Kwame Alexander

Black History Month Quiz 2008 For each question ring the correct answer. 1) This person is famous for being the first black driver in Formula One? a) Carl Lewis b) Lewis Hamilton c) David Coulthard d) Adrian Sutil 2) What was the real surname of ‘Malcolm X’? a) Jones b) Phillips c) Davies d) Little 3) What year did Martin Luther King make his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech? a) 1959 b) 1918 c) 1963 d) 1967 4) What profession did Mahatma Gandhi train for in London? a) Politician b) Lawyer c) Doctor d) Translator 5) Which country is known as ‘The Rainbow Nation’? a) Scotland b) Libya c) South Africa d) India 6) Which item which helps prevent accidents every day was invented by African American Garrett Morgan? a) Seatbelt b) Traffic Light c) Street Lamp d) Speed Camera

7) What was the name of the book written by Olaudah Equiano about his life as a slave? a) My Hard Life b) In Chains c) The Interesting Narrative d) Rough Crossings 8) In which country has the oldest recognisable human skeleton been dug up? a) Eritrea b) Morocco c) Ethiopia d) Somalia 9) Which famous black actor was present at the funeral of Martin Luther King in 1968? a) Morgan Freeman b) Samuel L Jackson c) Laurence Fishburn c) Eddie Murphy 10) Which famous black author wrote ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’? a) Maya Angelou b) Claudette Freeman c) Kwame Alexander d) Harper Lee 11) Which singer from Leeds won two MOBO awards in 2006? a) Ms. Dynamite b) Beyonce c) Billie Myers d) Corinne Bailey Rae 12) In 1999 who’s album ‘Exodus’ was voted ‘Album of the Century’ by Time Magazine? a) Marvin Gaye b) Michael Jackson c) Diana Ross d) Bob Marley

13) Which African American invented the first ever Blood Bank? a) David Jones b) Carlos Jensen c) Charles Drew d) David Collins

14) Who is the only man to have won the World, Commonwealth and European 100m gold medal? a) Michael Johnson b) Carl Lewis c) Linford Christie d) Daley Thompson 15) Which black sprinter defied Hitler by winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games? a) Samuel Thompson b) Jesse Owens c) Pauley Jones d) Davis Simpson 16) Which famous author rejected his OBE award in 2003 with the comment “Stick it, Mr. Blair and Mrs. Queen, stop going on about the Empire.”? a) Claude McKay b) Benjamin Zephaniah c) Derek Walcott d) Yusuf Komunyakaa 17) Which American baseball star holds the career record for the amount of home runs scored? a) Babe Ruth b) Ken Forsch c) Barry Bonds d) Willie Stargell 18) What year did the British abolish the slave trade? a) 1502 b) 1802 c) 1807 d) 1845 19) Which boxer began his career as ‘Cassius Clay’ but later changed his name? a) Mohammed Ali b) Lennox Lewis c) Frank Bruno d) Mike Tyson 20) What year was the first British Black History Month? a) 1971 b) 1987 c) 1997 d) 1982