African History Month Questions & Answers

1. It’s a misnomer but what African American is known as the Black Edison?
   
2. What African American Inventor developed the first long lasting light bulb?

   

3. What African American woman is called the Moses of her people?

   

4. What African general led an army of 100,000 troops and 300 elephants across the Alps mountains to defeat the Roman army?

   

5. What African American educator created Negro history week?
   

6. What African American educator created Negro history week?
   

7.  Who was the first African president of the modern era?

   

8. What African American scientists revolutionized America’s southern agricultural industry?

9. Name the person of African descent located in France who wrote the Three Musketeers?
   
   

10. Name the African queen who defeated the Dutch and fought the Portuguese to a standstill for 40 years?

    

ANSWERS

1. Granville T. Woods

2. Lewis Latimer

3. Harriet Tubman

4. Hannibal Barca

5. Toussaint Louverture

6. Dr. Carter G. Woodson

7. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana

8. Dr. George Washington Carver

9. Alexander Dumas

10. Queen Ann Nzinga