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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 rotary lawn mower
    Hair straightening cream
    The traffic light
    The gas mask
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  • Who once used the gas masks they invented to save miners trapped by noxious fumes?
    Lonnie Johnson
    John Burr
    Garrett Morgan
    Mariam Croak
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  • What has Lonnie Johnson accomplished
    U.S. Air Force and NASA veteran
    All of these things
    Helped test fly the Stealth Bomber
    Invented the Super Soaker
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  • Which of the following is NOT true about Mariam Croak?
    Invented Voice Over Internet Protocol
    Died in 2019
    Born in 1955
    Vice President of Engineering at Google
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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
    February is the traditional month of the African harvest
    Birth month of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
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  • What was the "Six Triple Eight"?
    The Internet Protocol developed by Mariam Croak
    The secret Under Ground Railroad group
    Code name for the African American Civil War spy group
    the first all-female, all-Black military battalion in WWII
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  • What does the acronym HBCU stand for?
    Historically Black Colleges and Universities
    Historical Black Caucus and Unity
    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?
    Thomas Elkins
    George T. Sampson
    Otis Boykin
    Richard Spikes
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  • Which black inventor created the clothes dryer?
    George T. Sampson
    Garrett Morgan
    Thomas Elkins
    Otis Boykin
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  • Which black inventor created the modern toilet?
    Richard Spikes
    Thomas Elkins
    Otis Boykin
    George T. Sampson
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