WHO HQ® FOR YOU TRIVIA! The correct answers are at the end of the activity so be careful not to let the answers slip! FEBRUARY – BLACK HISTORY MONTH: 1. The Harlem Renaissance took place during the Roaring Twenties in Harlem, New York. Which of the following famous artists did not take part in this celebrated artistic movement? • Langston Hughes • Zora Neale Hurston • Wassily Kandinsky • Jacob Lawrence 2. Which kind of race made Jesse Owens “the fastest man in the world”? • 100-meter dash • 200-meter dash • 400-meter dash • 800-meter dash 3. After graduating from Columbia University, this former president moved to Chicago, Illinois, to become a community organizer. • Richard Nixon • Ronald Reagan • Barack Obama • John. F. Kennedy 4. What major award did Martin Luther King Jr. win for his civil rights activism? • The Nobel Peace Prize • The Pulitzer Prize • An Academy Award • A Grammy 5. In 1955, this woman’s refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man started the Montgomery Bus Boycott. • Ida B. Wells • Coretta Scott King • Sojourner Truth • Rosa Parks whohq.com 6. The “greatest” heavyweight boxing champion of all time changed his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali when he began to practice what religion? • Christianity • Judaism • Buddhism • Islam 7. Which former Negro League baseball player was the oldest rookie in Major League Baseball history at the age of 39? • Satchel Paige • Jackie Robinson • Reggie Jackson • Josh Gibson 8. How many of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, a group of Black and Caribbean-born military pilots, who fought overseas in World War II • 13 • 157 • 243 • 352 9. Louis Armstrong was famous for playing which musical instrument? • Trombone • Saxophone • Trumpet • French horn 10. While she is best known for her television show, this influential woman also started a book club, the OWN television network, and founded a school for girls in South Africa. Name her. • Ellen DeGeneres • Oprah Winfrey • Michelle Obama • Gayle King Oprah Winfrey Oprah 10. Trumpet; 9. 352; 8. Paige; Satchel 7. Islam; 6. Parks; Rosa 5. Prize; Peace Nobel The 4. Obama; Barack 3. dash; 100-meter 2. Kandinsky; Wassily 1. whohq.com.