Black Canadian Excellence!

Question 1

Lincoln Alexander was the first Black Canadian politician to become a member of parliament in 1968.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

When was slavery abolished in the British empire? (Canada)

Accepted Answer

1834

Question 3

What bill features Viola Desmond?

Accepted Answer

$10

Question 4

Which of these Black athletes are Canadian?

Accepted Answer

Donavan Bailey, Andre de Grasse

Question 5

Who was the first recorded black person to arrive in Canada?

Accepted Answer

Mathieu de Coste

Question 6

"The Voice Of The Fugitive" was the first Black Canadian newspaper.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Who was the first Black Canadian Doctor?

Accepted Answer

Anderson Abbott

Question 8

51.5% of Toronto's population is composed of visible minorities!

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Which one of these artists is Canadian?

Accepted Answer

The Weekend, Drake, Tory Lanez, Daniel Caeser

Question 10

When is Black History Month in Canada?

Accepted Answer

Feburary

Question 11

Canada has had a Black Prime Minister

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Portia White was a famous Black Canadian...

Accepted Answer

Singer

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Sitting at a "whites-only" section of a movie theater.

Question 14

The name of Canada's the first all-Black battalion was known as "No.2 Construction Battalion"

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Was the first Black player in the NHL

Accepted Answer

Willie O'Ree

Question 16

Canadian Black Loyalists built shelters called _________ .

Accepted Answer

Pit Houses

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