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Black History Month Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I am known as the

Father of Black History.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Carter G. Woodson

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Frederick Douglass

2.

I am the first African American president of the United States.

a)

Kamala Harris

b)

George Washington

c)

Joe Biden

d)

Barack Obama

3.

I helped to free over 300 slaves.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Mae Jemison

4.

Even though I lost my sight, I became a musical star at the age of 12.

a)

Michael Jackson

b)

Stevie Wonder

c)

Helen Keller

d)

Mae Jemison

5.

I invented over 300 uses for the peanut.

a)

George Washigton Carver

b)

Langston Hughes

c)

Clementine Hunter

d)

Alma Thomas

6.

I am the poet who wrote, And Still I Rise.

(a)  

7.

I am the first African American woman to become an astronaut.

(a)  

8.

I wrote the book Roots, that became a television mini-series.

(a)  

9.

I am the first African American to have my art work featured at the Museum of Modern Art.

(a)  

10.

I am the first African American fashion designer to be nationally recognized.

(a)  

11.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

This famous quote is from....

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

Alma Thomas

c)

Martin Luther King

d)

Alex Haley

12.

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a

broken- winged bird that cannot fly.”

This is a quote from...

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Jacob Lawrence

c)

Lebron James

d)

Stevie Wonder

13.

“Painting is a lot harder than pickin' cotton. Cotton's right there for you to pull off the stalk, but to paint, you got to sweat your mind.”

These words were said by...

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Clementine Hunter

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Ann Lowe

14.

“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically … No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

This is a quote from...

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Jesse Jackson

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Rosa Parks

15.

“ The American Dream belongs to all of us.”

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Kamala Harris

c)

Garrett A. Morgan

d)

Langston Hughes

16.

1st African American to play in major league baseball.

(a)  

17.

Basketball player that won 4 NBA championship rings.

(a)  

18.

1st female African American to become a principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre

(a)  

19.

One of the greatest boxers of all time.

(a)  

20.

The first gymnast to win three consecutive world all-around titles.

(a)  

21.

Inventor of the traffic light.

a)

George Crum

b)

Garrett A. Morgan

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Alex Haley

22.

Inventor of the potato chip

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Gordon Ramsey

c)

Rachel Rae

d)

George Crum

23.

Invented the street letter box.

a)

Thomas Edison

b)

Philip Bell Downing

c)

Alexander Graham Bell

d)

Benjamin Franklin

24.

Who developed the Moderna vaccine?

a)

Kizzmekiah Corbett

b)

Stevie Wonder

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Carter G. Woodson

25.

Invented the first home security system.

a)

Sarah Boone

b)

Granville Woods

c)

Alexander Miles

d)

Marie Van Brittan Brown