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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
    First African American elected Mayor of Rochester NY
    Established a nursing home for African Americans
    Civil War Spy
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  • What invention did John A. Burr design and create?
    The traffic light
    The gas mask
    The rotary lawn mower
    Hair straightening cream
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  • Who once used the gas masks they invented to save miners trapped by noxious fumes?
    Mariam Croak
    John Burr
    Garrett Morgan
    Lonnie Johnson
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  • What has Lonnie Johnson accomplished
    Helped test fly the Stealth Bomber
    All of these things
    Invented the Super Soaker
    U.S. Air Force and NASA veteran
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  • Which of the following is NOT true about Mariam Croak?
    Born in 1955
    Died in 2019
    Vice President of Engineering at Google
    Invented Voice Over Internet Protocol
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  • Why is Black History Month celebrated in February?
    February is when the civil war ended
    February is the traditional month of the African harvest
    Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in February
    Birth month of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
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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?
    Historical Black Caucus and Unity
    Health, Beauty, Chivalry and Understanding
    Howard, Bowie, Coppin, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
    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?
    Frederick Douglas
    David Walker
    John Brown
    William Still
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  • Which black inventor created the automatic gear shift in cars?
    Richard Spikes
    George T. Sampson
    Otis Boykin
    Thomas Elkins
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  • Which black inventor created the clothes dryer?
    Garrett Morgan
    George T. Sampson
    Thomas Elkins
    Otis Boykin
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  • Which black inventor created the modern toilet?
    Otis Boykin
    George T. Sampson
    Thomas Elkins
    Richard Spikes
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