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Black History Month Trivia Game #1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was first African American woman to win 5 Grammy Awards in one year?

a)

Lauryn Hill

b)

Foxy Brown

c)

Da Brat

d)

Missy Elliott

2.

Which distinguished gospel singer performed at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961?

a)

Thomas Dorsey

b)

Mahalia Jackson

c)

James Cleveland

d)

Bessie Griffin

3.

George Crum created the potato chip during the summer of which year?

a)

1923

b)

1893

c)

1873

d)

1853

4.

Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?

a)

Ralph Bunche

b)

Nelson Mandela

c)

Desmond Tutu

d)

Wangari Maathai

5.

After having been a long standing lawyer for civil rights, he served 24 years as the the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Clarence Thomas

b)

Wade McCree

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Damon Keith

6.

This holiday marks the celebration of full emancipation for slaves in the nation

a)

Juneteenth

b)

Kwanzaa

c)

Independence Day

d)

National Freedom Day

7.

What year was Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to surrender her seat on the bus?

a)

1950

b)

1955

c)

1951

d)

1954

8.

What famous baseball player said, Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure?

a)

Hank Aaron

b)

Bob Gibson

c)

Lou Whittaker

d)

Ernie Banks

9.

What was Muhammad Ali's Original Name

a)

Cassius Clay

b)

Leviticus Lewis

c)

Marcellus Moore

d)

Aaron Brown

10.

With its uniques sounds, this music label was birthed in Detroit by Barry Gordy and delivered chart-topping groups like The Temptations, The Supremes

a)

RCA

b)

Elektra

c)

Motown

d)

EMI

11.

Who was the first African American student admitted to the University of Michigan in 1853?

a)

Samuel Washington

b)

Samuel Lansbury

c)

Samuel Codes Watson

d)

Samuel Cook

12.

What was the name of the historic business and entertainment district that contained 350 African American owned businesses between 1925-1960?

a)

Corktown

b)

Paradise Valley

c)

Conant Gardens

d)

North Ends

13.

George Washington Carver revolutionized and developed improvements, or invented over 300 products using peanuts, including these?

a)

Peanut Butter

b)

Soap

c)

Flour

d)

All of the above

14.

What year was slavery abolished?

a)

1860

b)

1868

c)

1865

d)

1863

15.

In 1940, she was the first African-American woman to win an Oscar for Best actress for role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind

a)

Hattie McDaniel

b)

Cicely Tyson

c)

Esther Rolle

d)

Margaret Avery

16.

What was the first historically black college in America?

a)

Lincoln University

b)

Howard University

c)

Wiley College

d)

Cheyney University

17.

Who was the first African-American head coach in the NFL?

a)

Tony Dungy

b)

Art Shell

c)

Fritz Pollard

d)

Ray Rhodes

18.

Until 2016, this was the largest institution for African American history

a)

DuSable Museum of AA History

b)

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

c)

National Center for Civil & Human Rights

d)

The Legacy Museum

19.

Coined by Stokely Carmichael, this social movement in the 60s emphasized racial pride, economic empowerment, and the creation of political and cultural institutions.

a)

Black Power Movement

b)

Civil Rights Movement

c)

Free Culture Movement

d)

Cultural Movement

20.

Which U.S. president signed Executive Order 9981 in 1948 ending official racial discrimination in the U.S. armed forces?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Jimmy Carter

c)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower