Did You Know? QUIZ A Black History Knowledge Builder 2020 Question 1: Which ship became renowned in July 1839 for a slave revolt by Mende captives who had been enslaved in Sierra Leone? Answer: La Amistad Question 2: The Spanish colonies in the Caribbean were among the last to abolish slavery. While the British colonies abolished slavery completely by 1834, when did Spain abolish slavery in Puerto Rico and Cuba? Answer: 1873 in Puerto Rico and 1886 in Cuba. Please click on the titles for some reading choices. Question 3: Who became the first African American female billionaire in 2003? Answer: Oprah Winfrey

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Question 4: What organization helps fund approximately 40 historically black colleges and universities?

Booker T. Washington, co-founder of Tuskegee Institute

photo credit: Wikimedia Commons Answer: United Negro College Fund Question 5: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, TN at the Lorraine Hotel. Why was Dr. King in Memphis? Answer: For the Sanitation Workers Strike Question 6: The first rap song to achieve commercial success was “Rapper’s Delight.” What was the name of the group who recorded this single in 1979? Answer: The Sugar Hill Gang

Photo credit: Russell Mondy Question 7: In 1991, what became the first black-controlled company in the entertainment industry to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange?

Photo credit: Jeffrey Zeldman Answer: BET, Black Entertainment Network Question 8: This Oscar nominated director passed away on April 29, 2019. His famous films were Boyz in the Hood, Poetic Justice and Baby Boy. He was 51 years old. Who was he? Answer: John Singleton

Photo taken form Wikimedia Commons Question 9: Whose 1939 Easter Sunday Concert at the Lincoln Memorial broke racial barriers and was an important moment in the struggle for civil rights?

_____ Pearl Bailey _____ Marian Anderson _____ Billie Holiday _____ Shirley Horn Answer: Marian Anderson

Photo by Addison Scurlock. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Archives Center. Question 10: Who was the first African American to publish a book – Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral?

_____ Madame C.J. Walker _____ Lorraine Hansberry _____ Phillis Wheatley _____ Elizabeth Nunez Answer: Phillis Wheatley Question 11: Stephanie Diana Wilson is the third African American woman astronaut flying on three space shuttle missions. There have been two others before her. Who were they?

_____Carole Mosley Braun and Diana Ross _____Venus and Serena Williams _____Mae Jemison and Joan Higginbotham _____Judith Jamison and Kamala Harris Answer: Mae Jemison and Joan Higginbotham

https://pics.me.me Question 12: 2019 was the first year that women of African descent made history by being named as beauty queens. Miss America was , was Zozibini Tunzi, Miss Teen USA was , Miss World was Toni-Ann Singh, and Miss USA was . Where are Miss World and Miss Universe from? Answer: Jamaica and South Africa Bonus question: What does the “H” in President Barack H. Obama’s middle name stand for?

_____ Hamilton _____ Hasan _____ Houston _____ Hussein Answer: Hussein

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