Final Trivia Day

Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?

• traffic light and cars

• gas mask and stop sign

• traffic light and gas mask

This is the birthplace of the first African American woman to be admitted into the astronaut training program. In 1987 she was one of 15 people (out of 2000 that applied) to be part of the NASA training program. In 1992, she flew into space on the space shuttle Endeavor. Who is she?

• Guion Bluford

• Joan Higginbotham

• Mae C. Jemison

• Katherine Johnson

I am Jamaican - American. I was born in Jamaica in 1889 and came to America in 1912. I am an influential figure of the Harlem Renaissance and most known for my writings. Who am I?

• Claude McKay

• Countee Cullen

• Langston Hughes

• Zora Neale Hurston

Who was the first African American male to win an Oscar for best actor for his role in Lilies of the Field in 1963?

• Denzel Washington

• Danny Glover

• Morgan Freeman

• Sidney Poitier

This singer was born in 1917 in Virginia. She was often referred to as "The First Lady of Song" and "The Queen of Jazz". She was known for collaborating with Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong!

• Billie Holliday

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Tina Turner

• Effie White

Charles Drew is responsible for which of the following?

• Blood Banks

• Plastic Surgery

• Refrigerators

• Polio Vaccine

I used funds I earned during a speaking tour in Britain and Ireland to publish the Newspaper, The North Star. Who am I?

• George Foreman

• William Wells Brown

• David Walker

• Frederick Douglass

I was the first African American Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. I was appointed in 1967 by former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Who am I?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Kentaji Brown

• Clarence Thomas

• Ruth Ginsberg

We were a group of African-American fighter pilots and bomber pilots during World War II, the first group of African-Americans fighter pilots in a war. Who are we?

• 92nd Bomber Squadron

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Blue Angels

• Blue Aces

How many trips did Harriet Tubman make into the South to lead slaves to freedom?

• 13

• 14

• 15

• 16