Black History Month

Question 1

What are the books that Anna Arnold Hedgeman wrote?

Accepted Answer

“The Gift of Chaos” and “The Trumpet Sounds”

Question 2

How old was Jimmy Butler when he got kicked out of his parent’s house?

Accepted Answer

13

Question 3

What award did Septima Poinsette Clark win?

Accepted Answer

Living Legacy

Question 4

What year was it when Mae C. Jemison became the first African American woman in space?

Accepted Answer

1992

Question 5

What did Marie Maynard Daly accomplish first as an African American woman?

Accepted Answer

earn a Ph.D. in chemistry.

Question 6

What college did Ernie Davis go to?

Accepted Answer

Syracuse

Question 7

What song did Louis Armstrong write?

Accepted Answer

Baby It’s Cold Outside

Question 8

What is the name of Stephen Curry's all star dad?

Accepted Answer

Dell

Question 9

How long did Matthew A. Henson explore the Arctic?

Accepted Answer

2 decades

Question 10

Nelson Mandela became President of what country?

Accepted Answer

South Africia

Question 11

What did Wilma Rudolph suffer from at a young age?

Accepted Answer

Polio

Question 12

Who was a largely self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs and writer?

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Banneker

Question 13

What was Maya Angelou famous for?

Accepted Answer

her poetry

Question 14

When was Black History Week first celebrated?

Accepted Answer

1926

Question 15

Who said this famous quote?

Accepted Answer

Coretta Scott King

Question 16

Fannie Lou Hamer is responsible for which of these famous quotes?

Accepted Answer

I am sick and tired of being sick and tired

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