Black History Month
Black HERstory
Trivia Salad!
Arts & Culture
STEM
100
These three countries celebrate Black History Month annually.
A. United States, Australia, Nigeria
B. Canada, Haiti, United States
C. United Kingdom, United States, and Canada
What are the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada?
100
She was the first Black major-party candidate to run for President of the United States, in the 1972 U.S. presidential election, making her also the first woman ever to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
A. Kamala Harris
B. Shirley Chisholm
C. Stacy Abrams
D. Condoleezza Rice
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
100
A. Clarence Thomas
B. Thurgood Marshall
C. Patricia Timmons-Goodson
D. Tamika Montgomery-Reeves
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Fact: Marshall was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's first African-American justice.
100
Activist Alicia Garza is a co-founder of the BLM movement, and coined the phrase "Black lives matter" in THIS year with a Facebook post. Today, people around the world are joining the movement she co-founded.
A. 2020
B. 2019
C. 2013
D. 2016
What is 2013?
Fact: When asked in 2020 why her statement has so much power, Alicia Garza stated, "'Black lives matter' is so simple and yet so complex. It really is a very direct assertion of both a problem and a solution at the same time. Here we are seven years later, and I think what's become clear is that some of the discomfort with this statement is that it forces you to choose sides. You can't say some Black lives matter or they kind of matter or they matter sometimes. The statement asks you, do you believe Black lives matter? And if so, is that the world that we live in right now? And if not, what are we going to do to close the gap there?"
100
This African American mathematician was a surveyor who helped plan the District of Columbia in 1790.
A. Benjamin Banneker
B. David Blackwell
C. Clarence F. Stephens
D. Kelly Miller
Who was Benjamin Banneker?
200
First President who officially recognized Black History Month.
A. Jimmy Carter
B. Gerald Ford
C. Ronald Reagan
D. Barack Obama
Who is Gerald Ford?
200
She is a dancer, singer, fundraiser, author, and poet who read a specially-composed poem at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993.
A. Marita Koch
B. Maya Angelou
C. Gwendolyn Brooks
D. Langston Hughes
Who is Maya Angelou?
200
Madame Vice President Kamala Harris graduated from this Historically Black College and University.
A. Hampton University
B. Spelman College
C. Clark Atlanta University
D. Howard University
What is Howard University?
200
She was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year.
A. Beyonce
B. Nicki Minaj
C. Lauryn Hill
D. Missy Elliott
Who is Lauryn Hill?
200
A medical doctor and scientist, his interests in solving the problem of storing and using blood for transfusions. He developed a process for extracting plasma from blood.
A. James Baldwin
B. Charles Drew
C. Frederick Douglas
D. W. E. B. Du Bois
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
Fact: He is credited with heading two blood banks – The American Red Cross and Blood for Britain. Blood for Britain provided blood for soldiers injured in World War II.
300
The reason Black History Month is celebrated in February.
A. To honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
B. To recognize the influence that Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass had on black Americans
C. To celebrate the history of black achievement.
What is B?
Fact: Carter Woodson is known as the father of Black History. He announced the second week of February to be dedicated to celebrating Black history, and to recognize the influence that Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass had on Black Americans and the important people and events in the history of the African diaspora.
300
On March 2, 1955 she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a White woman.
A. Rosa Parks
B. Claudette Colvin
C. Ida B. Wells
D. Ella Baker
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Fact: This occurred nine months before the more widely known incident in which Rosa Parks, helped spark the Montgomery Bus boycott.
300
This Constitutional amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States
A. The 2nd amendment
B. The 13th amendment
C. The 14th amendment
D. The 15th amendment
What is the 13th Amendment?
Fact: The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865.
300
This Black-owned company outlet was the first to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
A. Telfar
B. BET, Black Entertainment Television
C. Oprah Winfrey Network OWN
D. AJ Crimson Beauty
What is BET, or Black Entertainment Television?
300
a. Secretary for the Department of Defense
b. Invented America First Clock
c. Her Calculations helped NASA Space Program
d. She was the first Black Female Astronaut
400
The year that Black History Month was first proposed by Black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State University in February.
A. 1920
B. 1980
C. 1969
What is 1969?
400
She is an activist who began using the phrase, “Me too,” on Twitter in an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault and sexual abuse.
A. Angela Davis
B. Ida B. Wells
C. Kathleen Cleaver
D. Tarana Burke
Who is Tarana Burke?
Fact: In 2006, Tarana Burke began using the phrase, “Me too,” on Twitter in an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault and sexual abuse. However, it was something that she wishes she had said to other survivors of sexual assault before then- that they were not alone. That she too had survived. “Me too,” became a movement after the use of the hashtag gained popularity when actresses began coming forward with their experiences in Hollywood. Along with others, Tarana Burke was named “Person of the Year” by Time Magazine in 2017. As the Senior Director of the non-profit Girls for Gender Equality in Brooklyn, New York, she helps create opportunities for young Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to overcome the many hurdles that they face. Through GGE, Ms. Burke tackles issues of sexism, poverty, racial injustices, transphobia, homophobia, and harassment.
400
A historical building that once housed the first National Guard unit in the U.S. to have Black officers, and hosted a crowd of 800 people at the first-ever National Negro Congress in 1936, an event that focused on the needs of Black workers during the Great Depression. Today, the building is the home of this Chicago Public School.
What is the Chicago Military Academy Bronzeville?
400
Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973), often referred to as the "godmother of rock and roll," is the most recent inductee to the Rock and Roll's Hall of Fame's "Early Influencers." She was inducted in this year.
A. 2018
B. 2020
C. 1973
D. 1968
What is 2018?
400
In this year, scientist Valerie Thomas invented and patented the illusion transmitter.
A. 2000
B. 1965
C. 1980
D. 1995
What is 1980?
Fact: The device produces optical illusion images via two concave mirrors. Unlike flat mirrors, which produce images that appear to be inside, or behind the mirror, concave mirrors create images that appear to be real, or in front of the mirror itself. This technology was subsequently adopted by NASA and has since been adapted for use in surgery as well as the production of television and video screens.
500
In a 2005 interview with 60 Minutes, this famous actor said, "I don't want a Black History Month. Black History is American History."
A. Denzel Washington
B. Laurence Fishburne
C. Will Smith
D. Morgan Freeman
Who is Morgan Freeman?
500
This transgender rights activist is known as one of the central figures of the Stonewall Uprising in 1969.
A. Marsha P. Johnson
B. Sylvia Rivera
C. Maya Angelou
D. Angela Davis
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
500
Bayard Rustin's contributions to the Civil Rights Movement have often been left out of history due to anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice - Rustin was gay. In his role as an advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, he organized THIS major 1963 event.
A. Million Man March
B. March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom
C. Freedom Rides
D. Montgomery Bus Boycott
What is the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom?
500
This Afro-Latina artist, whose parents are of Dominican & Trinidadian descent, has been called "unabashedly political" and famously supported Bernie Sanders in his 2016 and 2020 presidential runs.
A. Princess Nokia
B. Cardi B
C. Gina Torres
D. Dascha Polanco
Who is Cardi B?
500
Esteban Hotesse was the only known Dominican airman to serve as a part of this group of the first Black military pilots during World War II.
A. Black Angels
B. High Fliers
C. Tuskegee Airmen
D. African American Airforce
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?