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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?
    Civil War Spy
    Underground Railroad conductor
    First African American elected Mayor of Rochester NY
    Established a nursing home for African Americans
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  • What invention did John A. Burr design and create?
    The rotary lawn mower
    The gas mask
    Hair straightening cream
    The traffic light
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  • Who once used the gas masks they invented to save miners trapped by noxious fumes?
    Mariam Croak
    Lonnie Johnson
    Garrett Morgan
    John Burr
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  • What has Lonnie Johnson accomplished
    All of these things
    U.S. Air Force and NASA veteran
    Invented the Super Soaker
    Helped test fly the Stealth Bomber
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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
    Died in 2019
    Born in 1955
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  • Why is Black History Month celebrated in February?
    Birth month of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
    February is the traditional month of the African harvest
    February is when the civil war ended
    Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in February
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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 first all-female, all-Black military battalion in WWII
    The secret Under Ground Railroad group
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  • What does the acronym HBCU stand for?
    Health, Beauty, Chivalry and Understanding
    Howard, Bowie, Coppin, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
    Historical Black Caucus and Unity
    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 Douglass
    John Brown
    William Still
    David Walker
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  • Which black inventor created the automatic gear shift in cars?
    Otis Boykin
    Richard Spikes
    George T. Sampson
    Thomas Elkins
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  • Which black inventor created the clothes dryer?
    Otis Boykin
    George T. Sampson
    Thomas Elkins
    Garrett Morgan
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  • Which black inventor created the modern toilet?
    George T. Sampson
    Otis Boykin
    Thomas Elkins
    Richard Spikes
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