Black in AmeriKKKa
What was the original purpose of police when they were created?
A) Fight crime
B) Eat donuts
C) Slave patrol
C) Slave patrol
Which singing group started on YouTube and worked their way into the mainstream entertainment industry?
A. TLC
B. Spice Girls
C. SWV
D. Chloe x Halle
D. Chloe x Halle
Who were the first black male pilots?
(Hint: Red Tails movie)
The Tuskegee Airmen
Why did slaves make quilts back during slavery?
Who was the first black female to give up her seat on the bus?
A. Mackenzie Reynolds
B. Rosa Parks
C. Claudette Colvin
D. Ruby Bridges
C. Claudette Colvin
This name describes towns that do not allow black people to be there once the sun starts to set
A) Greentown
B) Sundown town
C) Sunset towns
B) Sundown town
First black female to hold a pilot license in 1921?
A) Janet Jackson
B) Kim Jones
C) Bessie Coleman
Bessie Coleman
A) Predominantly white schools for black people
B) Historically black schools for white people
C) Historically black schools for black people
C) Historically black schools for black people
What African country gained independence from Ethiopia after Italian colonization?
A) Ghana
B) Eritrea
C) Nigeria
B) Eritrea
What platform currently has MOST young black content creators dominating and creating trends?
A) Twitter
B) Facebook
C) Snapchat
D) Tik Tok
D) Tik Tok
What term describes gentrification/displacement of BIPOC neighborhoods?
A) Green lining
B) Yellow lining
C) Red zoning
C) Red zoning
Which woman's mathematics was used to create the GPS navigation system?
A) Shirley Jenson
B) Sarah Carver
C) Gladys West
C) Gladys West
Who invented the stop light?
A) Thomas Eddison
B) Alder Jones
C) Garrett Morgan
Garrett Morgan
What two countries share an island in the Caribbean, but speak two different languages?
A) Haiti and Dominican Republic
B) Ethiopia and Eritrea
C) Peru and Chile
A) Haiti and Dominican Republic
How old is the youngest black girl accepted into Harvard University?
A) 9 yrs old
B) 13 yrs old
C) 18 yrs old
B) 13 years old
The descendants of West and Central African slaves brought to North and South Carolina, Florida and Georgia
A) Yoruba
B) Gullah Geechee
C) Navajo
B) Gullah Geechee
How many black girls in New Orleans just recently solved the infamous "unsolvable" math problem known as the Pythagorean Theorem?
A) 1
B) 3
C) 4
D) 2
D) 2
Lonnie Johnson is the creator of which best-selling toy?
A) Bop It
B) Super Soaker Water Gun
C) Socker Boppers
B) Super Soaker Water Gun
Who's cells were used without her consent for reuse with cures to cancer, COVID vaccine, stem cells, and much more?
A) Rebecca Lee Crumpler
B) Henrietta Lacks
C) Kim Jones
Henrietta Lacks
Who is just the youngest black Mayor in the United States?
A. Christina Thomas
B. Jaylen Smith
C. Dominique Williams
D. Gregory James
B. Jaylen Smith
What language was created by slaves to secretly communicate and has a small population of native speakers today?
A) Twi
B) Fulani
C) Tutnese or Tut
C) Tutnese or Tut
Who is the first athlete to win 5 world titles in an individual running event and is currently the fastest woman in the world?
A. Elaine Thompson-Hera
B. Shelly-Ann Fracer-Pryce
C. Sha'Cari Richardson
D. Sharicka Jackson
B. Shelly-Ann Fracer-Pryce
Who was the first black MLB (Major League Baseball) player?
A) James Dolby
B) Jackie Robinson
C) Charles Murphy
D) Jessie James
B) Jackie Robinson
Sophia Stewart is the writer of which two film series that were stolen by The Warner Brothers?
A) "Terminator"
B) "Good Girls"
C) "The Matrix"
A & C . "The Matrix", "Terminator"
8 year old Mari Copeny protested about which cities lead poisoning water crisis, that brought attention to the U.S. President?
Hint: "Little Miss ____"
A. Las Vegas
B. Chicago
C. Cleveland
D. Flint
D. Flint