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Eighth Grade CCCS Women's History Month Den Challenge

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 5hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the 1st First Lady to win an Emmy Award?
a)
Jackie Kennedy
b)
Rose Cleveland
c)
Edith Roosevelt
d)
Ellen Wilson
2.

Which 2 were singers?

a)

Josephine Baker

b)

Lyda D Newman

c)

Billie Holiday

d)

Linda Sacks

3.

What was Sheryl Swoops famous for?

a)

Tennis

b)

Basketball

c)

Acting

d)

Inventing

4.

What was Shirley Chisholm famous for?

a)

Running for president

b)

Being a Black Panther leader

c)

Acting

d)

Being the 1st black female pilot

5.

What did Sarah Goode invent?

a)

iorning board

b)

flat iorn

c)

security cameras

d)

folding cabinet bed

6.

Did Claudette Colvin( a single mother) give up her seat before or after Rosa Parks.

a)

after

b)

before

7.

What was Simone Manuels nickname?( she is an olympic swimmer)

a)

Speedy

b)

Simtail

c)

Swimone

8.

Who is the Olympian?

a)

Dominique Dawes

b)

Claressa Shields

c)

Ellen Eglin

d)

Patricia Bath

9.

What is Beyoncé's net worth?

a)

420 million

b)

549 million

c)

1.6 billion

d)

356 billion

10.

What populor female singer came out of the Fugees?

a)

Latoya Hanson

b)

Aaliyah

c)

Lauren Hill

d)

Terry Ellis

11.

Which famous black woman traveled to space?

a)

Mae C. Jemison

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

Mahalia Jackson

d)

Wilma Rudolph

12.

Which famous black woman was a pilot?

a)

Mae C. Jemison

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

Ella Fitzgerald

d)

Serena Williams

13.

Which famous black woman is a famous track athlete?

a)

Madam CJ Walker

b)

Aretha Franflin

c)

Serena Williams

d)

Wilma Rudolph

14.

Which famous black jazz singer was known as the "Queen of Jazz" and the "First Lady of Song?"

a)

Serena Williams

b)

Condoleeza Rice

c)

Ella Fitzgerald

d)

Mahalia Jackson

15.

Which famous black woman was born a slave in 1862 and became a civil rights an women's rights activist?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

Mary McLeod Bethune

d)

Ella Fitzgerald

16.

Which famous black woman is known for being the first African American Secretary of State in 2005?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Serena Williams

c)

Condoleezza Rice

d)

Mae C. Jemison

17.
The bestselling, award-winning book, The Color Purple was also a hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg.  The author is:
a)
Alice Walker
b)
Steven Spielberg
c)
Richard Wright
d)
Terry McMillian
18.
I escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849.  I helped hundreds of slaves travel north on the Underground Railroad.  I also helped John Brown recruit solders for the raid on Harpers Ferry.
a)
Jackie Robinson
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Rosa Parks
d)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
19.
Which performing artist pictured in this photo sang "I'm Every Woman" with singer Chaka Khan?
a)
Celine Dion
b)
Whitney Houston
c)
Whoopi Goldberg
d)
Mae Jemison
20.

Who was the first African-American woman self-made millionaire?

a)

Sarah Rector

b)

Madam C.J. Walker

c)

Oprah Winfrey

d)

Octavia Spencer

21.

Who are the two persons on this picture?

a)

Barack Obama and his mother

b)

Barack Obama and Michelle's mother

c)

Barack Obama and Marie Jackson

d)

Barack Obama and Katherine Johnson

e)

Donald Trump and Katherine Johnson