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Black History Bee

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

She was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God.

a)

Zora Neale Hurston

b)

Toni Morrison

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Alice Walker

2.

Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Charley Pride

b)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Colin Powell

3.

What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Oprah Winfrey

d)

Shirley Chisholm

4.

What basketball player was the first to score 100 points in a single game?

a)

James Brown

b)

Michael Jordan

c)

Jesse Owens

d)

Wilt Chamberlain

5.

Who was the first African-American woman to host a television program for 25 years and now owns her own network?

a)

Aretha Franklin

b)

Oprah Winfrey

c)

Shirley Chisholm

d)

Madame C.J. Walker

6.

Who was the first African-American President of the United States of America?

a)

Colin Powell

b)

Dr. George Washington Carver

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

7.

What African-American woman made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Aretha Franklin

c)

Wilma Rudolph

d)

Oprah Winfrey

8.

Who became the first black player in Major League Baseball in 1947?

a)

Michael Jordan

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Charley Pride

9.

Who invented over 300 products from the peanut?

a)

Colin Powell

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Wilt Chamberlain

d)

Dr. George Washington Carver

10.

Who is the only African-American honored by a national holiday and gave a famous speech "I Have A Dream" during the March on Washington?

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Reverend Jesse Jackson

d)

Muhammad Ali

11.

Who invented the first clock?

a)

David Banner

b)

Benjamin Banneker

c)

Benjamin Maker

d)

David Benjamin

12.

Fredrick McKinley Jones invented the ___ ___ ___ unit in the 1930's.

a)

portable air conditioning

b)

an engine motor

c)

a time machine

d)

a teleportation device

13.

Who invented the traffic light and the gas mask?

a)

George Jefferson

b)

Morgan Freeman

c)

Garrett Morgan

d)

George Crum

14.

Who invented the potato chips?

a)

George Crum

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

George Washington

d)

George Jefferson

15.

This man invented the gamma electric cell which is used to power the cell phone in 1971... Who is he?

a)

Henry George Jr

b)

Henry Thomas Sampson Jr.

c)

Thomas the train

d)

Thomas Jefferson

16.

____ invented the portable pencil sharpener in 1883

a)

John Joseph Love

b)

John Lewis

c)

John Lee Love

d)

John John

17.

Who invented the lunch pail (lunch box) in 1887?

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

James Brown

c)

James Harden

d)

James Robinson

18.

What did John Standard invent in 1891?

a)

an improved model of the stove and refrigerator

b)

an improved model of a doll house

c)

an improved bookshelf

d)

an elevator

19.

Who invented the supper soaker in 1982?

a)

Lonnie G. Johnson

b)

Magic Johnson

c)

Michael Jackson

d)

Lonnie G. Jackson

20.

Who invented the improved hairbrush in 1898?

a)

London D. Newman

b)

Lyda D. Newman

c)

London D. Norman

d)

Lyda D. Norman

21.

Who invented the doorknob and door stop in 1878?

a)

Otis Boykin

b)

Osbourn Duran

c)

Ozzy Osbourne

d)

Osbourn Dorsey

22.

Who invented the street letter mailbox in 1891 and the railroad switch?

a)

Phillip B. Bradley

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Phillip B. Downing

d)

Thomas B. Downing

23.

Who invented the guitar in 1886?

a)

Robert Flemming Jr.

b)

Roberto Clemente

c)

Robert Downing Jr.

d)

Robert Smith

24.

Who invented the ironing board?

a)

Sarah Allen

b)

Sarah Breedlove (Madam C.J. Walker)

c)

Sarah Moore

d)

Sarah Boone

25.

Carter G. Woodson is known as the _____.

a)

Father of Soul

b)

Father of Faith

c)

Father of Black History

d)

Father of Inventions

26.

Who Invented the improved version of the lock in 1889?

a)

W.E.B Dubois

b)

W. A. Martin

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Marcus Garvey

27.

