Black History Month Trivia

George Washington Carver found 300 uses for which crop?

• 1. Cotton

• 1. Peanuts

• Sweet Potatoes

• 1. Soybeans

Lewis Howard Latimer contributed to the patents of which major invention?

• 1. Lightbulb

• 1. Flush Toilet

• 1. Cell Phone

• Jeggings

We owe refrigeration technology to the inventor

• 1. Benjamin Banneker

• Frederick Douglas

• 1. Thomas L. Jennings

• 1. Frederick M. Jones

George R. Carruthers invented a camera that could be used

• Underwater

• In space

• In a volcano

• For x-rays

Who was the first Black person in space?

• 1. Guion Stewart Bluford Jr.

• 1. Robert H. Lawrence

• 1. Mae Jemison

• 1. Ronald McNair

Shirley Chisolm, the first Black woman elected to congress, represented which city?

• 1. Chicago

• 1. Los Angeles

• 1. New York City

• 1. Minneapolis

Which HBCU did Booker T. Washington help to establish?

• 1. Hampton University

• 1. Morehouse College

• 1. Howard University

• 1. Tuskegee University

Who was the first Black author to win the Pulitzer prize?

• 1. Gwendolyn Brooks

• 1. Ralph Ellison

• 1. Octavia Butler

• 1. Toni Morrison

Which of the following is Maya Angelou's first body of work?

• 1. A Song Flung Up To Heaven

• 1. The Heart Of A Woman

• 1. I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing

• 1. And Still I Rise

Who was the first licensed Black pilot in the world?

• 1. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

• 1. Bessie Coleman

• 1. Eugene Bullard

• Mae Jemison