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Middle School History Bowl

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the engineer who invented the Super Soaker water gun - the number one selling toy in America In 1991?

a)

Lonnie Johnson

b)

Katherine Johnson

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Ronnie Johnson

2.

Essie Marie Dorsey trained Sydney King and Marion Cuyjet, who opened up the Sydney-Marion School of Dance in 1946 as a hub for Black ballerina in what city?

a)

Newark

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Trenton

d)

Charleston

3.

Who were the first African-American pilots in the U.S. armed forces?

a)

United States Colored Troops

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Tulsa Airmen

d)

U.S. Marine Corps

4.

Which poet was born in Joplin, Missouri?

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

James Baldwin

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Rosa Parks

5.

On February 3, 1956 who was the first black student to attend the University of Alabama?

a)

Autherine J.Lucy

b)

Vivian Juanita Malone

c)

Little Rock 9

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

6.

On what day did Ernest E. receive his NAACP's Spingarn medal for his pioneering work in cell division and fertilization?

a)

December 19,1949

b)

February 2, 1915

c)

June 3, 1938

d)

September 14, 1893

7.

On February 16,1857 who was elected President of Freedman's Savings and Trust, a bank designed for black veterans and former slaves?

a)

Septima Clark

b)

William Penn

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Fredrick Douglass

8.

Who was the co-founder of the Black Panther party?

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

Huey P. Newton

d)

James Baldwin

9.

Which American author won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved?

a)

Toni Morrison

b)

Alice Walker

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

Audre Lorde

10.

What is the oldest Historically Black University/College (HBCU)?

a)

Morehouse College

b)

Howard University

c)

Lincoln University

d)

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

11.

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince won the first Rap Grammy for which song?

a)

Parents ain't right

b)

Parents Just Don’t Understand

c)

Sisters never get it

d)

Grandfathers don't quit

12.

Muhammad Ali's government name was...

a)

Cyprus Cat

b)

Elijah Muhammad

c)

Cassius Clay

d)

Johnnie Cochran

13.

This educator and researcher was the first African American to get his Doctorate degree from Harvard University.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Carter G. Woodson

14.

This African American mathematician made calculations that helped send the first American to space in 1961.

a)

Katherine Johnson

b)

David Blackwell

c)

Euphemia Haynes

d)

Marjorie Lee Browne

15.

Which of the following is the first hip hop song?

a)

Rapper's Delight

b)

U.N.I.T.Y.

c)

rebel without a pause