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HBCU Trivia

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This oak tree, located on the campus of ______ was the site of the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in the South.

a)

Shaw University

b)

Norfolk State University

c)

Clark-Atlanta University

d)

Hampton University

2.

The movie, School Daze, featured what fictional fraternity?

a)

Gamma Phi Gamma

b)

Lambda Lambda Nu

c)

Theta Nu Theta

d)

Kappa Lambda Nu

3.

In 1969, ____ defeated the University of Tampa 34-28 in the South's first interracial football game.

a)

Bethune-Cookman

b)

Jackson State

c)

Florida A&M

d)

Alabama State

4.

James Weldon Johnson, composer of "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing", is an alumni of which HBCU?

a)

Edward Waters College

b)

Florida A&M University

c)

Coppin State University

d)

Clark-Atlanta University

5.

Which marching band is known as the "Sonic Boom of the South"?

a)

Jackson State

b)

Alabama State

c)

Tennessee State

d)

Talledega College

6.

Which HBCU is the founding site for 5 of the Divine Nine organizations?

a)

Cheyney University

b)

Howard University

c)

Wilberforce University

d)

Shaw University

7.

Reverend Jesse Jackson graduated from which institution?

a)

Morehouse College

b)

North Carolina A&T

c)

Fisk University

d)

Winston-Salem State

8.

Which school is the #1 producer of black aerospace engineers?

a)

Hampton University

b)

Florida Memorial University

c)

Tuskegee University

d)

Alabama A&M

9.

What percentage of the nation's 3,688 institutions of higher learning are HBCUs?

a)

1%

b)

3%

c)

5%

d)

7%

10.

Which famous leader enrolled in Morehouse at 15?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

Whitney Young

11.

In October, this university has the "Greatest Homecoming on Earth"

a)

Florida A&M

b)

Southern University

c)

North Carolina A&T

d)

Howard University

12.

Alabama has the largest number of HCBUs with how many?

a)

32

b)

18

c)

7

d)

15

13.

Which HBCU did Oprah Winfrey attend?

a)

North Carolina A&T

b)

Tennessee State

c)

Tuskegee University

d)

Fisk University

14.

Who got expelled from their HBCU?

a)

Samuel L. Jackson (Morehouse)

b)

K. Michelle (FAMU)

c)

Jerry Rice (Mississippi Valley)

d)

2 Chainz (Alabama State)

15.

What does the "A" in NCAT and Alabama A&M stand for?

a)

Art

b)

Accounting

c)

Architecture

d)

Agricultural