Epic Rosa Parks Quiz

Everybody should be treated equally. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case.

Thankfully, there are people who are brave enough to stand up and fight for equality… Take Rosa Parks for example (in her case she stayed sitting down for equality, but the result was the same) Her actions sparked a movement that ended Alabama’s racist 'Jim Crow' laws and her legacy lives on, inspiring civil rights activists across the world in the ongoing fight for equality.

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1/20 In what country was Rosa Parks hometown?

France

Britain

USA

Mexico

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And in what state was her hometown?

Alabama

California

New York State

Washington

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What is she best known for?

Nursing injured soldiers

Baseball

Being America’s first female President

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

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What were the name of the controversial laws that enforced racial segregation in the US

Jim Crow Laws

The Race Classification Act

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Where was Rosa Parks sitting when someone asked her to move to make way for a white man?

On a bus

On a train

On a park bench

In a doctors surgery

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What happened when she refused to give up her seat, breaking the law of the time?

She was arrested and fined

The man had to stand and was mildly inconvenienced

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What point did she argue with the police?

The law is wrong

It was a case of mistaken identity

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Where was the bus when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat?

Montgomery

Colombus

San Jose

Zanesville

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The No. 2857 bus on which Parks was riding before her arrest is now a museum exhibit. True or False?

True

False

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How did black citizens of Montgomery react to Rosa’s arrest and trial?

They boycotted the buses

They wrote an angry letter

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Which famous activist led the boycott?

Greta Thunberg

Dr Martin Luther King

Malala Yousafzai

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After more than a year of boycotting the buses, who ruled that Alabama’s racial segregation laws were “unconstitutional”

The President

The Supreme Court

The Prime Minister of Great Britain

The Senator for Alabama

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How was Rosa Parks known?

The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement

The Bus Legend

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What year was Rosa Parks born?

1813

1913

2013

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How much money was Rosa Parks fined?

$14

$140

$1440

$1.4 Million

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What was Rosa Parks’ job?

Civil Rights Activist

Postwoman

Judge

Basketballer

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Why did she move out of Alabama after the bus boycott?

She was faced with threats and violence from angry white groups

To pursue a career in Politics

For the weather

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Rosa Parks won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1996 for her work in civil-rights. True or False?

True

False

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Rosa Parks won the Congressional Gold Medal in 1999 for her work in civil-rights. True or False?

True

False

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Rosa Parks now has a bus station named after her. True or False?

True

False

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