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VPE Black History Quiz Bowl Round 1

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Mary Mcleod Bethune

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Rosa Parks

2.

Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?

a)

Maria Stewart

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Harriet Tubman

3.

Who is the only boxer to win the heavyweight championship three times?

a)

Jack Johnson

b)

Mike Tyson

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Floyd Mayweather

4.

Whose autobiography is entitled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

a)

Alice Walker

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Nikki Giovanni

d)

Toni Morrison

5.

What month is Black History Month celebrated?

a)

August

b)

February

c)

March

d)

April

6.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s wrote "I Have A (a)   " speech

7.

Who became the first black woman millionaire and invented hair care products for black women?

a)

Bonner Brothers

b)

Mary Kenner

c)

Alice Parker

d)

Madame C.J. Walker

8.

Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Colin Powell

c)

Leon Sullivan

d)

Booker T. Washington

9.

What number was on Jackie Robinson's Jersey?

(a)  

10.

Who is this basketball player?

a)

Lebron James

b)

Allen Iverson

c)

Wilt Chamberlin

d)

Dennis Robbin

11.

Who was the first black woman in space?

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Tina Turner

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Billie Holiday

12.

Where was Dr. Martin Luther King born?

a)

Columbia, South Carolina

b)

Atlanta, Georgia

13.

Who are the prominent persons associated with Black History?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Jackie Chan

c)

George Bush

d)

Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Muhammad Ali, George Washington Carver, Barack Obama, and many others.

14.

In which college the rapper Tupac Shakur studied?

a)

Harvard School of Law

b)

The Baltimore School of Performing Arts

c)

Vance-Providence Elementary School

d)

Lake Marion High School

15.

Who was the first black woman to travel to space while working with NASA?

a)

Taraji P. Henson

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

Mae Jamison

d)

PINK

16.

Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Francis Harper

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Tina Turner

17.

What is Ruby Bridges famous for?

a)

Bring the first Black woman to run for president

b)

Being the first Black student to attend an all-white school

c)

The first young lady to refuse to get out of her seat on a public bus.

d)

Sitting at a lunch counter to protest segregation

18.

Which famous speech did Sojourner Truth deliver in 1851?

a)

“What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?”

b)

“A plea for the oppressed”

c)

“Ar’nt I a woman?”

d)

"Happy People"