WorksheetsNBC Black History Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
What month is considered Black History Month?
January
February
March
April
Who invented the elevator?
Alexander Miles
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
This Civil Rights icon has a birthday on January 15th, even though we celebrate him on the third Monday in January.
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ronald Reagan
Was the Underground Railroad an actual railroad?
Yes
No
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Cartoon People
National Association for the Achievement of Colored People
National Association for the Achievement of Crazy People
What movie tells the true story of how the U.S. Space Program really got off of the ground?
Bad Boys
A Wrinkle In Time
Hidden Figures
The Wiz
Who invented the traffic signal?
Garret Morgan
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
Malcoln X
Which Former First Lady has a birthday on January 17th? [Hint: Her husband was our first African-American President]
Hillary Clinton
Laura Bush
Nancy Reagan
Michelle Obama
Who famously said: "You get a car! You get a car! You get a car!"
Oprah Winfrey
Eddie Murphy
Bernie Mac
Who discovered move than 300 uses for peanuts?
Alexander Miles
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Who invented the Guitar in 1886?
Lewis Latimer
Thomas Elkins
Robert F. Fleming, Jr.
Alfred L. Cralle
Who invented the letter box?
Booker T. Washington
G.E. Becket
George Washington Carver
Who invented the horse shoe?
Oscar E. Brown
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
James Robinson
Who was the first African American Olympian to win the all-around title in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
Serena Williams
Simone Biles
What actor has played a Fresh Prince, a Bad Boy, and a Magic Blue Genie?
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Will Smith
Michael Jordan was a professional athlete who played basketball for the Chicago Bulls. What was his jersey number?
12
23
30
8
Who was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress?
Angela Bassett
Whoopi Goldberg
Halle Berry
Who was the star of Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
Denzel Washington
Samuel L. Jackson
Will Smith
Who invented the Pencil Sharpener?
David A. Fisher
George T. Sampson
Joseph W. Winters
John L. Love
Who started Black History Month?
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
Carter J. Woodson
Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Clarence Thomas
Thurgood Marshall
Colin Powell
Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
Who was the first African American to travel into space?
Guion Stewart Bluford
Neil Armstrong
Charles Drew
What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in through the Underground Railroad?
Maya Angelou
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role?
Denzel Washington
Sidney Poitier
Halle Berry
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Hank Aaron
Jackie Robinson
Sammy Sosa
Who invented the Elevator in 1867?
Lewis Latimer
Alexander Miles
Frederick M. Jones
Osbourn Dorsey
Who invented the Hair Brush in 1898?
A.B. Blackbum
Norbert Millieu
Lydia D. Newman
Madam C.J. Walker
Who invented the Blood Plasma Bag in 1945?
Benjamin Banneker
Charles Drew
Willie Johnson
W.B. Purvis
Who invented the Rolling Pen in 1884?
John W. Reed
Madam C.J. Walker
Henry Blair
Garrett Morgan
