Cada pergunta deste Quiz é cronometrada.
1. How many of Thurgood Marshall’s 98 majority decisions while sitting on the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals were ever reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court?
5
1
3
0
2. What role did Malcom X want to move black citizens away from?
A. Being subservient
B. Being under educated
C. Being demonstrative
D. Being disinterested
3. In addition to escaping a life of slavery, publishing his memoirs, and persuading president Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation; Frederick Douglass was a strong supporter of what other movement?
A. Religious tolerance and freedom
B. Native American rights
C. Free Trade
D. Women’s Rights
4. Which of the following are true about Jackie Robinson:
A. He was a four sport letterman in high school and a WWII veteran.
B. He attended UCLA, was an Army veteran, and a father of three.
C. He was a Air Force pilot and won the MLB batting title 5 times.
D. He was a five time World Series MVP and later became a doctor after retiring from baseball.
5. Harriet Tubman helped over 300 souls to freedom from the southern U.S. to what area?
A. New York
B. Virginia
C. Illinois
D. Canada
6. Minnesota’s U.S. representative (Fifth District) Keith Ellison was instrumental in which legislative bill?
A. Credit Cardholder’s Bill of Rights- limiting lender increase in rates after an initial late payment with another lender.
B. Free Bird Act- legislation to support the unfettered migration of Ducks and other sporting birds.
C. Universal Pre-school Initiative- legislation design to allow pre-school to be affordable and attainable to any interested families.
D. Healthy Lunch Standards- legislation directed to set nutrition standards for public school lunches.
Sidney Poitier was knighted in Great Britain for his accomplishments and contributions to British culture.
8. Halle Berry is the first woman of color to receive an Academy Award for Best Actress, for which film did she receive this honor.
A. Frankie and Alice
B. Monster’s Ball
C. Die Another Day
D. Things We Lost In The Fire
Madame CJ Walker was the first female self-made millionaire, she made her fortune via which avenue?
Founder of "Secretary Now", an agency that coordinated temporary workers.
Designing and distributing beauty products for African American Women.
Inventing peanut butter.
Marketing and selling laundry detergent.
The NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, turn ? on Feb. 12, 2009?
50
150
100
25
