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WorksheetsBlack History Month Trivia
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where was Barack Obama born?
a)
Atlanta, Georgia
b)
Honolulu, Hawaii
c)
Knoxville, TN
d)
San Diego, California
2.
Who was the first African-American woman to run for the presidential nomination?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Ida Tarbell
c)
Shirley Chisholm
3.
Inventor Henry Blair obtained patents in the 1800s for:
a)
the corn planter
b)
the cotton planter
c)
neither
d)
both
4.
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
d)
The Heat of the Night
5.
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
d)
Terry McMillian
6.
When the 15th Amendment passed in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?
a)
Voting Rights
b)
Citizenship
c)
Equal Protection Under the Law
d)
Freedom to partake in any activity that whites could
7.
What university did First Lady Michelle Obama graduate from?
a)
Harvard
b)
Princeton
c)
Yale
d)
Spelman
8.
Who was Hattie McDaniel and what prestigious award did she win?
a)
Scientist who won a Nobel Prize in Physics
b)
Singer who won a Grammy for Best Song
c)
Athlete who won an Olympic Gold Medal
d)
Actress who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress
9.
When and where was President Obama born?
a)
Aug. 4, 1961 in Honolulu, HI
b)
Aug. 5, 1961in Honolulu, HI
c)
Aug. 6, 1961in Honolulu, HI
d)
Aug. 7, 1961in Honolulu, HI
10.
Who created “Negro History Week” and when did it become “Black History Month”?
a)
Charles G. Woodson, 1926
b)
Woody Charles, 1936
11.
Who was the first African- American on a United States postage stamp?
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Barak Obama
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Booker T. Washington
12.
What HBCU did Jesse Jackson graduate from?
a)
Tuskegee
b)
North Carolina A&T
c)
Morehouse
d)
Howard
13.
Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?
a)
Traffic light, gas mask
b)
Traffic light, cars
c)
Gas mask, stop sign
14.
She was the first African American women to flight planes.
a)
Bessie Coleman
b)
Ida Wells
c)
Marion Shea
15.
Who is the author who wrote" I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
a)
Alice Walker
b)
Maya Angelou
c)
June Jordan
16.
What service did the first African American female millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker, provide?
a)
Food distribution
b)
Investment advice
c)
Beauty products
17.
Who was the first African American to break the barrier and play professional baseball?
a)
Larry Doby
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Albert Belle
d)
Manny Ramirez
18.
What is the name of first African American Chief Justice on the Supreme Court?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Joe Marshall
c)
Bryan Cranston
d)
Howard Cosell
19.
The US 10th Cavalry Regiment was formed in September 1866. Comprising African Americans they were called _______________ by the Comanche
a)
DOG
b)
Buffalo
c)
Eagle
d)
Bear
20.
In 1964 who was sent to Robben Island Prison as punishment for crimes against the South African State?
a)
Nelson Mandela
b)
Colin Powell
c)
Frederick Douglas
21.
Who was the first African American actor to receive an Oscar for Best Actor
a)
Viola Davis
b)
Densel Washington
c)
Ice Cube
d)
Halle Berry
22.
What was the name of the first black professional basketball team
a)
The Heat
b)
THE MONARCHS
c)
The Renaissance
d)
The Bulls
23.
In 1938, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt challenged the segregation rules at the Southern Conference on Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama. Who was the African American educator and activist she sat next to?
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
Mary Mcleod Bethune
c)
WEB Dubois
d)
Harry Belafonte
24.
Name the the senator, who was elected in November 2016, to serve as the nation’s first Indian senator and California’s first Black U.S. Senator
a)
Kamala Harris
b)
COREY BOOKER
c)
BARRACK OBAMA
d)
BETSY DEVOS
25.
Who is best known for her extemporaneous speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?" delivered at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in 1851.
a)
Susan Mckinney Steward
b)
Ruth Taylor
c)
Susie Taylor
d)
Sojourner Truth
26.
Who was the Heavywieght Boxing Champion who refused to be drafted to Vietnam. He was then stripped of his title
a)
Joe Frazier
b)
Buster Douglas
c)
Muhammad Ali
d)
George Foreman
27.
Who was the first person to set up a blood bank?
a)
Harold Ellis
b)
Leonidas Berry
c)
Charles Drew
d)
Harold Ellis
28.
Who was the first African American to win a Grammy?
a)
Ella Fitzgerald
b)
Billie Holiday
c)
Etta James
d)
Aretha Franklin
29.
Did the world's first successful heart operation; opened hospital in Chicago; trained medical training for black doctors and nurses; opened over 40 hospitals.
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Daniel Hale Williams
c)
Scott Joplin
d)
Henry Dodge
30.
Legislation in the U.S. Constitution that guaranteed Blacks equal protection under the law.
a)
1st Amendment
b)
6th Amendment
c)
14th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
31.
Developed over 300 products from peanuts; taught at Tuskegee University in Alabama.
a)
Daniel Hale Williams
b)
Langston Hughes
c)
Madame CJ Walker
d)
George Washington Carver
32.
Gifted scholar, writer, and advocate of human rights; one of the founders of the NAACP.
a)
Daniel Hale Williams
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Granville Woods
33.
When was Central State University founded?
a)
1917
b)
1887
c)
1897
d)
1907
34.
Who was the first black person to attended an all white school?
a)
Ruby Bridges
b)
Mary McLoud Bethune
c)
Linda Brown
d)
Sheyann Webb
35.
In what year was slavery abolished in the United States?
a)
1965
b)
1895
c)
1865
36.
When and where was the first Jim Crow law passed?
a)
Georgia, 1882
b)
Florida, 1882
c)
Tennessee, 1882
37.
Which of these honors was Martin Luther King Jr. "not" awarded
a)
Nobel Peace Prize
b)
Congressional Gold Medal
c)
Presidential Medal of Freedom
d)
Freedom Award
38.
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
a)
ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union
b)
SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference
c)
CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
d)
SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
39.
In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.
a)
Woolworth's
b)
W.T. Grant
c)
G.C. Murphy
d)
S.S. Kresge
40.
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
a)
ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union
b)
SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference
c)
CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
d)
SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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