Armbrae ACS

Question 1

The Hate U Give has been banned from Nova Scotia public schools.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

The group of Black freedom fighters that helped build Citadel Hill were called:

Accepted Answer

The Maroons

Question 3

Who said, Black history is not just for Black people. Black history is Canadian history”?

Accepted Answer

Jean Augustine

Question 4

Who was the first Canadian of African descent to be awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery during the Crimean War?

Accepted Answer

William Hall

Question 5

Portia White was a famous Black Nova Scotian:

Accepted Answer

Opera singer

Question 6

What are the colours of the African Nova Scotian flag?

Accepted Answer

Black, red, gold, green

Question 7

Mathieu da Costa is known for:

Accepted Answer

Being the first Black person to visit Canada

Question 8

The first Black hockey player in the NHL was named:

Accepted Answer

Willie O'Ree

Question 9

In the Susu language of Guinea, Wontanara means:

Accepted Answer

We are united

Question 10

Which of the following African Nova Scotians was a Poet Laureate of Halifax?

Accepted Answer

El Jones, Shauntay Grant, Afua Cooper

Question 11

Who was the first known African Nova Scotian settler?

Accepted Answer

Rose Fortune

Question 12

The first woman of African heritage elected to a provincial legislature was called:

Accepted Answer

Rosemary Brown

Question 13

Enslavement existed in Canada for over 200 years.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The theme for this year's African Heritage Month is:

Accepted Answer

Our smiles, our joy, our resilience

Question 15

The American Jackie Robinson became the first Black player in organised baseball when he joined which Canadian team?

Accepted Answer

The Montreal Royals

Question 16

Canada’s first and only all-Black police force was founded in:

Accepted Answer

Victoria

Question 17

How long after the decision to demolish Africville did it take Halifax to issue the "Africville Apology"?

Accepted Answer

48 years

Question 18

Which Armbrae teacher won an AUS conference title playing for the CBU Capers?

Accepted Answer

Ms. Jalynn Skeir

Question 19

In 1946, where did Viola Desmond challenge racial segregation in a movie theatre?

Accepted Answer

New Glasgow

Question 20

Who was the first African Nova Scotian to earn a Dalhousie law degree?

Accepted Answer

James Robinson Johnston

Question 21

Austin Clarke's most famous book was:

Accepted Answer

The Polished Hoe

Question 22

Marie-Joseph Angélique was:

Accepted Answer

An enslaved woman accused of arson in Montreal

Question 23

Who threw the ball for Armbrae's ceremonial African Heritage basketball tip-off?

Accepted Answer

Finley Tolliver

Question 24

Which African Nova Scotian helped found the African United Baptist Association and has a settlement named after him?

Accepted Answer

Richard Preston

Question 25

How long did Africville exist before being demolished in the late 1960s?

Accepted Answer

120 years

Question 26

The Anti-Slavery Society of Canada was formed in:

Accepted Answer

1851

Question 27

The Black soldiers of the No. 2 Construction Battalion were not permitted to fight.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Which Black Canadian activist spent much of his life fighting for social justice for Black and Indigenous people?

Accepted Answer

Rocky Jones

Question 29

How many historic communities did African Nova Scotians settle in?

Accepted Answer

52

Question 30

In 1792, 1200 Black Loyalists left Halifax to go to:

Accepted Answer

Sierra Leone

Question 31

In 1792, the government of Upper Canada accepted the "Petition of Free Negroes" .

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

"Diaspora" means:

Accepted Answer

The spread of people from their original homelands

Question 33

What $1,000,000 project has the acronym BPHC?

Accepted Answer

A Black People's History of Canada

Question 34

What year did the Black Loyalists arrive in Nova Scotia?

Accepted Answer

1783

Question 35

Which Armbrae student's father was the first Black Nova Scotian to play professional baseball in the Major Leagues?

Accepted Answer

Deion Coward

Question 36

Oscar Peterson was a famous African Canadian

Accepted Answer

Piano player

Question 37

Which of the following is true of the anthem "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?

Accepted Answer

It is composed in A flat major., It references blues, jazz, and gospel traditions, It uses word painting, It was sung at Obama's inauguration

Question 38

Nova Scotia was the first province to battle racism when it passed the Racial Discrimination Act of 1944.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

Which Armbrae student's aunt is Mayann Francis, the first Black Lieutenant General of Nova Scotia?

Accepted Answer

Nevaeh O'Connell

Question 40

A Black hockey league existed in the Maritimes twenty years before the NHL was founded.

Accepted Answer

True

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