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WorksheetsLittle Know Black History Facts
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Like a good water gun battle? You can thank this NASA engineer for inventing the Super Soaker. (He is also from my hometown of Mobile, Al.)
a)
Lonnie G. Johnson
b)
Otis Boykin
c)
James E. Easton
d)
Michael Jackson
2.
He is responsible for devising the idea behind the single "We Are the World". This single became the fastest selling in history.
a)
Chuck Berry
b)
Michael Jackson
c)
Quincy Jones
d)
Harry Belafonte
3.
Chuck Berry's famous "duck walk" dance orginated when he attempted to hide wrinkles in his rayon suit by shaking them out.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Marvin Gaye left the music industry for 2 years after the death of his friend, Tammi Terrell. During this time, he tried out for the Detroit Lions but didn't make the cut.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Aretha Franklin was the first female artist be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ____.
a)
1992
b)
1985
c)
1987
d)
1990
6.
The first interrational kiss to be see on network television was on an episode of ______ in _____.
a)
Star Trek, 1968
b)
Star Wars, 1974
c)
The Cosby Show, 1993
d)
Bewitched, 1978
7.
_______ invented the pencil sharpener.
a)
John Love
b)
Carter G. Woodson
c)
Fredrick Jones
d)
Dr. Charles Drew
8.
Thomas L. Jennings was the frist African-American to receive a patent. It was for _____.
a)
a cotton spinner
b)
a dry cleaning process
c)
a printing machine
d)
the typewriter
9.
Richard Theodore Greener was the first African-American graduate from _____.
a)
Yale
b)
Harvard
c)
Princeton
d)
Columbia
10.
Jesse Owens was the first person to win four gold medals at one Olympic competition.
a)
True
b)
False
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