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MsM_Black History Month Trivia

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This singer's album won a Grammy for one of the best greatest hip hop album of all times,

a)

Missy Elliott

b)

Foxy Brown

c)

Da Brat

d)

Lauryn Hill

2.

He was also a Republican senator from Mississippi who later became president of Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College, which is now Alcorn State University.

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Colin Powell

c)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

d)

Blanche Bruce

3.

What is James St. Patrick's nickname on Power?

a)

Ghost

b)

Nino

c)

Blue

d)

Spirit

4.

Tupac Shakur also attended school with Jada Pinkett Smith while he enrolled in this program.

a)

Theatre and modern dance

b)

Ballet and poetry

c)

Music appreciation and film

d)

Hip hop and poetry

5.

Who invented the three-position stop signal in 1923. He invented the stoplight after seeing cars, buggies and people collide at intersections. He was also the inventor of the gas mask.

a)

Morgan Freeman

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

J.P. Knight

d)

Garett Morgan

6.

Taraji P. Henson played Katherine G. Johnson in the movie Hidden Figures. What was Johnson known for?

a)

First Black Astronaut

b)

Her calculations helped NASA's space program

c)

Invented America's first clock

d)

Secretary for the Department of Defense

7.

What player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned Major League Baseball's Silver Slugger Award 12 times?

a)

Willie Mays

b)

Hank Aaron

c)

Barry Bonds

d)

Jackie Robinson

8.

What was the first historically black college in America and was founded in February in 1837?

a)

Wiley College

b)

Cheyney University

c)

Howard University

d)

Lincoln University

9.

Which of the following songs is NOT a song by TLC?

a)

No Scrubs

b)

Say My Name

c)

Waterfalls

d)

Creep

10.

She was also a civil rights pioneer in her own right because she was the first African-American to perform at the White House, Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera.

a)

Della Reese

b)

Marian Anderson

c)

Ella Fitzgerald

d)

Aretha Franklin

11.

Which popular rap artist's real name is Nayvadius Wilburn and is a Grammy Award winning rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer?

a)

Young Thug

b)

Future

c)

6lack

d)

Birdman

12.

These two historically black colleges (HBCU) played in the first college football game against one another in 1892. This university is now called Johnson C. Smith University.

a)

Fisk University vs Tennessee State University

b)

Biddle University vs Livingstone College

c)

Howard University vs Hampton Institute

d)

Morehouse College vs Clark College