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