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Black History Month and MLK Day quiz — Winter

The “Black History Month and MLK Day” quiz — Winter. It has 25 questions in five categories: Marking the Month, King's Life & Legacy, Steps to Equality, Black British Stories, Arts & Achievement. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Black History Month and MLK Day

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Marking the Month

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What do we call giving time without pay, as these food-bank helpers do to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US?

  2. 200

    In the United States, which month is Black History Month?

  3. 300

    In the UK, which…

    In the game
  4. 400

    In the US, Martin…

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  5. 500

    Which US historian launched…

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King's Life & Legacy

  1. 100

    What four-word phrase is the familiar title of King's 1963 speech about racial equality?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which Washington memorial, shown here, was the setting for King's famous speech in 1963?

  3. 300

    Which international award did…

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  4. 400

    King's birthplace is part…

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  5. 500

    King wrote his famous…

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Steps to Equality

  1. 100

    Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in December 1955, helping spark a boycott?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which sport, suggested by this equipment, did Jackie Robinson help integrate in the US with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947?

  3. 300

    What was the secret…

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  4. 400

    Which six-year-old girl helped…

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  5. 500

    Which US law, signed…

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Black British Stories

  1. 100

    Reggae, which helped shape Black British music, originated on which Caribbean island?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    Which west London street festival celebrates Caribbean culture with steel bands and colourful costumes?

  3. 300

    Which ship, shown here…

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  4. 400

    Which woman, pictured here…

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  5. 500

    A 1963 boycott challenged…

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Arts & Achievement

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which US jazz musician nicknamed Satchmo sang What a Wonderful World?

  2. 200

    Which Welsh singer performed the Bond themes Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever?

  3. 300

    Which US sprinter won…

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  4. 400

    Which NASA mathematician, portrayed…

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  5. 500

    Which British author wrote…

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  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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