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Black History Trivia

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
I was born in 1958 in Gary, Indiana.  I became a pop singer.  My album Thriller (1982) sold over 30 million copies.  I earned the nickname "King of Pop".
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Michael Jackson
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Michael Jordan
3.
Who was the first black heavyweight champion?
a)
Jack Johnson
b)
Muhammad Ali
c)
Floyd Maywether
d)
Joe Frazier
4.

Where was this photo taken?

a)

Montgomery Alabama

b)

Washington D.C

c)

San Francisco

d)

Atlanta Georgia

5.
Where was Barack Obama born?
a)
Atlanta, Georgia
b)
Honolulu, Hawaii
c)
Knoxville, TN
d)
San Diego, California
6.

What was the nickname for the all Black 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps which escorted Allied Bombers through European airspace on more than 1,500 missions during World War II?

a)

Flying Blue Aces

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

92nd bomber squadron

7.

Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?

a)

Traffic light, gas mask

b)

Traffic light, cars

c)

Gas mask, stop sign

8.

Charles Drew is responsible for which of the following?

a)

refrigerator

b)

blood banks

c)

plastic surgery

9.

What former slave published the newspaper "The North Star"?

a)

David Walker

b)

William Wells Brown

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

10.

Which famous African American worked for NASA and helped put the first Americans in space and on the moon?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Katherine Johnson

c)

Ruby Bridges

d)

Mae Jemison

11.

I was known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella,"I was an American jazz and song vocalist who interpreted much of the Great American Songbook. Who am I?

a)

Aretha Franklin

b)

Ella May

c)

Ella Fitzgerald

d)

Hattie McDaniel

12.

I was an actress and radio performer. I became the first African American to win an Oscar in 1940, for my supporting role as Mammy in 'Gone With the Wind.' Who am I?

a)

Whoopi Goldberg

b)

Halle Berry

c)

Hattie McDaniel

d)

Zoe Saldana