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Quiz about History of the Black Panthers

History of the Black Panthers Trivia Quiz

This is all about the 60s-70s group The Black Panthers.

A multiple-choice quiz by ZootandJanis. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ZootandJanis

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
165,090

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1406

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which two members co-founded the Black Panther Party? Hint

Bobby Seale and Elmer Pratt

Eldridge Cleaver and H. Rap Brown

Huey P. Newton and Eldridge Cleaver

Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which future Panther wrote "Soul on Ice" while in prison? Hint

Eldridge Cleaver

Huey P. Newton

Bobby Seale

H. Rap Brown

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Question 3 of 10

3. What did the P in Huey P. Newton stand for? Hint

Patrick

Peter

Percy

Paul

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Green Beret turned Panther was imprisoned for over twenty years for two murders until evidence arose that the FBI knew he wasn't involved from the beginning? Hint

Bobby Seale

Elmer Pratt

George Jackson

Eldridge Cleaver

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of the following Black Panthers outlived the others? Hint

Bobby Seale

Huey P. Newton

Obi Egbuna

Eldridge Cleaver

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Black Panthers "drafted" these two members of the Student National Coordinating Committee (SNCC) into their own organization. Who were they? Hint

H. Rap Brown and Elmer Pratt

Eldridge Cleaver and Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown

Stokely Carmichael and Kwame Ture

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Question 7 of 10

7. According to their founders, what event inspired the formation of the Black Panthers? Hint

assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

assassination of Elijah Muhammad

assassination of Medgar Evers

assassination of Malcolm X

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Question 8 of 10

8. The New Black Panthers are endorsed by the original leaders of the Black Panthers

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Black Panther ran for mayor of Oakland, California during the heydey of the organization? Hint

Elmer Pratt

Huey P. Newton

Bobby Seale

H. Rap Brown

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Question 10 of 10

10. With the release of Huey P. Newton from prison, a major rift began between him and what other Panther leader? Hint

H. Rap Brown

Bobby Seale

Eldridge Cleaver

Stokely Carmichael

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which two members co-founded the Black Panther Party?

Answer: Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton

The BPP was founded in Oakland, California where both Newton and Seale went to college.

2. Which future Panther wrote "Soul on Ice" while in prison?

Answer: Eldridge Cleaver

After returning to the US following an exile to Algeria, Cleaver became a registered Republican. He also claimed that Fidel Castro had been castrated.

3. What did the P in Huey P. Newton stand for?

Answer: Percy

Unlike the S. in Harry S. Truman, which stood for "nothing", the P. was short for Percy.

4. Which Green Beret turned Panther was imprisoned for over twenty years for two murders until evidence arose that the FBI knew he wasn't involved from the beginning?

Answer: Elmer Pratt

Pratt's attorney was Johnny Cochran. During the appellate case, the FBI admitted to having a wire tap on the Panther's headquarters which placed Pratt at that location, over 100 miles from the location of the murders.

5. Which of the following Black Panthers outlived the others?

Answer: Bobby Seale

Newton was killed in a drug deal in the early 1990s. Cleaver died of cancer in 1998.Obi Egbuna died in 2014.

6. The Black Panthers "drafted" these two members of the Student National Coordinating Committee (SNCC) into their own organization. Who were they?

Answer: Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown

Carmichael, as head of SNCC, changed its name from Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to Student National Coordinating Committee. He later changed him name to Kwame Ture.

7. According to their founders, what event inspired the formation of the Black Panthers?

Answer: assassination of Malcolm X

According to speeches by Bobby Seale and comments in Huey P. Newton's books, the death of Malcolm X made both feel that arming the black community was a necessity.

8. The New Black Panthers are endorsed by the original leaders of the Black Panthers

Answer: False

Bobby Seale emphatically denounces the group calling itself the New Black Panthers as racist, as have other former Panthers.

9. Which Black Panther ran for mayor of Oakland, California during the heydey of the organization?

Answer: Bobby Seale

Despite limited funds, Bobby pulled more than 20% of the vote in a race which featured over six candidates.

10. With the release of Huey P. Newton from prison, a major rift began between him and what other Panther leader?

Answer: Eldridge Cleaver

Newton disapproved of the direction Cleaver had taken the organization. Before long, the organization split into two factions, with open confrontation between the groups in many cities. This marked the demise of the Black Panthers as a relatively unified organization. By the mid 1970s, the organization has lost most of its credibility.

Source: Author ZootandJanis

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