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Black History Brain Bowl Practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the singer who famously performed on the Lincoln Memorial steps?

a)

Marian Anderson

b)

Blanche Armwood

c)

Mary McLeod Bethune

d)

Shirley Chisholm

2.

Which individual was the first African American woman in outer space?

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

Zora Neale Hurston

d)

Marian Anderson

3.

What was the contribution of Frederick Douglass as listed in the study resources?

a)

Newspaper Editor and Abolitionist

b)

Tampa civil rights attorney and community leader

c)

First black female airplane mechanic

d)

First African American Medal of Honor recipient

4.

Which town is recognized as the first incorporated all-Black town?

a)

Eatonville

b)

Ft. Mose

c)

Tampa

d)

Jacksonville

5.

Who was the first Black female Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Ketanji Brown Jackson

b)

Shirley Chisholm

c)

Mary Bryant

d)

Arthenia Joyner

6.

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Carter G. Woodson

7.

Which historical figure is known as the "Father of Black History Month"?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Carter G. Woodson

c)

Ernest E. Just

d)

Homer Plessy

8.

What was Mansa Musa known for?

a)

Being the first African American on HCPS School Board

b)

Ruling over Mali as a powerful emperor

c)

Leading the Tuskegee Airmen

d)

Writing about anti-slavery activism

9.

Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Thurgood Marshall

b)

Leon Lowry

c)

Richard F. Pride

d)

Booker T. Washington

10.

Which individual was a leader at NASA and contributed to space exploration?

a)

Dorothy Vaughan

b)

Christina Meacham

c)

Doris Reddick

d)

Sojourner Truth

11.

Pioneering cell biologist and science writer

a)

Ernest Just

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr

c)

Reverend Leon Lowry

d)

Thurgood Marshall

12.

First African American on Hillsborough County School Board

a)

Ernest Just

b)

Reverend Leon Lowry

c)

Christina Meacham

d)

Melvin Morris

13.

First black school principal in Hillsborough County

a)

Dorothy York

b)

Christina Meacham

c)

Melvin Morris

d)

Richard Pride

14.

Florida Medal of Honor recipient

a)

Doris Reddick

b)

Melvin Morris

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Carter G. Woodson

15.

Author and teacher - Namesake of Hillsborough County K-8 School

a)

Dorothy C. York

b)

York

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Doris Reddick

16.

Hillsborough County Public Schools educator and college profressor

a)

Reverend Leon Lowry

b)

Homer Plessey

c)

Richard F. Pride

d)

Tuskegee Airmen

17.

African American pilot group

a)

Marian Anderson

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Benjamin Banneker

d)

Mary Bryant

18.

Pioneering educator in Florida

a)

Ketanji Brown Jackson

b)

Shirley Chisholm

c)

Zora Neale

d)

Blanche Armwood

19.

Tampa civil rights attorney and community leader

a)

Warren Hope Dawson

b)

Fredrick Douglas

c)

Joseph W. Hatchett

d)

James Weldon Johnson

20.

First African American Medal of Honor recipient for great courage in battle

a)

William H. Carney

b)

Fredrick Douglass

c)

Warren Hope Dawson

d)

Benjamin Banneker