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WorksheetsBlack History Month Trivia
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 15mins
ARTS: She wrote Dear Martin, the New York Times bestselling novel and the summer reading for all DePaul College Prep 9th graders.
Nic Stone
Angie Thomas
Gloria Naylor
Wynton Marsalis
GEOGRAPHY: What state had the largest population of African-Americans in 2019?
Texas
New York
California
Alabama
BUSINESS & EDUCATION: What is the name of Oprah Winfrey's TV production company?
Harpo Productions
Winfrey Network
Bad Robot Productions
Dimension Productions
SPORTS: This heavyweight champ became the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908. He held onto the belt until 1915. Who was he?
Jack Johnson
Joe Louis
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
BUSINESS AND EDUCATION: In 1865, Fisk University was founded in what city?
Nashville
Atlanta
Athens
Mobile
BUSINESS AND EDUCATION: In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court order school integration?
1955
1965
1975
1945
ENTERTAINMENT: In 1972, Cicely Tyson was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in what film?
Sounder
The Color Purple
Harlem Nights
Lonesome Dove
ENTERTAINMENT: in what 1984 movie did Prince have a starring role?
Purple Rain
The Color Purple
Little Red Corvette
When Doves Cry
HISTORY: As the first and only African American to fly solo around the globe, this person has also created a nonprofit organization, Experience Aviation, which takes students out of classrooms and into a cockpit. Who are they?
Barrington Irving
Tara Roberts
Kyle Abraham
Charles Morton
HISTORY: After Martin Luther King Jr's death, who succeeded him as the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
Ralph Abernathy
Jessie Jackson
Al Sharpton
Deron Jackson
POLITICS AND MILITARY: Who was the first Black American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
Violette Anderson
T.H. Moore
Politics: She was the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first Black major-party presidential candidate survived three assassination attempts during her 1972 campaign.?
Ellen Craft
Carol Mosely Braun
Shirley Chisholm
Cathay Williams
SPORTS: Bill Russell was the first Black American player in what professional sports league?
NBA
NFL
NHL
MLB
SPORTS: Earvin "Magic" Johnson played for what college basketball team?
Michigan State
Duke
North Carolina
Tulane
BLACK CATHOLICS: This black woman is the most decorated American gymnast and comes from a Catholic family.
Simone Biles
Dominique Margaux Dawes
Gabby Douglas
Liz "pommel horse" Galvez
BLACK CATHOLICS: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops estimates that there are how many million black Catholics in the U.S. (number from 2019)
30,000
300,000
3 million
30 million
ARTS: Growing up with a white Jewish mother and an African- American father, who wrote Devil in a Blue Dress, A Red Death, White Butterfly, and Black Betty ?
Walter Mosley
W.E.B. Du Bois
William Alexander Chambers
William Wells Brown
BUSINESS & EDUCATION: He built his fortune running an IT service provider that counts Citi, Verizon, and the federal government as clients. Forbes estimates his personal net worth at 3.7 billion dollars
David Steward
Robert F. Smith
Mike Adenuga
Patrice Motsepe
POLITICS: What university did our current Vice President, Kamala Harris, attend?
Harvard
Oxford
Howard
USC
HISTORY: Benjamin Banneker assisted in the survey of what major US city?
Washington, DC
Chicago, IL
New York, NY
Pittsburg, PA
BLACK CATHOLICS: Appointed by Pope Francis - he is the archbishop of Washington and a Cardinal. Who is he?
Wilton Gregory
Reynold Verret
Shelton J. Fabre
Shannen Dee Williams
POLITICS & MILITARY: What is the title of former President Barack Obama's latest best selling memoir?
A Promised Land
Dreams from my Father
The Audacity of Hope
Of Thee I Sing
POLITICS & MILITARY: Among the first U.S. regiments to arrive in France for World War I, and among the most highly-decorated when it returned.
369th Infantry Harlem Hell Fighters
5th Regiment Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry
30th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment
The second raising of the 11th USC Infantry
SCIENCE & EXPLORATION: Lewis Latimer prepared the drawings for what invention patented by Alexander Graham Bell?
