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Westdale Secondary Black History Month Trivia 2021!
Westdale Secondary Black History Month Trivia 2021!
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Our annual Black History Trivia Month Trivia is back this year - in digital form! Enjoy!
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1
American gymnast Simone Biles has won 5 Olympic medals. She considers her best event to be:
Uneven bars
Floor routine
Rings
Vault
2
The code name for people who helped slaves arrive safely in Canada via the Underground Railroad was:
engineer
freedom fighter
conductor
master
3
Marie Maynard Daly was the first black woman to receive a PhD in what field of science?
Chemistry
Biology
Physics
Astronomy
4
In 1970, Canadian Beverly Mascoll started her own business specifically for female black customers selling:
clothes
hair products
shoes
makeup
5
When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
2017
1926
1963
1901
6
Rosa Parks inspired a city wide bus boycott in what American city?
Nashville, Tennessee
Montgomery, Alabama
Augusta, Georgia
Boston, Massachusetts
7
Jackie Robinson played on this Canadian baseball team before his historical debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947:
Montréal Royals
Vancouver Canadians
Ottawa Champions
Toronto Blue Jays
8
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional in this domain:
busses
schools
sports arenas
stores
9
What was Muhammed Ali's original name?
Buster Douglas
Mike Tyson
Cassius Clay
Evander Hollyfield
10
The first black President of the United States, Barrack Obama was elected in:
2000
2020
2004
2008
11
The Black Lives Matter movement first began as a #hashtag on social media in:
1995
1985
2020
2016
12
In 2010, the mayor of Halifax apologized for the destruction of what historic black community in the 1960s?
Dresden
Hogan's Alley
Africville
Amherstberg
13
What stage name does Abel Makonnen Tesfaye go by?
The Weeknd
Drake
Chance the Rapper
Prince
14
Who wrote and performed the poem "The Hill We Climbed" at the Presidential Inauguration of Joe Biden?
Maya Angelou
Kamala Harris
Toni Morrison
Amanda Gorman
15
Kamala Harris, Chadwick Boseman, & Taraji P Henson are among notable alumni from what historically black US university?
Dalhousie University
Howard University
Florida State University
Harvard University
16
Where did Martin Luther King deliver his "
I Have a Dream
" speech in 1963?
New York
Chicago
Boston
Washington
17
Chadwick Boseman portrayed this famous baseball player in the 2013 movie -
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Daryl Strawberry
Ernie Banks
Hank Aaron
Jackie Robinson
18
Viola Desmond challenged racial segregation by refusing to leave a whites only movie theatre in which Canadian province?
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Ontario
British Columbia
19
In what year was Lincoln Alexander elected to the House of Commons?
1968
1940
2010
1989
20
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
Drugstore clerk
Nurse
Seamstress
High school cafeteria worker
21
Michaëlle Jean, the first black person to serve as Governor General in Canada was born in:
Jamaica
Bahamas
Senegal
Haiti
22
Who is the first black male to win an EGOT?
John Legend
Stevie Wonder
Will Smith
Drake
23
The historic Apollo theatre which opened for the first time to black patrons in 1934, is located in what city?
Chicago
Harlem
Miami
Boston
24
In 1968, two African-American athletes famously raised their fists in protest at what event?
NBA Finals
Olympics
World Cup FInals
US Open Tennis Finals
