WorksheetsCain/King Game Night Black History Trivia
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who was the enslaved woman who is believed to have borne Thomas Jefferson at least four children?
Ellen Craft
Sally Hemings
Amanda America Dickson
Anarcha Westcott
Who was the first named African female slave in Jamestown
Angela
Anteia
Arkil
Bissula
The Emancipation Proclamation, signed in 1863, legally freed slaves in what areas?
Union territory
Oklahama territory
Florida territory
Confederate territory
The movie 'Ghosts of Mississippi' was based on the murder of which black civil rights leader?
Fred Hampton
Harry & Harriette Moore
Medgar Evers
Malcom X
Which author of 'Song of Solomon' won the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Toni Morrison
Harriet Jacobs
Frances Harper
Lorraine Hansberry
When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
1963
1923
1926
1957
Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
President Gerald Ford
President Jimmy Carter
President Richard Nixon
President Ronald Reagan
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Nelson Mandela
Ralph Bunche
Desmond Tutu
Wangari Maathai
Who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany?
Archie Williams
Delos Thurber
Cornelius Johnson
Jesse Owens
How many African American athletes represented the U.S. Olympic Team in 1936
12
16
18
10
Whose younger brother took the 'Silver' in the 200-dash in the 1936 Olympics?
Moses Fleetwood Walker's brother 'Weldy'
Horace Grant's brother 'Harvey'
Jackie Robinson's brother 'Mack'
Boss Bailey's brother 'Champ'
Who is Walgreens CEO, and the only Black woman to currently lead a Fortune 500 firm?
Joey Watt
Mary Barra
Ursula Burns
Rosalind Brewer
Who is the lead scientist on the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine team?
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett
Dr. Hamilton Bennett
Dr. Xinhau Yan
Dr. Ozlem Tureci
Who was the first Black astronaut to live and work at the International Space Station for an extended stay?
Ronald McNair
Michael P. Anderson
Victor J. Glover
Mae C. Jemison
Who is the youngest Inaugural poet in U.S. History?
Morgan Parker
Amanda Gorman
Aja Monet
Jamila Woods
Who is Georgia's first black Senator since Reconstruction?
Kwanza Hall
Lucy McBath
Nikema Williams
Raphael Warnock
