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Black History Month Trivia: Final Round

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These young men staged a "sit-in" at the Woolworth lunch counter on February 1, 1960.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

The Greensboro 4

c)

The Tuskegee Airmen

d)

Jackie Robinson and George Washington Carver

2.

Where is Nelson Mandela from?

a)

South Africa

b)

Georgia

c)

New York

d)

France

3.
I was a poet who became a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.  My poems tell about African Americans and often contain jazz rhythms and dialect.
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Jessie Owens
c)
Ruby Bridges
d)
Marcus Garvey
4.

Why is Black Month History celebrated in Feburary?

a)

In honor of Frederick Douglass's birthday

b)

It evolved from National Negro History Week

c)

In honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday

d)

In honor of National Freedom Day

e)

All of the above

5.

T/F Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus only because she was tired.

a)

True

b)

False

6.
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
7.

Who was Shirley Chisholm?

a)

An African American singer

b)

An African American dancer

c)

the first African American women elected to Congress

d)

the first African American astronaut

8.

Who was the first woman in any field to earn a doctorate from MIT?

a)

Kamala Harris

b)

Kimberly Bryant

c)

Shirley Ann Jackson

d)

Valerie Thomas

9.

What was legal separation of blacks and whites called?

a)

racism

b)

segregation

c)

separation

d)

abolition

10.

Which phrase became a world-wide social movement and was a term coined by activist Alicia Garza?

a)

Me too

b)

Black Lives Matter

c)

Occupy Wall Street

d)

Make America Great Again

11.

T/F Martin Luther King Jr. was well liked and popular when he was alive.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Who was the director of "Do The Right Thing"?

a)

Ron Howard

b)

Stan Lee

c)

Spike Lee

d)

Terrace Martin

13.

Which of the following is an HBCU in Charlotte, NC?

a)

Johnson C. Smith University

b)

Hampton University

c)

North Carolina A&T

d)

UNCC

14.

The first African-American pilots in the US military were known as

a)

the Tennessee Airmen

b)

The Flying Aces

c)

The Miracle Men

d)

The Tuskegee Airmen

15.

Harriet Tubman was known as "Moses" because

a)

she was really old.

b)

she parted the waters of the Nile River.

c)

she led her people to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

d)

some people thought she was a man.

16.

What are the three goals of the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Overturn segregation laws in southern states.

b)

Restore voting rights.

c)

Legalize racial discrimination in the U.S.

d)

End legal discrimination in housing, education, and employment.

17.

Why does Black History Month have different themes each year?

a)

It explores how African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression.

b)

It's for the Association for the Study of American Life and History.

c)

It gathered steam to become a cultural fixture.

d)

It explores the foundation of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.

18.

Who was Carter G. Woodson? What did he do?

a)

He protested against the integration of African Americans.

b)

He founded Negro History Week in 1926.

c)

He explored the world to stop the integration.

d)

He was the co-founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.

19.

Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals for what sport?

a)

track and field

b)

football

c)

basketball

d)

soccer

20.

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

The home of the poet and writer, Langston Hughes

b)

A movement that promoted music and literary works of African Americans

c)

A type of poetry written from the experiences of African Americans

d)

A dance move

21.

In addition to the United States, identify the other countries below that devote a month to celebrate African-Americans in history.

a)

United Kingdom

b)

Germany

c)

Canada

d)

India

22.

HBCU stands for ...

a)

Historically Better College and University

b)

Helping Blacks in College and Universities

c)

Historically Black College and University

d)

Historically Below Common Universities

23.

This court case ruled that it was unconstitutional to prohibit marriage at the state and local levels.

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Loving v. Virginia

c)

Schenck v. United States

d)

Gideon v. Wainwright

24.

The "Divine Nine" is an informal name for whom or what in U.S. college/university Greek life?

a)

The first nine sororities to have ever been founded

b)

 The nine fundamental tenets of all fraternities and sororites

c)

 The first nine U.S. presidents to have been members of a fraternity

d)

The nine historically African-American Greek-letter organizations