Black Issues Quiz

Black Issues in Higher Education, April 15, 1999

Black Issues Quiz

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 It the bottom of the page.)

1

In 1997, which organization honored Drs. Glynn Custred and Thomas E. Wood -- authors of the California Civil Rights Initiative, also known as Proposition 209 -- with its Barry R. Gross Memorial Award?

A -- Center for Individual Rights

B -- Manhattan Institute

C -- National Association of Scholars

D -- Washington Leadership Foundation

2

According to the 1997 National Opinion Poll, which segment of the general population is least likely to agree that discrimination against Blacks is still very common today? Those earning:

A -- less than $15,000

B -- between $15,000 and $35,000

C -- between $35,000 and $60,000

D -- more than $60,000

3

A 1997 report by Dr. Harold Wenglinsky of the Educational Testing Service, found that among institutions that produce African American undergraduates with degrees in the sciences, historically Black institutions are more likely than traditionally White institutions to produce Black graduates who go on and get advanced degrees in the sciences.

A -- true

B -- false

According to FairTest, in 1997, how many colleges and universities had agreed to remake test scores an "optional" admissions requirement?

A -- 150

B -- 280

C -- 725

D -- 1,500

5

Olusegun Obasanjo, the recently elected president of the West African nation of Nigeria, the continent's most populous country, is a member of the board of trustees of which historically Black institution?

A -- Howard University

B -- Wilberforce University

C -- Central State University

D -- Hampton University

6

The first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) team to win a game in the NCAA Basketball Championship Tournament was:

A -- Howard University

B -- Florida A&M University

C -- North Carolina A&T University

D -- Coppin State Uniersity.

7

How much money did tribal colleges receive from Title III of the Higher Education Act in 1997?

A -- $3.5 million

B -- $25 million

C -- $50 million

D -- none

8

According to the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Management Information System, although overall Black enrollment increased by3.8 percent at the state's eight public universities from 1995-96 to 1996-97, Black freshman enrollment decreased by:

A -- 17 percent

B -- 10.4 percent

C -- 8.2 percent

D -- 3.7 percent

9

The first African American member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science was:

A -- W.E.B. DuBois

B -- George Washington Carver

C -- Benjamin Banneker

D -- Granville T. Woods

10

The first East Coast college or university to open a Filipino American student cultural center was:

A -- The University of Maryland

B -- The City University of New York

C -- Lincoln University of Pennsylvania

D -- Old Dominion University