Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Black History Month Quiz

1. Every president has declared February Black History Month since what year?

1776

1876

1976

2006

1865

2. In February, Americans have long celebrated the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and what prominent black abolitionist?

Frederick Douglass

Sojourner Truth

David Walker

Harriet Tubman

Olaudah Equiano

3. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded on the 100th celebration of whose birthday?

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Alexander Hamilton

Ulysses S. Grant

Abraham Lincoln

4. Who was the first African American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Shirley Chisholm

Thurgood Marshall

Booker T. Washington

Langston Hughes

Clarence Thomas

5. A botanist and an inventor, George Washington Carver is best known for his work with what plant?

Indigo

Rice

Cotton

Peanut

Dahlia

6. What was the name given to the group of African American fighter pilots during World War II?

Fighting 63

Able Airmen

Tuskegee Airmen

The Flying Tigers

Niagara Flyers

7. What was the nickname given to the African American cavalry units that fought in the Indian wars of the late nineteenth century?

Leathernecks

Old Glory

Buffalo Soldiers

Elk Soldiers

Fighting Eight

8. What movie depicts the valiant 1863 charge of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, an all black unit during the Civil War?

Glory

Cold Mountain

Gone With The Wind

Richmond

The North and the South

9. Nearly 1 in 4 cowboys were black, including the basis for which famous pistoleer?

Lone Ranger

Billy the Kid

John Wesley Harding

Tom Ketchum

Wild Bill

10. What is the name of the important African American artistic movement in New York City in from roughly 1918-1939?

Jazz

Rackabilly

Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Shake

Counterculture