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Black History Month (Past, Present, Future)

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Toronto’s first soul food restaurant, which operated between 1969 and 1990 and whose owners included former Argos John Henry Jackson and Dave Mann, club operator Howard Matthews and musician Archie Alleyne?

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

Bourbon Street

c)

Sweet Rosalie

d)

Rambana's

2.

It's Black History Month Spirit Week at HB! Which day is a real spirit day theme?

a)

Jersey Monday

b)

Fast Forward Tuesday

c)

Flag Day Wednesday

d)

Throwback Thursday

e)

Cultural wear Friday

3.

she was the person who invented the first hair straightening formula

(a)  

4.

How many poems had Phillis written when she was 18?

a)

28

b)

18

c)

17

d)

31

5.

When was Carter G Woodson born

a)

1879

b)

1920

c)

1865

d)

1875

6.

In 1962, Daniel G. Hill became the first director, and later chair, of which provincial government body?

a)

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

b)

Ontario Educational Communications Authority (later TVO)

c)

Ontario Human Rights Commission

d)

Ontario Racing Commission

7.

African-American mathematician who made contributions to the United States' aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA.

a)

Katherine G. Johnson

b)

Patricia Bath

c)

Valerie Thomas

d)

Mae C. Jemison

e)

Shirley Ann Jackson

8.

Who invented potato Chips?

a)

Sojourner

Truth

b)

Barbara

Jordan

c)

George Crum

d)

Garret

Morgan

9.

Who once said “I am not going to die, I’m going home like a shooting star.”

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

c)

Alexander Miles

d)

Frederick Douglass

10.

During the mid-1850s, which abolitionist newspaper edited by Mary Ann Shadd moved its operations from Windsor to Toronto?

a)

Voice of the Fugitive

b)

The North Star

c)

True Royalist

d)

Provincial Freeman

11.

In 2017, patrons of A Different Booklist, which specializes in literature related to the African-Caribbean diaspora, carried boxes of books across which street to the store’s new home?

a)

Bloor Street

b)

Lawrence Blvd

c)

Bathurst Street

12.

Last week Taijah Cox-Armstrong came in and spoke at our assembly. What was one topic she talked about?

a)

Identity

b)

1 & 4

c)

Passions in University

d)

what to do when you are burnt out

13.

THis is our final quiz for Black History Month! We hoped you enjoyed the trivia and learned something new! Did you enjoy the quizzes?

a)

Yes!

b)

Noo :(

c)

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