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BHM TRIVIA

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Black History Month is only celebrated in the United States

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Which President officially recognized Black History Month?

a)

President Ronald Reagan

b)

President Gerald Ford

c)

President Richard Nixon

d)

President Jimmy Carter

3.

What is the 2022 Black History Month Theme?

a)

“Civil Rights in America”

b)

“African Americans and the Vote”

c)

“The Crisis in Black Education”

d)

“Black Health and Wellness”

4.

In what year did Baltimore native Thurgood Marshall become the first AfAm Justice to serve on the Supreme Court?

a)

1954

b)

1981

c)

1967

d)

1886

5.

What institution was Thurgood Marshall denied entry into which Maryland institution because of his race?

a)

William and Mary School of Law

b)

University of Maryland Law School

c)

Johns Hopkins University Law School

d)

University of Baltimore Law School

6.

Who was the first African American female mayor in Maryland history?

a)

Adrienne Jones

b)

Sheila Dixon

c)

Lena King Lee

d)

Marilyn Mosby

7.

What Maryland city was the site of protests to end segregation in public places and of two race riots in the 1960s?

a)

Baltimore

b)

Cambridge

c)

Silver Springs

d)

Annapolis

8.

What Maryland native's 200th birthday falls this year?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Benjamin Banneker

c)

Frederick Douglass

9.

Rosa Parks' bus boycott happened in December 1955

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Who was Bruce Leeroy's enemy in The Last Dragon?

a)

Eddie V

b)

Cyrus

c)

Sho'nuff

d)

The Gramercy Riffs

11.

Which university did FLOTUS Michelle Obama attend for undergrad?

a)

Howard

b)

Yale

c)

University of Chicago

d)

Princeton

12.

What organization formed Feburary 12, 1909?

a)

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b)

The National African American Leadership Summit

c)

National Black Chamber of Commerce

d)

National Black Women’s Justice Institute

13.

Who was the only woman besides Coretta Scott King on the platform when MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?

a)

Shirley Chisolm

b)

Doris Derby

c)

Gwendolyn Simmons

d)

Dorothy Height

14.

He played Pinky in Next Friday?

a)

John Witherspoon

b)

Bernie Mac

c)

Clifton Powell

d)

Keith David

15.

What does TWA stand for?

a)

tight wavy afro

b)

tailored, wavy, & all-natural

c)

treated, washed, all-natural

d)

teeny weeny afro