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Black History Month Trivia

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    black inventors and other random stuff the school has covered
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  • Which of the following accomplishments did Harriet Tubman NOT do?
    Underground Railroad conductor
    Civil War Spy
    First African American elected Mayor of Rochester NY
    Established a nursing home for African Americans
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  • What invention did John A. Burr design and create?
    Hair straightening cream
    The traffic light
    The rotary lawn mower
    The gas mask
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  • Who once used the gas masks they invented to save miners trapped by noxious fumes?
    Mariam Croak
    Lonnie Johnson
    Garrett Morgan
    John Burr
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  • What has Lonnie Johnson accomplished
    Helped test fly the Stealth Bomber
    Invented the Super Soaker
    All of these things
    U.S. Air Force and NASA veteran
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  • Which of the following is NOT true about Mariam Croak?
    Vice President of Engineering at Google
    Born in 1955
    Invented Voice Over Internet Protocol
    Died in 2019
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  • Why is Black History Month celebrated in February?
    February is when the civil war ended
    Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in February
    Birth month of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
    February is the traditional month of the African harvest
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  • What was the "Six Triple Eight"?
    Code name for the African American Civil War spy group
    The Internet Protocol developed by Mariam Croak
    The secret Under Ground Railroad group
    the first all-female, all-Black military battalion in WWII
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  • What does the acronym HBCU stand for?
    Howard, Bowie, Coppin, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
    Health, Beauty, Chivalry and Understanding
    Historical Black Caucus and Unity
    Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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  • Who was the famous abolitionist who escaped from slavery in Maryland and wrote a book about it?
    David Walker
    William Still
    Frederick Douglas
    John Brown
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  • Which black inventor created the automatic gear shift in cars?
    Richard Spikes
    Thomas Elkins
    George T. Sampson
    Otis Boykin
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  • Which black inventor created the clothes dryer?
    Thomas Elkins
    Otis Boykin
    George T. Sampson
    Garrett Morgan
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  • Which black inventor created the modern toilet?
    Thomas Elkins
    George T. Sampson
    Richard Spikes
    Otis Boykin
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