MLK CSCC Trivia

Question 1

Who was the first black EGOT winner?

Accepted Answer

Whoopi Goldberg

Question 2

What organization formed on Feb. 12, 1909?

Accepted Answer

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Question 3

The March on Washington began at the _____ and ended at the ______.

Accepted Answer

Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial

Question 4

MLK is famous for advocating nonviolent protest against segregation and racial discrimination.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Let us be...?

Accepted Answer

Dissatisfied

Question 6

The Montgomery buses desegregated in December 1956 after Alabama’s segregation laws were deemed unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Why was Rosa Parks significant to history?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth name?

Accepted Answer

Michael

Question 9

Fill in the missing word where Siri says blank.

Accepted Answer

Love

Question 10

This author of “The Bluest Eye” was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for literature in 1993.

Accepted Answer

Tori Morrison

Question 11

This once enslaved Nigerian man is “the originator of the slave narrative” when he published his autobiography in 1789

Accepted Answer

Equiano

Question 12

You're having fun?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Martin Luther King Jr. won a Noble Prize in 1965.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Which word means: The rights that all people in the U.S have to be treated equally?

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights

Question 15

When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”?

Accepted Answer

Aug. 28, 1963

Question 16

What was George Washington Carver known for?

Accepted Answer

Using his research to help poor farmers in the south., He made important discoveries in agriculture.

Question 17

Who were the Tuskegee airmen?

Accepted Answer

The first African American pilots to serve in the U.S. Air Force.

Question 18

There are around 2,000 streets named after MLK in the US.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

What was Maya Angelou most known for?

Accepted Answer

Her passion for social justice, Her poetry

Question 20

What year did the rights for equality for all change in the United States?

Accepted Answer

1964

Question 21

Ralph Ellison wrote this book about black identity and the theme of invisibility as part of the black experience.

Accepted Answer

The Invisible Man

Question 22

What does the acronym (SNCC) stand for?

Accepted Answer

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Question 23

King spoke under 2,500 times during 1955-1968.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

What famous athlete said "Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee?"

Accepted Answer

Muhammad Ali

Question 25

The precursor to Black History Month (Negro History Week) was started in?

Accepted Answer

1926

Question 26

What woman had a major influence on speechs that Dr. King wrote?

Accepted Answer

Marian Wright Edelman

Question 27

What was MLK Jr. named by Time Magazine?

Accepted Answer

"Man of the Year"

Question 28

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

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 29

What does MLK Stand for?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King

Question 30

Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?

Accepted Answer

Ralph Bunche

Question 31

Who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou

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