The White Falcon - 15.02.1980, Blaðsíða 4

The regular movie schedule will
be an insert this week due to late
arrival of the schedule.
A Quiz for you
1. In the year 700, black kings of
an ancient empire came to power in:
a) Bantu, b) Ghana, c) Nigeria.
2. A Negro-Arabic university flour-
ished between 1200 and 1600 in: a)
Songhai, b) Kongo, c). Timbuktu.
3. Slavery existed in Africa, a)
True or b) False.
4. Pedro Alonso Nino, believed to
be black, was: a) a member of
Christopher Columbus's crew, b) the
first African ambassador to the Vat-
ican, c) a slave trader.
5. Peter Salem and Salem Poor were:
a) inventors of Salem cigarettes, b)
distinguished soldiers at the battle
of Bunker Hill, c) founders of Tus-
kegee Institute.
6. Although the South was consider-
ed the main slave-owning region in
the early 1800s, less than: a) 2,
b) 5, c) 30 percent of the whites
owned slaves.
7. For a short time after the Re-
volutionary War, free blacks could
vote in T nnessee. a) True or b)
False.
8. In 1827 Samuel Cornish: a) set
out to find the Northwest Passage,
b) established Wilberforce Univer-
sity, c) began "Freedom's Journal",
the first black newspaper.
9. Liberia was the first self-gov-
erning black republic in Africa. It
was begun by: a) the American Anti-
Slavery League, b) Marcus Garvey, c)
the American Colonization Society.
10. William Lloyd Garrison: a) be-
gan the Underground Railroad, b) was
hanged as a runaway slave, c) was
spokesman for the abolition move-
ment .
11. Abraham Lincoln's main objec-
tive was to destroy slavery, a)
True or b) False.
12. The 13th constitutional amend-
ment freed all slaves, a) True or
b) False.
13. Between 1869 and 1901
states sent: a) 18, b)
blacks to the U. S. House
sentatives.
14. Louis Armstrong was
musician. W.C. Handy was
a) painter, b) author, c) composer.
15. Joe Lewis was the first black
to win the heavyweight boxing cham-
pionship. a) True or b) False.
16. Benjamin 0. Davis Jr. was the
first black to become a lieutenant
general in the Air Force. His fa-
ther was: a) an acclaimed dancer,
b) the first Northern black elected
to Congress, c) the first black Army
major general.
Southern
20, c) 56
of Repre-
a famous
a famous:
Try your skills whh
this crossword
puzzle
ACROSS
The answers to the Black
History quiz and to the
crossword puzzle will be in
next week's White Falcon.
I. Ohio base
II. Abbrev. for each
12. Egyptian sun god
13. Registered nurse
14. Right guard
15. Compass direction
16. N.H. base
19. Elevated train
21. Former Colo, base
22. __Bend AFS, Ariz.
23. Calif, base
26. Former
27. Chief of staff
28. Ga. base
29. A cheer
30. Archaic form of you
33. Active duty
34. Ariz. base
35. Mass, base
39. Whether
41. Plug a tooth
43. Utah base
45. Unit of measure for
Column width
47. Golf cry
49. Leather-working tool
50. The "basic" city
51. Wyoming base
53. Consumes
55. Transportation request
56. Received
57. N.C. base
DOWN
1. You and 1
2. Talk (modern slang)
3. N.D. base
4. This makes waste
5. Public relations
6. Md. base
7. Small lever in firearms
8. For example (Latin)
9. Singular
10. Nev. base
17. Evening (poet.)
18. Ark. base
20. Each and all
24. Hatchet
25. Small metal peg
27. S.C. base
31. Fairy
32. Exists
36. Fla. base
37. Preposition
38. Addition to home
39. Intelligence Quotient
40. Training instructor
42. Colo, base
43. Belonging to the woman
44. Calif, base
46. Married Airman Survi
Training
47. Party
48. Symbol for radium
52. Hearing organ
54. Past

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