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BHM JEDI QUIZ

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?

a)

Da Brat

b)

Foxy Brown

c)

Lauryn Hill

d)

Missy Elliott

2.

Who was the first African-American to graduate from Harvard University and become a U.S. senator?

a)

Blanche Bruce

b)

Hiram Rhodes Revels

c)

Colin Powell

d)

Thurgood Marshall

3.

Who invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light?

a)

J.P. Knight

b)

Garrett Morgan

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Morgan Freeman

4.

Which of the following songs is NOT a song by TLC?

a)

Creep

b)

Waterfalls

c)

Say My Name

d)

No Scrubs

5.

Taraji P. Henson played Katherine G. Johnson in the movie Hidden Figures. What was Johnson known for?

a)

Secretary for the Department of Defense

b)

Invented America’s first clock

c)

Her calculations helped NASA’s space program

d)

She was the first black female astronaut

6.

Which popular rap artist's real name is Nayvadius Wilburn?

a)

Young Thug

b)

Future

c)

6lack

d)

Birdman

7.

What player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned Major League Baseball's Silver Slugger Award 12 times?

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Barry Bonds

c)

Hank Aaron

d)

Willie Mays

8.

What was the first historically black college in America?

a)

Lincoln University

b)

Howard University

c)

Cheyney University

d)

Wiley College

9.

In 1939, she wasn't able to perform at Constitution Hall because of a "white performers only" policy but first lady Eleanor Roosevelt protested and the singer eventually performed at Lincoln Memorial. Who is the singer described here?

a)

Aretha Franklin

b)

Ella Fitzgerald

c)

Marian Anderson

d)

Della Reese

10.

These two historically black colleges played in the first college football game between black schools in 1892.

a)

Morehouse College vs Clark College

b)

Howard University vs Hampton Institute

c)

Biddle University vs Livingstone College

d)

Fisk University vs Tennessee State University