagnosed cancer that had spread to his brain, lungs and stomach. Marley had recently performed two shows at Madison Square Garden as part of his "Survival" tour.

Bob Marley died on May 11, 1981, in Miami after a years-long battle with cancer. He was 36.

Bob Marley was buried with a Bible turned to Psalm 23, a red Gibson Les Paul guitar and a marijuana bud added by his widow, Rita.

Bob Marley was number five on Forbes' 2014 top earning dead celebrities list. His estate earned $20 million in 2014, up $2 million from the previous year.

Bob Marley was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1981 before his death. The Jamaican Prime Minister awarded Marley the honor for his contributions to art and culture.

Bob Marley's final album is "Uprising." However, several greatest hits albums have been released since his death in 1981.

Bob Marley recorded "I Shot the Sheriff" in 1973, and Eric Clapton covered it a year later. Clapton's version became an international hit.

After a series of politically motivated murders in Jamaica, Bob Marley led two polarizing figures to shake hands in solidarity. The handshake between Jamaica's Prime Minister Michael Manley and opposition leader Edward Seaga was considered a defining moment.

In 2001, Bob Marley received the award posthumously, along with The Beach Boys, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr. and The Who.