Malcolm X Quiz - Statistics

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  • The average score is 10 of 13
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Question Answer % Correct
Why did Malcolm come to reject his last name, Little? It was a slave name
95%
Which celebrity did he convince to become a Muslim? Muhammad Ali
95%
Actor who played him in a 1992 movie Denzel Washington
89%
Leader of that movement and Malcolm's mentor Elijah Muhammad
84%
Where did he join the Nation of Islam? in prison
84%
Director of that movie Spike Lee
84%
Nickname he gained for his striking hair color Detroit Red
79%
What significance did his pilgrimage to Mecca (1964) have? Feeling solidarity with Muslims of all colors, he renounced black supremacy
79%
What was one of the teachings of the Nation of Islam, which Malcolm broke with in 1964? Blacks are the original people of the world, and whites are inferior
74%
How did he react to John F. Kennedy's assassination? By implying that Kennedy had had it coming
63%
Who was, in all likelihood, behind Malcolm's assassination? the Nation of Islam, which saw him as a traitor
63%
Writer who co-authered "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" Alex Haley
42%
What was his relationship with Martin Luther King? They didn't have much to do with each other and only met once
42%
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