Telephone
Lightbulb
Street lamp
Clock
SPORTS: Who was the first Black American jockey to win the Kentucky Derby?
Oliver Lewis
Issac Burns Murphy
Willie Simms
Jimmy Winkfield
BLACK CHICAGOANS: This famous Chicago mayor grew up grew up in Chicago and has a law degree from the University of Chicago.
Lori Lightfoot
Harold Washington
Marianne Robinson
Ida B. Wells
BLACK CATHOLICS: This black actress who starred in 10 Things I Hate About You and Bring It On was raised Catholic
Gabrielle Union
Kerry Washington
Jennifer Hudson
Queen Latifa
BLACK CATHOLICS: He was the great champion of the faith and Doctor of the Church. He was born in Alexandria about the year 296, of Christian parents. This saint also has a DePaul College Prep student named after him.
ST. ATHANASIUS
ST. PACHOMIUS
ST. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA
ST. THECLA
ARTS: What Harlem theatre is a showcase for Black talent?
The Apollo
Paradise Theater
The Beacon
Vivian Beaumont Theater
SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION: One of NASA's human 'computers,' they performed the complex calculations that enabled humans to successfully achieve space flight. Their story is depicted in the 2016 movie 'Hidden Figures.'
Katherine Johnson
Dr. Mae Jemison
Dr. Shirley Jackson
Dr. Patricia Bath
ARTS: What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black Americans began their careers?
The Cotton Club
Zanies
The Black and White
The Juke Joint
ART: She was known as the "queen of gospel music." Her first recording "Move On Up a Little Higher" sold over a million copies in 1945.
Mahalia Jackson
Marian Anderson
Laura Gossett, Jr.
Loraine Hansberry
BUSINESS & EDUCATION: What is the name of the institute that was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881?
Tuskegee Institute
Moody Bible Institute
Rand Institute
Fish Institute
BUSINESS & EDUCATION: Who was the first black student admitted to the University of Mississippi in 1962?
James Meredith
Josh Brown
John Russwurm
Johnetta Cole
ENTERTAINMENT: What was the name of the first hip-hop group to break into the mainstream American culture in the early 1980s?
Run-DMC
BoysIIMen
Bell Biv Davoe
Bone Thugs and Harmony
ENTERTAINMENT: In 2003 she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Chicago. Who is she?
Queen Latifa
Phylicia Rashad
Natalie King Cole
Mary J. Blige
ENTERTAINMENT: James Todd Smith is the given name of what rapper / actor?
ICE-T
LL Cool J
Lou Rawls
Luther Vandross
HISTORY: What was the first state to abolish slavery?
Vermont
Massachusetts
Missouri
New York
HISTORY: The Black Panther party was founded in what California city?
Oakland
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
POLITICS & MILITARY: Who formed the all black Ethiopian regiment in 1775 during the Revolutionary War?
Lord Dunmore
Lord Jordan
Lord Delany
Lord Cromwell
POLITICS & MILITARY: In what year did Annie E. Graham become the first African-American woman to join the Marine Corps?
1949
1959
1969
1979
Who developed a drug used to treat glaucoma and arthritis?
Dr. Percy Julian
Dr. Samuel Koontz
Dr. Roland Scott
Dr. William Hinton
SCIENCE & EXPLORATION: Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trapper and trader, was the first black explorer in N. America. In 1772 he established a trading post and founded what city?
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
Columbus
SPORTS: For what team did Jackie Robinson play in 1947?
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Boston Braves
BLACK CATHOLICS: Which man was the first black American saint?
St. Martin de Porres
St. Josephine Bakhita
St. Antonio Vieira
St. Peter Claver
TECHNOLOGY: This computer scientist assisted with the 1995 creation of Shockwave, essential technology that led to the development of web animation. (So we have them to thank for GIFs).
Lisa Gelobter
Bryant Gumbel
Sylvia Robinson
Christina M. Jenkins
