Black History Month Quiz

Question 1

When did taxpayers cleared the debt incurred to compensate British slave owners because of the abolition of slavery?

Accepted Answer

2015

Question 2

What famous baseball player said, "Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure.”

Accepted Answer

Ernie Banks

Question 3

What is the name of the man whose statue was toppled by Black Lives Matter protestors in Bristol, UK on June 7, 2020?

Accepted Answer

statue of Edward Colston

Question 4

A Kiss From A Rose earned Seal three Grammy Awards. Which film soundtrack was it on?

Accepted Answer

Batman Forever

Question 5

To which organisation was Kofi Annan appointed Secretary General in 1996?

Accepted Answer

United Nations

Question 6

The Notting Hill Carnival held its first event in

Accepted Answer

1966

Question 7

What was Muhammad Ali's original name?

Accepted Answer

Cassius Clay

Question 8

Which historical black nurse died in London in 1881 after saving many British soldiers during the Crimean War of 1855?

Accepted Answer

Mary Jane Seacole

Question 9

Which black female performer recorded three James Bond theme songs?

Accepted Answer

Shirley Bassey

Question 10

When did Britain first pass an act officially outlawing enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa and Canada?

Accepted Answer

1833

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