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Worksheets2016 Browning Black History Bowl, Round 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How long did America practice slavery?
a)
about 250 years
b)
about 25 years
c)
about 2500 years
2.
In what year were slaves set free by law?
a)
1834
b)
1812
c)
1865
3.
Who was the first African American to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
a)
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
b)
Dr. Ralph Bunche
c)
Rev. Dr. Ralph David Abernathy
4.
Who was Mary McCleod Bethune?
a)
Advisor to four presidents
b)
division administrator of National Youth Administration
c)
all of these
d)
none of these
5.
Inventor Henry Blair obtained patents in the 1800s for:
a)
the corn planter
b)
the cotton planter
c)
neither
d)
both
6.
General Colin Powell became the first black to serve in what top U.S. government position?
a)
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
b)
U.S. President
c)
Secretary of Defense
7.
Who is the black main character in a play by William Shakespeare?
a)
Romeo
b)
Othello
c)
Macbeth
8.
Serena and Venus Williams are stars in what professional sport?
a)
basketball
b)
tennis
c)
soccer
d)
volleyball
9.
When Alex Haley wrote his bestselling book Roots, he was writing about:
a)
a black family who raised most of their food in the garden
b)
his family's roots back in Africa
c)
troubles he had because of his love of money, the so-called "root of all evil"
10.
Malcolm X, who founded the Organization for Afro-American Unity in 1963, was a leading spokesman for:
a)
black rights
b)
black service
c)
black pride
11.
In 1963, Sidney Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Actor. What is the name of the movie for which he received it?
a)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
b)
Lilies of the Field
c)
A Patch of Blue
12.
He was a legendary black man who was so strong that he could outwork a steam drill. He died with a hammer in his hand. His name was:
a)
John Henry
b)
Casey Jones
c)
Stevie Wonder
13.
In 1960, this NBA Rookie of the Year became the leading scorer for that year and for the next six years. His name is:
a)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
b)
Oscar Robertson
c)
Wilt Chamberlain
14.
Benjamin Banneker was an inventor, astronomer, mathematician, and gazetteer. He served on the commission that laid out the plans for what city?
a)
New York City
b)
Washington, D.C.
c)
Atlanta, GA
15.
Approximately how many blacks served in the Union Army during the Civil War?
a)
8,000
b)
18,000
c)
180,000
16.
Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to:
a)
public office
b)
the House of Representatives
c)
the U.S. Senate
17.
George Washington Carver was a botanist, chemurgist, inventor and educator. He revolutionized the Southern economy with his extensive experiments in:
a)
a) soil building and plant diseases
b)
b) farm automation
c)
c) crop rotation
d)
d) both a and c
18.
Major U.S. city of which Tom Bradley became the elected mayor in 1973:
a)
Atlanta
b)
Los Angeles
c)
Boston
19.
Painter Aaron Douglas became known as:
a)
The Black Artist
b)
the father of black American art
c)
neither
20.
Noted poet and first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize:
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Paul Laurence Dunbar
c)
Gwendolyn Brooks
21.
The bestselling, award-winning book, The Color Purple was also a hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg. The author is:
a)
Alice Walker
b)
Steven Spielberg
c)
Richard Wright
22.
This lady served as an Underground Railroad conductor and a spy for the Union Army in the Civil War
a)
Phillis Wheatley
b)
Shirley Chisholm
c)
Harriet Tubman
23.
Black entrepreneur who started his own cookie company
a)
Wally Amos
b)
Amos Fortune
c)
Cooky Crumbles
24.
From 1973 through 1976, this internationally famous singer won 3 out 4 Grammy Awards for Best Male Pop Vocalist:
a)
Lionel Ritchie
b)
Stevie Wonder
c)
Michael Jackson
25.
In 1775, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, British commander Major John Pitcairn was shot and killed by:
a)
Nat Turner
b)
Wilson C. Riles
c)
Peter Salem
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