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Black History Month Trivia

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