Black Studies Trivia Trivia Quiz

Answer: Three

"Baa, baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes Sir, yes Sir, three bags full."

"Baa, Baa Black Sheep" is an old English nursery rhyme, dating back to 1731.

Answer: Twenty-four

"Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket-full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie."

Back in 1602, Shakespeare wrote "Twelfth Night" and he had a character say to a clown, "Come on, there is sixpence for you, let's have a song". This is one of the many suggested sources for the rhyme.

Answer: Threatening someone to make them do what you want, usually for money

Blackmail is usually a crime to make money, but it can work the other way too.
When your mum says, "If you let granny give you a big, sloppy kiss I will buy you a new DVD!" That is blackmail as well.

Answer: dog

Sirius Black is an animagus, which means that he can become a dog known as Padfoot. Harry's father, James Potter, became Prongs the stag.

Answer: a smart phone

BlackBerry was first released in 1999 as an email pager. Since then, over 200 million Smart phones have been bought.

So why are BlackBerry called smart phones? They can send and receive push email and instant messages, are personal digital assistants, pagers, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices and cameras. Now that is what I call smart!

Answer: a fruit

The blackberry grows on a bush. They can be very big if you grow them in your garden/yard and take care of them.

When I was little, the family would go on blackberrying expeditions. I would always eat more than went into my basket, but I loved the blackberry pies that my mother made with the ones that we managed to get home.

Answer: an area of space where gravity is so strong nothing can escape

A black hole is made when a star or group of stars die. It is so powerful that not even light can escape, and that is why it is called a "black" hole.

Answer: a witch's cat

The black cat is the most common companion of a witch and is known as the "witch's familiar". Any animal can be used, but it has to be one the witch really likes to be with. The witch will use her familiar to take messages, assist her in spell making and to spy for her.

Answer: an English pirate

Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who was probably born in Bristol around 1690. He operated in the West Indies. He was not a cruel man and only pretended to be fierce. He is not known to have killed any captives and was probably under forty years old when he died.

Answer: Ozzy Osbourne

Black Sabbath were formed in Aston and area of Birmingham, England in 1969.

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne and his family appeared in a fly-on-the-wall style documentary "The Osbournes".