Did You Know Quiz · Marian Anderson Photo by Addison Scurlock. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Archives Center. Question 10: Who was the

Did YouKnow?QUIZA Black History Knowledge Builder 2020

Question 1:Which ship became renowned in July 1839 for a slave revolt by Mende captives who had been enslaved in Sierra Leone?

Answer: La Amistad

Question 2:The Spanish colonies in the Caribbean were among the last to abolish slavery. While the British colonies abolished slavery completely by 1834, when did Spain abolish slavery in Puerto Rico and Cuba?

Answer: 1873 in Puerto Rico and 1886 in Cuba.

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Question 3:

Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2003?

Answer:Oprah Winfrey

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Question 4:

Booker T. Washington, co-founder of Tuskegee Institute

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What organization helps fundapproximately 40 historically black colleges anduniversities?

Answer:United Negro College Fund

Question 5:Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, TN at the Lorraine Hotel. Why was Dr. King in Memphis?

Answer:For the Sanitation Workers Strike

Question 6:The first rap song to achieve commercial success was “Rapper’s Delight.” What was the name of the group who recorded this single in 1979?

Answer:The Sugar Hill Gang

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Question 7:In 1991, what became the first black-controlled company in the entertainment industry to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange?

Photo credit: Jeffrey Zeldman

Answer:

BET, Black Entertainment Network

Question 8: This Oscar nominated director passed away on April 29, 2019. His famous films were Boyz in the Hood, Poetic Justice and Baby Boy. He was 51 years old. Who was he?

Answer:John Singleton

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Question 9:

Whose 1939 Easter Sunday Concert at the Lincoln Memorial broke racial barriers and was an important moment in the struggle for civil rights?

_____ Pearl Bailey

_____ Marian Anderson

_____ Billie Holiday

_____ Shirley Horn

Answer:Marian Anderson

Photo by Addison Scurlock. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Archives Center.

Question 10:Who was the first African American to publish a book –Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral?

_____ Madame C.J. Walker

_____ Lorraine Hansberry

_____ Phillis Wheatley

_____ Elizabeth Nunez

Answer:Phillis Wheatley

Question 11:Stephanie Diana Wilson is the third African American woman astronaut flying on three space shuttle missions. There have been two others before her. Who were they?

_____Carole Mosley Braun and Diana Ross

_____Venus and Serena Williams

_____Mae Jemison and Joan Higginbotham

_____Judith Jamison and Kamala Harris

Answer:Mae Jemison

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Joan Higginbotham

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Question 12:2019 was the first year that women of African descent made history by being named as beauty queens. Miss America was Nia Franklin, Miss Universe was Zozibini Tunzi, Miss Teen USA was Kaliegh Garris, Miss World was Toni-Ann Singh, and Miss USA was Cheslie Kryst. Where are Miss World and Miss Universe from?

Answer:Jamaica and South Africa

Bonus question:What does the “H” in President Barack H. Obama’s middle name stand for?

_____ Hamilton

_____ Hasan

_____ Houston

_____ Hussein

Answer:Hussein

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