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Black History in The USA Trivia quiz-Do you Have Basic Knowledge About Black History in the USA?

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How Well Do you Know your Black History?

There is a common saying that black is beautiful because black does go with anything. African-Americans had made major contributions to America and broken records at things they were previously not allowed to participate in when they got their freedom.

Black heritage has many political, cultural, and artistic achievements. Being that we got to celebrate black history month every year, it is important to ensure that we know much about our forefathers as Black Americans and their contribution so that we can enjoy what we are now.

Test your knowledge of Black innovators in the fields of fashion, STEM, the arts, and beauty by taking up the test below, Take these online black history quizzes to travel back in time and see how black culture has influenced many civilizations.

  • Question of

    Arthur Ashe was a famous ____________.

    • Basketball player
    • Tennis player
    • Track star
    • Football player
  • Question of

    Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?

    • Traffic light, gas mask
    • Traffic lights, cars
    • Gas mask, stop sign
    • None of the Above
  • Question of

    Charles Drew is responsible for which of the following?

    • Refrigirator
    • Blood banks
    • Plastic surgery
    • Automobile
  • Question of

    Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?

    • Play major league football
    • Play major league baseball
    • Hit a home run at Yankees Stadium
    • Perform in the olympic
  • Question of

    He started the “Back to Africa Movement”, and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica

    • Malcolm X
    • James Del Rio
    • Marcus Garvey
    • Barrack Obama
  • Question of

    She was the first African American to publish her writings

    • Phyllis Wheatly
    • Ida Wells
    • Marion Shea
    • Harriet Tubman
  • Question of

    Who was the American singer, actress, and civil rights leader who got her start singing at the Cotton Club in New York City at age 16?

    • Dionne Warwick
    • Lena Horne
    • Diana Ross
    • Marcus Garvey
  • Question of

    Who was the last black actress to win the Academy Award”s Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2006?

    • Whoopi Goldberg
    • Jennifer Hudson
    • Haddie McDaniel
    • Marion Shea
  • Question of

    Who was the Ladies World Figure Skating Championship in 1986?

    • Peggy Flemming
    • Dorthy Hami
    • Debbie Thomas
    • Harriet Tubman
  • Question of

    Who holds the record of 100 points scored in a single NBA game?

    • Wilt Chamberlain
    • Lebron James
    • Earl “the Pearl” Monroe
    • Kobe bryant
  • Question of

    What was the nickname for the all Black 332d Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps which escorted Allied Bombers through European airspace on 1,578 mission during World War II?

    • Flying Blue Aces
    • Tuskegee Airmen
    • 92nd bomber squadron
    • None of the Above
  • Question of

    What service did the first African American female millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker, provide?

    • Food distribution
    • Investment advice
    • Beauty products
    • Real Estate
  • Question of

    Who was the pitcher in the Negro Baseball league who developed bat-badger, and jump ball and was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971?

    • Satchel Paige
    • Jackie Robinson
    • Larry Doby
    • Kevin Hart
  • Question of

    In what year did Harriet Tubman escape slavery?

    • 1797
    • 1849
    • 1929
    • 1890
  • Question of

    Who was the first African American Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

    • Clarence Thomas
    • Thurgood Marshall
    • Hugo Black
    • Jackie Robinson
  • Question of

    What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?

    • Johnson and Johnson
    • BET Black Entertainment Television
    • Jumpman
    • Devon Industrial Group
  • Question of

    Who was the first African American poet to win an Pulitzer Prize?

    • Maya Angelo
    • Terry McMillian
    • Phillis wheatley
    • Gwendolyn Brooks
  • Question of

    Who was the first African American car manufacturer in 1916?

    • Henry Ford
    • Charles Richard Patterson
    • Charles Buick
    • None of the above
  • Question of

    Who is the author who wrote,” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?

    • Maya Angelou
    • Alice Walker
    • June Jordan
    • None of the Above
  • Question of

    Dr. Maulana Karenga created this cultural observance designed to celebrate African-American heritage.

    • Black History Month
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
    • Kwanzaa
    • Juneteenth
  • Question of

    Several generations of Africans combined elements from English and African languages to form this unique language used primarily in southern regions.

    • Swahili
    • Gullah
    • Sheng
    • Afrikaans
  • Question of

    A respected sociologist and education professor at Harvard, she’s known for studying cultural relationships between families, schools, and communities.

    • Dr. Mary Frances Berry
    • Ruth Simmons
    • Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
    • Johnnetta Cole
  • Question of

    Where is the historically black college/university, Claflin University located?

    • Toledo, Ohio
    • Orangeburg, South Carolina
    • Lincoln, Nebraska
    • Pascagoula, Mississippi
  • Question of

    She was Howard University’s first female law student and became the first Black woman lawyer in 1872.

    • Mary Church Terrell
    • Justina Ford
    • Charlotte Ray
    • Madame C. J. Walker
  • Question of

    In the 1960’s, this activist encouraged African-Americans to stop using “colored” or “negro”, but instead use “black”.

    • Stokely Carmichael
    • Martin Luther King, Jr.
    • Jesse Jackson
    • Huey P. Newton
  • Question of

    Which hairstyle dates back to ancient Africa and remains popular to this day?

    • Corn rows
    • Dredlocks
    • Fades
    • Twists
  • Question of

    Who was the first Black female poet to have her work published in the U.S.?

    • Maya Angelou
    • Phillis Wheatley
    • Linda Brown
    • Mae Jamison
  • Question of

    The first Black-owned radio station was based in this city.

    • Chicago, IL
    • Detroit, MI
    • Kansas City, MO
    • Atlanta, GA
  • Question of

    What African-American made millions selling cookies?

