Black History Month Quiz

George Carver devised over 100 products such as dyes, plastics, and gasoline using which major crop?

• coconut

• peanut

• wheat

• corn

What was Gladys West contribution to the world?

• An

  accurate model of the Earth which used as

  the foundation for the creation of the

  Global Positioning System (GPS)

• She

  manufactured beauty product for other

  African-American women

• computers

• soap

In what movie Mae Jemison appeared?

• Star Trek Beyond

• Star Trek: The Next Generation

• Star Trek Into Darkness

• Star Trek VI: The undiscovered Country

Who is the scientist who studied the relationship between cholesterol and heart health?

• Marie Daly

• Mark Dean

• Mae Jemison

• Katherine Johnson

Which scientist became the first African American woman to receive a doctorate in chemistry in the United States?

• Gladys West

• Katherine Johnson

• Marie Maynard Daly

• Sarah Breedlove Walker

What is the occupation of Dorothy Johnson Vaughan?

• Engineer, Physician and

  NASA astronaut

• Mathematician

• Chemist, Researcher and

  Activist

• Mathematician and

  Computer programmer

Which of the following scientists is not a mathematician?

• Mae Carol Jemison

• Katherine Johnson

• Gladys West

• Dorothy Johnson Vaughan

Which of the following scientist was born on September 20, 1910?

• Sarah Walker

• Mark Dean

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Marie Daly

She is NASA's first African-American manager.

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Mae Carol Jemison

• Katherine Johnson

• Gladys West

She is the first female self-made millionaire in America by developing and marketing a line of cosmetics and hair care products for black women.

• Marie M.Daly

• Dorothy Johnson Vaughan

• Sarah Breedlove Walker

• Gladys West