Black History Trivia

Who was the first black President of South Africa?

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Desmond Tutu

• Nelson Mandela

• Barack Obama

What was the name of the route used by slaves in the American South to escape to Canada?

• Emancipation Trail

• Underground Railroad

• Slave Path

• Freedom Express

Whose iconic speech included the words ‘I have a dream’?

• Michael Jordan

• Rosa Parks

• Nelson Mandela

• Martin Luther King Jr.

Who assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

• Lee Harvey Oswald

• Charles Julius Guiteau

• James Earl Ray

• John Wilkes Booth

Which black baseball player hit 73 Home Runs, the highest amount in a single season?

• Barry Bonds

• Willie Mays

• Roberto Clemente

• Jackie Robinson

Who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany?

• Jesse Owens

• Jackie Joyner Kersee

• Carl Lewis

• Wilma Rudolph

Who is the first and only African-American female billionaire in the United States?

• Michelle Obama

• Beyonce

• Cardi B

• Oprah Winfrey

Beyoncé rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of what R&B girl-group?

• TLC

• En Vogue

• The Spice Girls

• Destiny's Child

Who was the first black woman on a Canadian bill?

• Rosa Parks

• Viola Desmond

• Harriet Tubman

• Jean Augustine

In 1946, Nova Scotian businesswoman Viola Desmond challenged racial segregation by:

• Drinking from the Whites-only water fountain in New Glasgow

• Refusing to move from the Whites-only counter in a New Glasgow coffee shop

• Refusing to sit at the back of the New Glasgow public bus

• Refusing to leave the Whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow