Black Issues Quiz

Black Issues in Higher Education, August 19, 1999

The Black Issues Quiz offers you an opportunity to test your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information published in the current or previous editions of Black Issues In Higher Education and is worth 10 points.

A perfect score of 100 grants membership in the prestigious and mythical Phi BIQeta Kappa honors society; a score of 80 to 90 grants membership in the honor society of BIQ Brains; a score of 60 to 70 grants membership in the society of Not So BIQ Brains; and a score of 50 or below grants membership in the Reading Black Issues Is Fundamental program.

Think you are smart? Go ahead, give It a try! (Answer key appears at the bottom of the page.)

1 The Amistad mural at Talladega College was painted by

A -- Gordon Parks B -- Henry O. Tanner C -- Hale Woodruff D -- Aaron Douglas

2 The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights concluded in 1981 that Ohio's decision to build and enhance another state higher education institution amounted to discrimination against Central State University. What was the institution cited by OCR?

A -- Wright State University B -- Wilberforce University C -- Ohio State University D -- Kent State University

3 The Latino Research Policy Center is located on the campus of which university?

A -- University of Texas-El Paso B -- California State-Northridge C -- University of Colorado D -- University of Miami

4 Diversity Web was established at which institution?

A -- Howard University B -- Fisk University C -- Temple University D -- University of Maryland

5 In 1997, more than half of the head coaches of women's collegiate athletic teams were female.

A -- True B -- False

6 According to the UNCF's Frederick T. Patterson Research Institute, between the fall of 1984 and the fall of 1995,which ethnic group had the highest percentage change in first-time, full-time freshmen on American college campuses?

A -- Asians B -- Blacks C -- Caucasians D -- Hispanics

7 This year, Gary Dennis, M.D., the Howard University College of Medicine's chief of neurology and president of the National Medical Association testified before a congressional subcommittee that considered doubling the National Institutes of Health budget for health research. What percentage of the medical profession is African American, according to Dennis' testimony?

A -- 12 percent B -- 9 percent C -- 6 percent D -- 2 percent

8 According to Black Issues Top 100 data, in 1996-97, Northeastern State University in Oklahoma produced the most Native American master's degrees, all disciplines combined. How many Native Americans earned master's degrees at the institution that year?

A -- 368 B -- 115 C -- 37 D -- 15

9 According to the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, aside from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which federal agency bestowed the highest percentage of its awards to institutions of higher education on HBCUs in FY 1995?

A -- The National Endowment for the Arts B -- The Department of Treasury C -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development D -- The Department of Labor

10 New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been a relentless critic of the City University of New York. What percentage of his constituency would recommend the institution to a friend or family member?

A -- 59 percent B -- 41 percent C -- 24 percent D -- 13 percent

Extra Credit: Lynchburg, Va., was named after Charles Lynch. Upset with the lawlessness of the 1700s, he, along with his friends, meted out his own brand of justice -- hanging, which became known as lynching.

A -- True B -- False

Answers: 1-C, 2-A, 3-C, D-5, 6-A, 7-D, 8-C, 9-B, 10-A, EC-B