black-history Trivia Quiz # 20
This is Black History Quiz # 20; the link to the answers is at the bottom of this page, hope you enjoy! You can return to the main Black History Trivia Quiz index, or try your luck at a random Black History Trivia Quiz.Black History Trivia Question 1
Black History #2 - Slaves in early America could be bought and sold at the discretion of their masters.
The correct answer is 'True'
Considered chattel property, slaves could make virtually no decisions about their welfare.
Black History Trivia Question 2
Black History - Who founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama?
The correct answer is 'Booker T. Washington'
Black History Trivia Question 3
Black History - Whose autobiography is entitled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
The correct answer is 'Maya Angelou'
Published in 1970.
Black History Trivia Question 4
Black History - Who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association?
The correct answer is 'Marcus Garvey'
Marcus Garvey also started the Back-to-Africa movement and made popular the slogan 'Black is Beautiful'.
Black History Trivia Question 5
Black History - This botanist, born a slave, became famous for his contributions to agricultural science. Who was this man, grand promoter of peanuts, sweet potatoes and soybeans, widely credited with inventing peanut butter?
The correct answer is 'George Washington Carver'
George Washington Carver did not actually invent peanut butter (contrary to the assertions of countless grade school teachers), but peanut butter was a fixture of the bulletins he published to encourage poor farmers to rotate their crops. By publishing more than 300 uses for peanuts and soybeans, he proved that these nitrogen-fixing plants were marketable (in addition to improving the soil).
Black History Trivia Question 6
Black History At The Movies - He played Corporal Thomas Searles in 'Glory' (1989), which was his first major role. He also portrayed the actor in Spike Lee's 'Get on the Bus', about the journey of a group of men going to the 'Million Man March' in 1995. Who is he?
The correct answer is 'Andre Braugher'
Braugher also was the angel Cassiel in 'City of Angels'. He is better known for his role of Franck Pembleton in the TV series 'Homicide, Life on the Streets'.
Black History Trivia Question 7
International Black History, 20th Century - Which of the following activist Irish women played a role in the Civil Rights movement in the United States, promoting African-American rights and connecting the oppression of U.S. blacks to N. Irish citizens, until she was barred from the country in 2003 as a security threat?
The correct answer is 'Bernadette Devlin'
Sinn Fein is a political party (involved in the "Free Ireland" movement and implicated in collaborating at times with the IRA), and the other two women's names are fictional or coincidence. Bernadette Devlin took a stand on civil rights in 1968 and continued the fight within Ireland and the United States.
Black History Trivia Question 8
Black History Dates - Where was the first formal protest against slavery?
The correct answer is 'Germantown, Pennsylvania'
The first formal protest against slavery was made in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1688.
Black History Trivia Question 9
Black History - Who founded PUSH?
The correct answer is 'Rev. Jesse Jackson'
Rev. Jackson founded PUSH which stands for People United to Serve Humanity.
Black History Trivia Question 10
Black History - Who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and was known as the '1st Lady of the Civil Rights Movement'?
The correct answer is 'Miss Fannie Lou Hamer'