This man invented the improved version of the mop in 1893 along with the metal bonding machine... Who is he?

a)

Thomas Stewart

b)

Thomas L. Jennings

c)

Thomas Edison

d)

Thomas the train

28.

Juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates this:

a)

The day the last slaves in Texas found out that the Civil War was over and that they were free

b)

The service of black troops in the U.S. Army during the Civil War

c)

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively ended 'separate but equal' education

d)

The signing into law of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

29.

What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?

a)

ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union

b)

SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference

c)

CORE-Congress of Racial Equality

d)

SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

30.

At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?

a)

Hospital orderly

b)

Drugstore clerk

c)

High school cafeteria worker

d)

Department store seamstress

31.

Which of these influential authors became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

August Wilson

c)

Lorraine Hansberry

d)

Toni Morrison

32.

Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama served as a U.S. senator of which Midwestern state?

a)

Illinois

b)

Indiana

c)

Iowa

d)

Ohio

33.

In addition to his influential campaigns to become president of the United States, in 1984 and 1988, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is known for his leadership roles with which civil rights organizations?

a)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

b)

People United to Save Humanity (Operation PUSH)

c)

Rainbow Coalition

d)

All of the above

34.

In 1960, four black college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.

a)

Woolworth's

b)

W.T. Grant

c)

G.C. Murphy

d)

S.S. Kresge

35.

In 1968 she became the first black woman elected to Congress:

a)

Barbara Jordan

b)

Maxine Waters

c)

Shirley Chisholm

d)

Carol Moseley Braun

36.

Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?

a)

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

b)

American Federal of Teachers

c)

Communications Workers of America

d)

International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union

37.

Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?

a)

Charles E. Cobb Jr.

b)

Stokely Carmichael

c)

John Lewis

d)

Bobby Seale

38.

Who was the first black child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South?

a)

Ruby Bridges

b)

Hattie McDaniel

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Oprah Winfrey

39.

What historically black college/university (HBCU) did Chadwick Boseman attend?

a)

Hampton

b)

Clark Atlanta

c)

Morehouse

d)

Howard

40.

What is the first historically black college/university (HBCU)?

a)

Hampton

b)

Cheyney

c)

Morehouse

d)

Bethune Cookman

41.

The Marching 100 is the marching band for this historically black college/university (HBCU)?

a)

FAMU

b)

Cheyney

c)

North Carolina A&T

d)

Bethune Cookman

42.

The Stingettes are the majorettes (dance team) for this historically black college/university (HBCU)?

a)

Howard University

b)

Alabama State University

c)

Tuskegee University

d)

Morehouse College

43.

How many HBCUs are in the United States?

a)

49

b)

99

c)

149

d)

199

44.

How many sororities and fraternities are in the Divine 9?

a)

5

b)

19

c)

9

d)

15

45.

Which was the first fraternity in the Divine 9?

a)

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, INC.

b)

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, INC.

c)

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, INC.

d)

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, INC.

46.

What sorority is Vice President Kamala Harris a member of?

a)

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, INC.

b)

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, INC.

c)

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, INC.

d)

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, INC.

47.

What sorority is Sheryl Underwood a member of?

a)

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, INC.

b)

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, INC.

c)

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, INC.

d)

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, INC.

48.

Which fraternity is Steve Harvey a member of?

a)

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, INC.

b)

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, INC.

c)

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, INC.

d)

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, INC.

49.

__________ is an American politician from Hartford, Connecticut. A Democrat, he served as the 62nd Mayor of Hartford from 1981 to 1987 and was the first popularly elected black mayor in New England.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Thirman L. Milner

c)

Carrie Saxon Perry

d)

Malcolm X

50.

__________ was a four-sport athlete at Weaver High School, who later returned as a school administrator and created the Doc Hurley Basketball Classic. He played professional football in the 1940s with the All-American Football Conference’s Brooklyn Dodgers.

a)

Johnny Eagan

b)

Lebron James

c)

Marcus Camby

d)

Walter “Doc” Hurley