UK Black History Month Quiz

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

• Red Cross

• United Nations

• World Health Organization

• International Monetary Fund

What year did Britain first pass an act officially outlawing the institution of slavery, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa and Canada?

• 1905

• 1877

• 1777

• 1833

When did British taxpayers stop paying off Government debt incurred in order to compensate British slave owners because of the abolition of slavery?

• 2015

• 1970

• 1900

• 1895

•On August 24, 1981, Charles Chapman became the first black swimmer to swim across what geographical water region?

(a)  

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

• Clara Barton

• Florence Nightengale

• Mary Seacole

• Mary Breckinridge

Who was the first black football player to captain England?

(a)  

Who was the first black officer to command white troops in the British Army and one of English football's first black players?

(a)  

How far back is the dating of the Ivory Bangle Lady, the name given to remains discovered in York in 1901 which are now on display in the York Museum.

• 4th century

• 7th century

• 3rd century

• 10th century

Who is John Blanke?

• a famous Black British artist

• the first Black British barrister

• a Black trumpeter in the court of Henry the VIII

• the first Black British newspaper editor

Queen Charlotte was a princess from Germany who became a British Queen after marrying King George III - and many historians believe Queen Charlotte had African ancestry.

• True

• False