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