    • Ben Keebler
    • Howard Tent (Little Debbie)
    • Wally “Famous” Amos
    • John Jackson (Oreo)
  • Question of

    Who is known as the father of Black History?

    • Martin Luther King
    • Carter G. Woodson
    • Barack Obama
    • Nelson Mandela
  • Question of

    Who invented the automatic fishing reel?

    • George Cook
    • W. B. Purvis
    • Lewis Latimer
    • O. Dorsey
  • Question of

    Name the inventor of the adding machine?

    • John L. Love
    • Shelby Davidson
    • W. H. Richardson
    • Alexander Miles
  • Question of

    Who invented the cellular phone?

    • Alfred Benjamin
    • L. C. Bailey
    • Lewis Latimer
    • Henry T. Sampson
  • Question of

    Where was Malcolm X killed?

    • Massachusetts State Prison
    • His House, Queens
    • Downtown Boston
    • Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan
  • Question of

    At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?

    • About 1 Million
    • About 2 Million
    • About 500,000
    • About 4 million
  • Question of

    Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?

    • Albert John Lutul
    • Ralph Bunche
    • Nelson Mandela
    • Martin Luther King Jr
  • Question of

    Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator?

    • Edward Brooke
    • Hiram Revels
    • Carol Mosley Braun
    • Blanche K. Bruce
  • Question of

    The 15th Amendment, which granted African-Americans the right to vote, was passed on which date?

    • February 3, 1870
    • July 14, 1889
    • November 19, 1910
    • None of the Above
  • Question of

    Which civil rights activist gained notoriety in the late 19th century for her scathing editorials denouncing racial injustice?

    • Sojourner Truth
    • Zora Neale Hurston
    • Ida B. Wells
    • None of the Above
  • Question of

    Who is generally considered the mother of the civil rights movement?

    • Harriet Tubman
    • Susan B. Anthony
    • Rosa Parks
    • None of the Above
  • Question of

    On June 11, 1963, President Kennedy ordered the National Guard to ensure the enrollment of two African-American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, at which university?

    • University of Mississippi
    • University of Alabama
    • University of Chicago
    • None of the above
  • Question of

    Who established the first non-indigenous settlement of Chicago?

    • Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable
    • Sally Bayne
    • Pedro Alonso Nino
    • Joseph Moreno
  • Question of

    Who broke three track and field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State?

    • Jesse Owens
    • Maurice Greene
    • Michael Johnson
    • Carl Lewis
  • Question of

    Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?

    • Folding Bed
    • Dry-Cleaning Process
    • Lip Stick
    • Hair Straightening System
  • Question of

    In 1492 I traveled with Christopher Columbus on his first expedition to the new world?

    • Pedro Alonso Nino
    • Sacagawea
    • Lucy Terry
    • Leroy Smith
  • Question of

    In what year and in what city was the first black theater company founded?

    • 1809 and Maine
    • 1816 and Philadelphia
    • 1821 and New York
    • 1825 and Boston
  • Question of

    In 1839 we were slaves on this ship only to take it over and sail to long island, where we would eventually win freedom.

    • Guerrero
    • Amistad
    • Henrietta Marie
    • Wildfire
  • Question of

    In 1867 Five all black colleges were founded, what are they?

    • Wilberforce University, Bethune Cookman, Talladega College, Kentucky State, and Lincoln University
    • Talladega College, Morgan State College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta, and Lane
    • Howard University, Morgan State, Talladega College, St. Augustine college, and Johnson C. Smith College
    • Johnson C. Smith college, Howard University, Wilberforce University, Paul Quinn, and Elizabeth City State
  • Question of

    Who signed The Emancipation Act?

    • Abraham Lincoln
    • James Buchanan
    • Andrew Johnson
    • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Question of

    With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?

    • Freedom from Slavery
    • Right to Citizenship Status
    • Right to Sit Anywhere
    • Voting Rights
  • Question of

    Who was the only African American among the original NAACP executives?

    • W.E.B. Du Bois
    • Frederick Douglass
    • Rosa Parks
    • Martin Luther King Jr
  • Question of

    An all-white jury acquitted J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of whom?

    • Emmett Till
    • Medgar Evers
    • Malcolm X
    • Martin Luther King Jr
  • Question of

    What amendment to the United States Constitution stated “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous conditions of servitude?”

    • 15th
    • 13th
    • 14th
    • 16th
  • Question of

    Who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama?

    • Booker T. Washington
    • George Washington Carver
    • W.E.B. DuBois
    • Philip Randolph
  • Question of

    Who was the African American lawyer who argued for the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka?

    • W.E.B. DuBois
    • Clarence Thomas
    • Julian Bond
    • Thurgood Marshall
  • Question of

    Where did President Eisenhower send troops to uphold the Brown v. Board of Education decision after the state’s governor blocked African American students from attending there?

    • Greensboro High School, North Carolina
    • Central High School – Little Rock, Arkansas
    • Fisk High School – Nashville, Tennessee
    • Topeka High School, Kansas
  • Question of

    Who was the first African American Olympian to win a gold medal?

    • John Baxter Taylor
    • Jesse Owens
    • Carl Lewis
    • Wilma Rudolph
  • Question of

    The first African American actor/actress to win an Oscar was?

    • Sidney Portier
    • Denzel Washington
    • Hattie McDaniels
    • Diana Ross
  • Question of

    Famous neurosurgeon at John Hopkins who is known for successfully separating conjoined twins.

    • Daniel Williams
    • Rebecca Crumpler
    • Benjamin Carson
    • William Augustus Hinton
  • Question of

    Who is known as the “Father of the Blues”?

    • B.B. King
    • W.C. Handy
    • Louis Armstrong
    • Duke Ellington
  • Question of

    Which of the following civil rights organizations is the oldest?

    • Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    • Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee
    • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    • Congress of Racial Equality

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