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Black History Month Trivia
Black History Month Trivia
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1
The Cotton Club, The Savoy, and Small‟s Paradise were major social venues during the Harlem Renaissance?
Nice try. there were only two social venues for African Americans back then
False
IDK
True
2
What was Maya Angelou famous for?
her acting
her poetry
her dancing
her singing
3
How long did Matthew A. Henson explore the Arctic?
4 years
3 years
12 years
2 decades
4
When was Black History Month celebrated for the first time?
1909
1960
1976
1926
5
Nelson Mandela became President of what country?
Guana
South Africia
Kenya
the Moon
6
In what year did Harriet Tubman flee Maryland?
1849
1947
1836
1912
7
Why did European nations begin the transatlantic slave trade?
To promote the establishment of colonies in the Americas
To improve the survival rate of New World settlements
To encourage the development of international commerce
To maximize the profits from colonial plantations
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Who wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God" ?
Zora Neale Hurston
Alice Walker
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
9
These two historically black colleges played in the first college football game between black schools in 1892.
Biddle University vs Livingstone University
Howard University vs Fisk University
Morehouse vs Clark College
Alabama State University vs Alabama A&M University
10
What year did Madam C.J. Walker become the first female African American multi-millionaire?
1910
1342
1920
1849
11
In 1991, what became the first black-controlled company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange?
Citizens Bancshares Corporation
Urban One
Carver Bancorp
BET
12
What did Marie Maynard Daly accomplish first as an African American woman?
first self made woman billionaire
earn a Ph.D. in chemistry.
earn a Ph.D. in biology
first woman to fly in space
13
When was Black History Week first celebrated?
1963
1909
1976
1926
14
Who wrote the book Born to Rebel ?
Tupac
Nat Turner
Benjamin Mays
Langston Hughes
15
Fannie Lou Hamer is responsible for which of these famous quotes?
We will bring civil rights to all of us.
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired
I hate being pushed around all of the time.
I want some civil rights.
16
Who invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light?
Garrett Morgan
JP Freeman
Charles Drew
Michael King
17
What year was it when Mae C. Jemison became the first African American woman in space?
2001
1998
2002
1992
18
Dr. Carter G. Woodson originated what we now call Black History Month.
False
True
19
Birmingham’s 16th Baptist Church, a rallying destination for Civil Rights Movement, is bombed, killing __ little girls.
3
6
4
5
20
What team did Jackie Robinson play for?
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers
Chicago Bears
Los Angeles Dodgers
21
How many medals did Willma Rudolph win in the 1960 Olympics?
4
3
5
2
22
What did Louis Armstrong do for a living?
Singer
All the Above
American Jazz Trumpeter
Composer
23
Who was a largely self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs and writer?
Benjamin Banneker
Sam Jemison
Louis Armstrong
Crispus Attacks
24
What was Jackie Robinson’s baseball number?
34
42
24
43
25
Who said this famous quote?
Coretta Scott King
Jackie Robinson
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King Jr.
