Judd Elementary Black History Quiz Bowl

Question 1

I was the first African American president of the United States. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 2

I was the first African American child to desegregate an all white school.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

I was a composer,pianist, and orchestra leader who captured the African American experience through jazz music.Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Duke Ellington

Question 4

I was the first African American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 5

Born into slavery, I was an abolitionist and helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 6

Rosa Parks was the first black woman to refuse giving up her seat to a white man.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Rosa Parks is primarily known for...

Accepted Answer

refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man

Question 8

People who worked to end slavery were called...

Accepted Answer

abolitionists

Question 9

BONUS: Matthew Alexander Henson was the first African American man to reach the ________.

Accepted Answer

North Pole

Question 10

Born into slavery, I rose to become a leading African American intellectual and founded Tuskegee Institute. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 11

Black History month is celebrated in which month?

Accepted Answer

February

Question 12

I was the first African American woman to be admitted into NASA's training program. I am _______________.

Accepted Answer

Mae Jemison

Question 13

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an African American...

Accepted Answer

civil rights activist

Question 14

BONUS: I was an African American Muslim minister & human rights activist.I preached to stop oppression. I am Malcolm __.

Accepted Answer

X

Question 15

"Never be limited by other people&#x27;s limited imaginations" is a quote by...

Accepted Answer

Mae C. Jemison

Question 16

Daniel Hale Williams opened the first black integrated hospital. He performed the world&#x27;s first successful ____ surgery!

Accepted Answer

open heart

Question 17

I was the first African American female firefighter in the U.S. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Molly Williams

Question 18

Black History should only be celebrated in February.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Frederick Douglass was the first African American to be nominated for Vice President of the United States.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

I was the first licensed African American pilot in the world who refused to take NO for an answer. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Bessie Coleman

Question 21

I was the first African American player in major league baseball. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 22

George Washington Carver found more than 300 uses for what plant?

Accepted Answer

peanuts

Question 23

Henry "Box" Brown escaped slavery and mailed himself to freedom in a wooden crate.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

I was the first black woman to go to court and recover my son from slavery. Who am I?

Accepted Answer

Sojourner Truth

Question 25

I was an African American poet who wrote "I, Too, Sing America

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 26

The Underground Railroad was a...

Accepted Answer

secret route of safe houses enslaved people used to travel north to freedom

Judd Elementary Black History Quiz Bowl

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