Black History Month Quiz Bowl

Black History Month Quiz Bowl

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Multiple Choice

In January 2020, this woman became the first African American female vice president in the history of the United States?

• Kamala Harris

• Condoleezza Rice

Multiple Choice

What Black American sparked the “Montgomery Bus Boycott”?

• Coretta Scott King

• Rosa Parks

Multiple Choice

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in what city in 1929?

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Montgomery, Alabama

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Multiple Choice

Inaugurated as the 44th president on January 20, 2009, who became the first African American president of the United States?

• Barack Obama

• Jessie Jackson

Multiple Choice

Who discovered over 300 uses for the peanut?

• George Washington Carver

• Thurgood Marshall

Multiple Choice

In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his most famous speech. What was it called?

• "Letter to Montgomery"

• "I Have a Dream"

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Who was the first black student to attend an all white elementary school in the south?

• Kamala Harris

• Ruby Bridges

Multiple Choice

What did Rosa Parks do to get arrested?

• She refused to give up her seat to a white person.

• She refused to speak with a white police officer.

Multiple Choice

Who was the first African American woman to own a Cable network?

• Oprah Winfrey

• Phylicia Rashad

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Multiple Choice

Who was the first woman of color to go into space on the shuttle Endeavor in 1992?

• Dr. Mae Jemison

• Jeanette Epps

Multiple Choice

What music is regarded by many as a form of street poetry?

• Jazz

• Rap

Multiple Choice

This inventor created the traffic light we use today.

• Garret Morgan

• Lewis Latimer

Dance Party

Let's take a break and dance!

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the singer-dancer who performed the “Moonwalk” in the 1980s?

• James Brown

• Michael Jackson

Multiple Choice

What month is Black History celebrated?

• February

• June

Multiple Choice

This woman is known for being the first African American Disney Princess?

• Snow White

• Princess Tiana

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