Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Black History Quiz 🙏🏽

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many years did Nelson Mandela spend in prison?

a)

15

b)

21

c)

27

d)

30

2.

What year did Britain first pass an act officially outlawing the institution of slavery, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa and Canada?

a)

1869

b)

1833

c)

1826

d)

1845

3.

In 2008, the US elected its first black president, Barack Obama. Who did he run against?

a)

Joe Biden

b)

Hillary Clinton

c)

John McCain

d)

Donald Trumo

4.

When did British taxpayers stop paying off Government debt incurred in order to compensate British slave owners because of the abolition of slavery?

a)

2011

b)

2007

c)

2015

d)

2029

5.

Who said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”?

a)

Malcom X

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Martin Luther King

6.

Who was the first black football player to captain England?

a)

Marcus Rashford

b)

Paul Ince

c)

Ashley Cole

d)

Sol Campbell

7.

What year was Naomi Campbell first on the magazine cover of French Vogue?

a)

2006

b)

1999

c)

1988

d)

2002

8.

Who became famous for refusing to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

a)

Viola Davis

b)

Oprah Winfrey

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Rosa Parks

9.

In response to the acquittal of who’s murderer was Black Lives Matter founded in 2013?

a)

Breonna Taylor

b)

Trayvon Martin

c)

George Floyd

d)

Fredrick Wilson

10.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. Who did this quote belong to?

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Denzel Washington

d)

Kanye West

11.

How many official languages are there in South Africa?

a)

11

b)

3

c)

7

d)

15

12.

How many black actors have won an academy award? (Oscar)

a)

22

b)

7

c)

5

d)

14

13.

Who played Nelson Mandela in the movie Long Walk to Freedom (based on his life)

a)

Denzel Washington

b)

Idris Alba

c)

Jamie Foxx

d)

John Kani

14.

What year did the Civil Rights Movement begin?

a)

1973

b)

1989

c)

1955

d)

1903

15.

Who was the first black woman elected to parliament in England?

a)

Mary Creagh

b)

Kate Osamor

c)

Anne Milton

d)

Dianne Abbot

16.

If you speak Yoruba which African country are you from?

a)

Kenya

b)

Swaziland

c)

Nigeria

d)

Zimbabwe

17.

Which is the oldest tribe in Africa?

a)

San

b)

Maasai

c)

Yoruba

d)

Zulu

18.

Which 2 African languages does Bandile speak?

a)

Shangan and Ndebele

b)

Zulu and Xhosa

c)

Tswana and Phedi

d)

Venda and Yoruba

19.

If I said Sawubona unjani? What would I be saying?

a)

Hello how are you?

b)

What is your name?

c)

How old are you?

d)

Bitch get out my face!

20.

What year did South Africa name its first black rugby captain?

a)

2001

b)

2018

c)

2007

d)

2010

21.

If you were flying into OR Thambo International which city would you be going to?

a)

Durban

b)

Johannesburg

c)

Capetown

d)

Port Elizabeth

22.

What is the name of the prison where Nelson Mandela was prisoner?

a)

Penguin Island

b)

Robben Island

c)

Rykers Island

d)

Alcatraz

23.

Which famous African American boxer said. "I'm so mean I make medicine sick."

a)

Mike Tyson

b)

Muhammed Ali

c)

Lennox Lewis

d)

Deontay Wilder

24.

“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Who said this?

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Malcom X

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

Desmond Tutu

25.

Although South Africa became a Union with its own white people government in 1910, the country was still regarded as a Colony of Britain till which year?

a)

1945

b)

1961

c)

1955

d)

1933

26.

Una Marson was the first Black female............ at the BBC from 1939 to 1946.

a)

Broadcaster

b)

Producer

c)

Editor

d)

CEO

27.

In 1913 John Richard Archer became the first Black Mayor of which British City?

a)

Southampton

b)

London

c)

Liverpool

d)

Bristol

28.

Elisabeth Welch was one of the first Black people to have her own BBC radio series in 1935 called Soft Lights and Sweet ...........?

a)

Music

b)

Chocolate

c)

People