WorksheetsCaridon Black History Month Quiz 2025
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
Guess who’s who! Match each childhood photo with the right team member.
Group A
Mark Oyentunji
Eddy-Geordy Gallet
Louise Bruton
Sherrelle Collman
Lisa Naraine
Guess who’s who! Match each childhood photo with the right team member.
Group B
Olivia Rose
Shanice Henry
Adassa Wynter
Joana Aggrey-Eshun
Mashauna Brooks
Political Pioneers
Who was the first Black woman elected to UK Parliament?
(a)
Medical Heroes
Which pioneering nurse is famous for her independent wartime nursing and holistic care during the Crimean War?
May Tanner
Florence Nightingale
Mary Seacole
Edith Cavell
Literary Achievements
Who was the first Black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019?
Zadie Smith
Bernadine Evaristo
Andrea Levy
Malorie Blackman
Fashion & Media
Who became the first Black Editor-in-Chief at British Vogue?
Naomi Campbell
Ozwald Boateng
Edward Enninful
Pat McGrath
Civil Rights History
Which activist organised the Bristol Bus Boycott, paving the way for the Race Relations Act?
Dr Harold Moody
Paul Stephenson
John La Rose
Stuart Hall
Sports Excellence
Who is the first Black Formula 1 driver and a British racing legend?
Sir Mo Farah
Anthony Joshua
Sir Lewis Hamilton
Dina Asher-Smith
Tudor Times
Who was the earliest recorded Black Tudor and a royal trumpeter in the 16th century?
John Blanke
Ira Aldridge
Ignatius Sancho
Olaudah Equiano
Science & Innovation
Who was Scotland's first Black professor?
Professor Nira Chamberlain
Dame Margaret Aderin-Pocock
Sir Geoff Palmer
Professor Gary Younge
Theatre History
Who was the first Black actor to play Othello in the West End?
Paul Robeson
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Ira Aldridge
David Harewood
Business Leadership
Who was the first Black person to hold senior positions at the Treasury, Ofcom, and John Lewis?
Dame Sharon White
Tidjane Thiam
Baroness Scotland
Dame Linda Dobbs
Hip Hop Shakespeare
Which artist founded the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company and is a bestselling author?
George the Poet
Akala
Kano
Benjamin Zephaniah
American Civil Rights
Who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955?
Angela Davis
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Coretta Scott King
Presidential History
Who was the first African American to serve as President of the United States?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Barack Obama
Malcolm X
Jesse Jackson
Supreme Court Victory
What was the name of the U.S. Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
The Underground Railroad
Who was known as the "Moses of her people" for leading enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad?
Sojourner Truth
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Ida B. Wells
Who is this baby who would grow up to become "The Greatest"?
(a)
Literary Legend
Who was the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993?
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Zora Neale Hurston
WHO AM I? (TYPE IN: Stage Name)
Clues:
I was born Michael Omari in 1993 and grew up in South Norwood, South London
I started rapping at age 11 and took my stage name from my childhood nickname
In 2017, I became the first grime artist to headline Glastonbury Festival
My debut album "Gang Signs & Prayer" was the first grime album to reach number one in the UK
I've used my platform to fight for social justice, from free school meals to the Grenfell Tower fire response
(a)
