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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
    First African American elected Mayor of Rochester NY
    Underground Railroad conductor
    Civil War Spy
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  • What invention did John A. Burr design and create?
    The traffic light
    The rotary lawn mower
    Hair straightening cream
    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
    John Burr
    Garrett Morgan
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  • What has Lonnie Johnson accomplished
    Invented the Super Soaker
    Helped test fly the Stealth Bomber
    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?
    Born in 1955
    Invented Voice Over Internet Protocol
    Died in 2019
    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
    February is when the civil war ended
    February is the traditional month of the African harvest
    Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in February
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  • What was the "Six Triple Eight"?
    the first all-female, all-Black military battalion in WWII
    The secret Under Ground Railroad group
    The Internet Protocol developed by Mariam Croak
    Code name for the African American Civil War spy group
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  • What does the acronym HBCU stand for?
    Historically Black Colleges and Universities
    Health, Beauty, Chivalry and Understanding
    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?
    John Brown
    William Still
    Frederick Douglass
    David Walker
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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
    Thomas Elkins
    Otis Boykin
    George T. Sampson
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  • Which black inventor created the modern toilet?
    Richard Spikes
    Otis Boykin
    Thomas Elkins
    George T. Sampson
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