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WorksheetsBlack History Bowl - Science and Discovery
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What African American astronaut died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster?
a)
Ronald McNair
b)
George E. Carruthers
c)
Percy Julian
d)
Matthew Henson
2.
What African American designed an ultraviolet camera used in Apollo 16?
a)
Ronald McNair
b)
George E. Carruthers
c)
Percy Julian
d)
Matthew Henson
3.
What African American scientist discovered new information on how genes are linked together?
a)
Ronald McNair
b)
George E. Carruthers
c)
Percy Julian
d)
Matthew Henson
4.
What African American explorer is best known as the first co-discoverer of the Geographic North Pole?
a)
Ronald McNair
b)
George E. Carruthers
c)
Percy Julian
d)
Matthew Henson
5.
What African-American invented the three-way traffic light?
a)
Garrett A. Morgan
b)
Percy Julian
c)
Roger McNair
d)
Shawon Dunston
6.
What is the name of the first African American Medical College located in Tennessee?
a)
Rush Medical College
b)
Meharry Medical College
c)
Carle Medical College
d)
Opare-Saforo Medical College
7.
What breakthrough medical procedure was performed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams in the United States?
a)
Cataract Surgery
b)
Thyroid Surgery
c)
Open-heart surgery
d)
Orthopedic Surgery
8.
What African American inventor received his first patent on his invention of the corn seed planter in 1834?
a)
George Washington Carver
b)
Katherine Johnson
c)
Emmett Chappelle
d)
Henry T. Blair
9.
What African American inventor was instrumental in the development of automatic lubricators for machinery?
a)
Elijah McCoy
b)
Roger McNair
c)
Garrett A. Morgan
d)
Matthew Henson
10.
What African American patented a telephone transmitter that was bought by Bell Telephone?
a)
Garrett A. Morgan
b)
Granville T. Woods
c)
Elijah McCoy
d)
Roger McNair
11.
What career did Ronald McNair, Charles Bolden, and Frederick Gregory pursue?
a)
Biologist
b)
Engineer
c)
Astronaut
d)
Teacher
12.
What African American helped to draft the blueprints for the patent for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone?
a)
Roger McNair
b)
Elijah McCoy
c)
Granville T. Woods
d)
Lewis Latimer
13.
Who was the first African American to head the Centers for Disease Control in 1993?
a)
David Satcher
b)
Lewis Latimer
c)
Granville T. Woods
d)
Elijah McCoy
14.
Who became the first African American appointed as U.S. surgeon general?
a)
Joycelyn Elders
b)
Mae Jemison
c)
Madam C. J. Walker
d)
Dr. Spaulding
15.
What African American was called to assist a rescue effort of six workers trapped by a gas explosion using his patented breathing device?
a)
Elijah McCoy
b)
Garrett A. Morgan
c)
Granville T. Woods
d)
David Satcher
16.
What did Madam C. J. Walker invent in 1905 that was sold door-to-door and made her the first African American female billionaire?
a)
Dictionaries
b)
Nail polish
c)
Hair care products
d)
Slime
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