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Marcus Rashford is a professional football player and is also known for being an inspirational campaigner against racism and helping to ensure every child gets the best start in life. Which football team does he play for?

Manchester United

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This man had a dream that all people will be equal.

Martin Luther King Jr.?

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What sport is Simone Biles, the record-holding athlete with multiple Olympic medals, famous for?

Gymnastics

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This is the month of Black History Month

October

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What was the name of the ship that brought many Caribbean immigrants to Britain in 1948?


HMT Emperor Windrush

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This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.

Rosa Parks

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He was the first black President of the USA.

Barack Obama?

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American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records, widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time and is one of the most famous athletes in modern history

Who is "Tiger" Woods ?

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Ade Adepitan is a talented television presenter, but he is also known for playing sport and has even competed at the Paralympic Games! But which sport does he play?

Wheelchair Basketball

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What year was Stormzy born?  (correct within 2 years)

1993

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Who helped 300 slaves escape to freedom?

Harriet Tubman

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Mary Seacole was a heroic nurse who famously dedicated her time as well as nearly all her savings to helping injured soldiers from which war?

The Crimean War

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In 1906, Jimmy Peters became the first Black man to play for which sport's national team in England?

Rugby Union

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Dina Asher-Smith is the fastest British woman in all recorded running history...True/False?

True

 From 2008 to 2014, she attended Newstead Wood School in Orpington. Asher-Smith achieved 9 A stars and 2 As in her GCSEs. In August 2014, she got 3 A-Levels which allowed her entry into King's College London to study history.

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Inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century.

Who is George Washington Carver?

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African American female tennis player - youngest of 5 sisters

Serena Williams

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Who was the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state?

Nelson Mandela

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This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics in 1936

Jesse Owens

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Malorie Blackman is a beloved children’s author who uses science fiction to explore social issues. Which of these books series did she write?

Noughts & Crosses

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Ignatius Sancho was a writer, composer, shop owner, and devoted member of the movement who fought hard to end the slave trade. In 1774 Ignatius became the first black man in Britain to…

Vote in an election

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The “Queen of Soul" ranked No.1 in Rolling Stone’s “200 Greatest Singers of All Time” and it’s been said that no one understood soul music better than her. Inspiring generations of singers after her, including Mary J. Blige and Whitney Houston

Aretha Franklin

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Malcolm X was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism.

Who was Malcolm X?

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This British swimmer was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal for Team GB, achieving this at the 2012 London Olympics. Who is she?

Jessica Ennis-Hill

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Who is Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock?

Dame Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock DBE Hon is a Nigerian space scientist and science educator. She is an honorary research associate of University College London's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and has been the chancellor of the University of Leicester since 1 March 2023. Since February 2014, she has co-presented the long-running astronomy television programme The Sky at Night with Chris Lintott. She is the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award and she served as the president of the British Science Association from 2021 to 2022.

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Althea McNish, a notable designer, came from which country?

Trinidad

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