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Black History Trivia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first black President of South Africa?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Desmond Tutu

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Barack Obama

2.

What was the name of the route used by slaves in the American South to escape to Canada?

a)

Emancipation Trail

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Slave Path

d)

Freedom Express

3.

Whose iconic speech included the words ‘I have a dream’?

a)

Michael Jordan

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

4.

Who assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

a)

Lee Harvey Oswald

b)

Charles Julius Guiteau

c)

James Earl Ray

d)

John Wilkes Booth

5.

Which black baseball player hit 73 Home Runs, the highest amount in a single season?

a)

Barry Bonds

b)

Willie Mays

c)

Roberto Clemente

d)

Jackie Robinson

6.

Who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany?

a)

Jesse Owens

b)

Jackie Joyner Kersee

c)

Carl Lewis

d)

Wilma Rudolph

7.

Who is the first and only African-American female billionaire in the United States?

a)

Michelle Obama

b)

Beyonce

c)

Cardi B

d)

Oprah Winfrey

8.

Beyoncé rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of what R&B girl-group?

a)

TLC

b)

En Vogue

c)

The Spice Girls

d)

Destiny's Child

9.

Who was the first black woman on a Canadian bill?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Viola Desmond

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Jean Augustine

10.

In 1946, Nova Scotian businesswoman Viola Desmond challenged racial segregation by:

a)

Drinking from the Whites-only water fountain in New Glasgow

b)

Refusing to move from the Whites-only counter in a New Glasgow coffee shop

c)

Refusing to sit at the back of the New Glasgow public bus

d)

Refusing to leave the Whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow