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