Week Three - Black History Month Trivia

Which abolitionist gave the famous speech titled, "Ain't I a Woman"?

• Harriet Tubman

• Lucretia Mott

• Mary Prince

• Sojourner Truth

Later overturned by Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, what U.S. Supreme Court decision popularized the phrase "separate but equal"?

• Loving v. Virginia

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Bailey v. Patterson

Which actress portrayed famous NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson in the film Hidden Figures?

• Donna Biscoe

• Octavia Spencer

• Taraji P. Henson

• Janelle Monae

Legendary baseball pitcher Leroy Robert Paige was more popularly known by what nickname?

• Chipper

• Smoky

• The Say Hey Kid

• Satchel

Finish the following Frederick Douglass quote: "If there is no struggle, there is no_________."

• Justice

• Progress

• Victory

• Pain

What city was home to "Black Wall Street"?

• Phoenix

• Tulsa

• Charleston

• New York

Chadwick Boseman, well known for playing the role of the Black Panther, also portrayed singer James Brown in a movie titled what?

• Living in America

• I Feel Good

• Georgia on my Mind

• Get on Up

Who was the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America?

• Tyra Banks

• Lena Horne

• Vanessa Williams

• Angela Bassett

What is the nickname for Henrietta Lacks' cells which were taken by doctors without her consent in 1951 and have contributed to many medical breakthroughs since?

• Lacks Tissue

• Eternity Cells

• Donor X Cells

• HeLa Cells

In addition to being the first Black female national security advisor, Condoleezza Rice was also the first Black woman appointed to what governmental role?

• Secretary of the Treasury

• Secretary of Defense

• Press Secretary

• Secretary of State