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NAACP FRIENDS &FAMILY

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Michelle Obama's Maiden name?

a)

Stephenson

b)

LaVaughn

c)

Robinson

d)

Richardson

2.

Who of these people is not an NAACP founding member?

a)

Mary Ovington

b)

Ida B. Wells

c)

W.E.B Du Bois

d)

Booker T. Washington

e)

Henry Moskowitz

3.

Nia the 5th day of Kwanzaa means what?

a)

Maintaining unity as a family, community, and race of people

b)

Work collectively to build communities that will restore the greatness of African people

c)

Building and maintaining our communities

d)

To find new, innovative ways to leave communities of African descent in more beautiful and beneficial ways than the community inherited

4.

(Someday at Christmas) is a classic song sung by who?

a)

Smokey Robinson

b)

Stevie Wonder

c)

The Jackson 5

d)

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

5.

Two traditional dishes to eat for Hannukkah are

a)

Lamb stew

b)

Potato pancakes

c)

Jelly donuts

d)

Calves Liver

6.

What is the name of the artist that sung the 1945 hit song. "The Christmas Song"

(a)  

7.

Name 3 things that traditionally most Black families have for dinner on New Years Day?

a)

collard greens

b)

turkey

c)

blackeyed peas

d)

pork

e)

green beans

8.

who was the first African American to play baseball in the Major leagues?

a)

Satchel Paige

b)

Moses Fleetwood Walker

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Josh Gibson

9.

The first African American female to win Wimbledon was

a)

Venus Williams

b)

Althea Gibson

c)

Ora Washington

d)

Serena Williams

10.

What was the name of the African American Tank Battalion in The Battle of the Bulge?

a)

101st Airborne Division

b)

The Screaming Eagles

c)

761st Tank Battalion, "Black Panthers"

d)

Tuskegee Airmen

e)

There no were no black tank battalions

11.

What was the name of the woman that played the matriarch in the 2008 movie, "This Christmas"

a)

Whitney Huston

b)

Lorretta Devine

c)

Patti LaBelle

d)

Angela Bassett

12.

Who was the first African American chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff?

a)

General Charles Brown Jr

b)

General Colin Powell

c)

General S. George Brown

d)

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen

13.

Which U.S. Constitution Amendment granted suffrage rights to African American men?

a)

1st amendment

b)

3rd amendment

c)

5th amendment

d)

14th amendment

14.

True or False: The Civil War was fought to free slaves.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What author wrote "Go Tell It on the Mountain"?

a)

W.E.B Du Bois

b)

Paul Lawrence Dunbar

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

James Baldwin

e)

Langston Hughes

16.

What NAACP leader said, “No American is required to ‘earn’ his rights as a citizen”?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Roy Wilkins

d)

Langston Hughes

17.

How many times is slavery mentioned in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

0

b)

3

c)

12

d)

30

18.

What was the name of the actor who played Whitney Houston's husband in the 1996 movie, The Preachers Wife?

a)

Courtney B. Vance

b)

Denzel Washington

c)

Kevin Costner

d)

Blair Underwood

e)

Shemar Moore

19.

What is the name of the gospel singer that released an album in 1995 titled "Christmas" which included the hit song "Jesus is the reason for the Season?

a)

Donnie McClurkin

b)

CeCe Winans

c)

Fred Hammond

d)

Kirk Franklin

e)

Hezekiah Walker

20.

Who was the first African American to win an academy award?

a)

Ethel Waters

b)

James Earl Jones

c)

Hattie McDaniels

d)

Sidney Poitier