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Black History Month Trivia!
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1
What is the theme for Black History Month 2021?
African Americans in Times of War
African Americans and the Vote
The Black Family: Representation, Identity and Diversity
The Crisis in Black Education
2
Which of these was NOT invented by an African American?
Gas Mask
Elevator
Pacemaker
3-D Graphics Technology
3
Nelson Mandela became President of what country?
Nigeria
Kenya
Ghana
South Africa
4
Who holds the Guinness World Record (For women) for the most Grammy Awards won in a year?
Whitney Houston
Jennifer Hudson
Aretha Franklin
Beyoncé
5
Garrett Morgan is famous for inventing the...
Traffic light
Electric car
Convection oven
Solar panels
6
What was the first historically Black college in America?
Wiley College
Cheyney University
Lincoln University
Howard University
7
What name was given to the escape system led by Harriet Tubman that slaves used in the 1800s?
The Righteous Road
The Pony Express
The Underground Railroad
The Fleet to Freedom
8
Who said this famous quote?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jackie Robinson
Frederick Douglass
Coretta Scott King
9
Fannie Lou Hamer is responsible for which of these famous quotes?
"We will bring civil rights to all of us"
"I want some civil rights"
"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired"
"I hate being pushed around all of the time"
10
Who was a largely self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs and writer?
Mae C. Jemison
Ruby Bridges
Benjamin Banneker
Louis Armstrong
11
All of these Black icons have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, EXCEPT:
Oprah Winfrey
Sidney Poitier
Maya Angelou
Muhammad Ali
12
What was Martin Luther King, Sr.’s name at birth?
Martin Luther King
Jackie Robinson
Michael King
Luther Michael King
13
When was black history week first celebrated?
1976
1926
1963
1909
14
Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?
Lip Stick
The "Selfie Stick"
Hair Straightening System
Folding Bed
15
As a student at the Baltimore School of Performing Arts, Rapper Tupac Shakur took these classes...
Music Appreciation & Film
Hip-Hop & Poetry
Theatre & Modern Dance
Ballet & Poetry
16
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. give his "I have a Dream" Speech?
Tuskegee University, Alabama
Washington, D.C.
Montgomery, Alabama
Atlanta, Georgia
17
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ralph Bunche
Albert John Lutul
18
What was Jackie Robinson's baseball number?
42
30
57
12
19
What song did Louis Armstrong write?
Baby It’s Cold Outside
All of these
Ode To A Mule
Mr. Sandman
20
Which one of these actions did Barack Obama
NOT
do?
Win a Grammy
Play on the basketball Team at Harvard
Be Nominated for a Kid's Choice Award
Be the First African American President
21
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
High school cafeteria worker
Drugstore clerk
Department store seamstress
Hospital orderly
22
Dr. Dre is an African-American music artist who has an electronics brand called?
Beets
Dre's
Boots
Beats
23
Who was the first African American to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Clarence Thomas
Charles Houston
Thurgood Marshall
John Roberts
24
How long did Matthew A. Henson explore the Arctic?
4 days
12 hours
2 decades
3 years
25
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
MADD
NAACP
YMCA
LFCC
26
How tall was Kareem Abdul Jabbar?
6' 9"
6' 13"
6' 14"
7' 2"
27
What was the first African American owned and operated newspaper?
The Civil Journal
Freedom's Journal
The Emancipation Times
The Baltimore Post
28
What year was it when Mae C. Jemison became the first African American woman in space?
1998
1898
1992
2001
29
What is Michael Jackson's song about equality called?
Equality Means Everything
We Can Do This Together
Black or White
You And Me
30
What year was the Thirteenth Admendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
1872
1862
1865
1867
31
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Gave everybody voting rights
Ended segregation
Integrated schools
Freed slaves
32
What is James St. Patrick's nickname on the show Power?
Spirit
Blue
Ghost
Nino
33
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union
SNCC - Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeCHECK ANSWER
SCLC - Southern Christian Leadership Conference
CORE - Congress of Racial Equality
34
What award did Septima Poinsette Clark win?
an Oscar
Living Legacy
She didn’t win an award
Nobel Peace Prize
35
This term means "refusing to by a good or use a service as a punishment or form of protest"
Sit-In
Boycott
March
Smuggle
36
Who was the first African American female fashion model?
Helen Williams
Tyra Banks
Beverly Johnson
Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid
37
What was Maya Angelou famous for?
Singing
Dancing
Acting
Poetry
38
When was Black History Month celebrated for the first time?
1976
1926
1960
1909
39
Which one of these famous soldiers was actually a woman?
Crispus Attucks
Lemuel Haynes
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
William Cathay
40
Madam CJ Walker, was the first woman self-made millionaire. What did she sell to do this?
Shoes for women
Clothing for women
Hair care products
Make-up products
