Black History Trivia Quiz

How much do you think you really know about black people and black history? This quiz will give you an insight into their history, discovering rare facts that few people know.

  1.  1

    Jockey Jimmy Lee made racing history in?

    • 1907
    • 1908
    • 1909
    • 1910
  2.  2

    Norbert Rillieux patented new sugar-making process in what year?

    • 1857
    • 1854
    • 1850
    • 1846
  3.  3

    Judge James Parsons was appointed to U.S. District Court in?

    • 1960
    • 1961
    • 1962
    • 1963
  4.  4

    NY City named him as Deputy Mayor in 1973?

    • David Dinkins
    • Paul S. Dinkins
    • Richard Dinkins
    • Matthew Dinkins
  5.  5

    The first issue of Afro American newspaper was published in Baltimore in?

    • 1892
    • 1893
    • 1894
    • 1896
  6.  6

    The American Colonization Society was established in what year?

    • 1816
    • 1817
    • 1819
    • 1820
  7.  7

    Who patented the lantern in 1884?

    • M.C. Harvey
    • L.C. Harvey
    • R.C. Harvey
    • W.C. Harvey
  8.  8

    Andrew Young was promoted to Ambassador to UN in what year?

    • 1970
    • 1976
    • 1980
    • 1986
  9.  9

    Who called a general slave strike in Buffalo, NY in 1843?

    • Harold Peters
    • Edward Peters
    • Thomas Garnett
    • Henry Highland Garnett
  10. 10

    The first poem written by Lucy Terry was in?

    • 1742
    • 1745
    • 1746
    • 1749
  11. 11

    Lou Brock set a stolen base record in?

    • 1977
    • 1978
    • 1979
    • 1980
  12. 12

    Who is the “Father of Negro History”?

    • Mike Williams
    • Ralph Woodson
    • Jonathon Carter
    • Carter G. Woodson
  13. 13

    The Federal Government issued a warrant for Angela Davis in 1970?

    • True
    • False
    • I don't know
    • I am not sure
  14. 14

    The lemon squeezer was patented by African American J.T. White in?

    • 1896
    • 1897
    • 1898
    • 1899
  15. 15

    W.S. Grant patented curtain rod supports in?

    • 1895
    • 1896
    • 1897
    • 1898
  16. 16

    What is the title of the work first published by ex-slave Frederick Douglass in 1847?

    • South Star
    • Western Star
    • North Star
    • Eastern Star
  17. 17

    California organized Allenworth Township for former slaves in what year?

    • 1908
    • 1909
    • 1910
    • 1911
  18. 18

    African American poet Phylis Wheatley died in?

    • 1780
    • 1783
    • 1784
    • 1786
  19. 19

    The Underground Railroad was started by who in 1850?

    • Jacob Still
    • William Still
    • Sally Williams
    • Steven Wright
  20. 20

    20% of the U.S. population was African American in 1800?

    • True
    • False
    • I am not sure
    • I don't know

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