Black History Month Trivia Night 2022

Question 1

Jean Augustine helped establish BHM in Canada and became the first Black woman in Canada to be elected into which role?

Accepted Answer

Member of Parliament

Question 2

This province has the highest Black population in Canada:

Accepted Answer

Ontario

Question 3

In 1946, Nova Scotian businesswoman Viola Desmond challenged racial segregation by:

Accepted Answer

Refusing to leave the Whites-only section of a movie theater in New Glasgow

Question 4

How large was Canada’s Black population in 1996?

Accepted Answer

573,860

Question 5

What was the name of Canada’s first and only all-Black battalion?

Accepted Answer

No 2. Construction Battalion

Question 6

Which notable American abolitionist famously visited Toronto on April 3, 1851 to address a large anti-slavery audience?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Question 7

The first iteration of Black Lives Matter outside of the US, BLM - Toronto, was established in which year?

Accepted Answer

2014

Question 8

In 2010, the mayor of Halifax apologized for the destruction of what historic Black community in the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

Africville

Question 9

What are the top three countries of birth for immigrants, in order of most to least, for Black Canadians? (as of 2016)

Accepted Answer

Jamaica, Haiti, Nigeria

Question 10

What was the name of the route used by slaves in the American South to escape to Canada?

Accepted Answer

Underground Railroad

Question 11

What did Mifflin Gibbs establish in 1861 that earned him publicpraise, leading to his decision to run for office?

Accepted Answer

A black militia

Question 12

Who was the first black astronaut to walk in space?

Accepted Answer

Bernard Harris Jr.

Question 13

Jackie Robinson played on this Canadian baseball team before making his big debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947:

Accepted Answer

Montreal Royals

Question 14

Black History Month is observed in October in which two countries?

Accepted Answer

Ireland and the United Kingdom

Question 15

In 1967, ten Torontonians of West Indian heritage founded which world famous festival?

Accepted Answer

Caribana

Question 16

The story of fugitive slave Rev. Josiah Henson, who escaped to Canada in 1830, was the subject of which famous novel?

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 17

He was the 1st Canadian naval recipient, the 1st Black man, and the 1st Nova Scotian to receive the Victoria Cross:

Accepted Answer

William Neilson Hall

Question 18

Who was the first black person to enter the National Hockey League?

Accepted Answer

Willie O'Ree

Question 19

Michaëlle Jean, the first Black person to serve as Governor General, was born in this country:

Accepted Answer

Haiti

Question 20

The Black Loyalists that established themselves in Atlantic Canada were involved in which conflict?

Accepted Answer

The American Revolutionary War

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