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Black History Month Trivia

Authored by SUZANNE JONESBROOKS

Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

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Black History Month Trivia
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

We know Barack Obama was the first African American President. What number President was he?

44

34

13

48

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who recorded the song “I’m Black and I’m Proud”?

Jamie Foxx
Stevie Wonder
James Brown
Alicia Keys

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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I was born in 1958 in Gary, Indiana.  I became a pop singer.  My album Thriller (1982) sold over 30 million copies.  I earned the nickname "King of Pop".

Frederick Douglass
Michael Jackson
Booker T. Washington
Michael Jordan

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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I was the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.  For my protection, I had to be escorted by U.S. Marshals to and from William Frantz Elementary School that first day.

Marcus Garvey
Jessie Owens
Langston Hughes
Ruby Bridges

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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I was the first African American allowed to play major league baseball.  I played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for 10 years.

Harriet Tubman
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
Jackie Robinson

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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I won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.  This made Hitler mad because he assumed the Germans were superior.

Marcus Garvey
Ruby Bridges
Langston Hughes
Jessie Owens

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans.  Some of these products included adhesives, dyes, and rubber substitute.

George Washington Carver
Thurgood Marshall
Sarah E. Goode
Sojourner Truth

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