Q 01/05

Who topped a 2004 poll of great Black Britons and was honoured with a 2016 statue outside St Thomas' Hospital in London?

A) Olaudah Equiano

B) Mary Seacole

C) Claudia Jones

D) Harold Moody

Answer · why

B) Mary Seacole

Mary Seacole won the 2004 vote for greatest Black Briton nearly 150 years after running her 'British Hotel' for sick and convalescent officers near Ba...

Q 02/05

Which Roman emperor, born at Leptis Magna in North Africa, died at Eboracum in AD 211 while campaigning in Britain?

A) Septimius Severus

B) Constantius Chlorus

C) Constantine

D) Caracalla

Answer · why

A) Septimius Severus

Septimius Severus was a native Punic speaker who invaded Caledonia with about 50,000 men in 209, two years before dying of disease in the north.

Q 03/05

Which driver became Formula One's first Black competitor in 2007 and won his first world title the following season?

A) Jenson Button

B) David Coulthard

C) Lewis Hamilton

D) Nigel Mansell

Answer · why

C) Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton clinched that 2008 championship with a last-lap overtake in the final race of the season, becoming the then-youngest world champion.

Q 04/05

Which rapper headlined Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage in 2019 wearing a stab vest designed by Banksy?

A) Dave

B) Skepta

C) Wiley

D) Stormzy

Answer · why

D) Stormzy

Stormzy was the first Black British rapper to headline Glastonbury, and he had scored his first UK number-one single, 'Vossi Bop', that same year.

Q 05/05

Who became the first Black woman elected to Parliament in 1987, and in 2024 earned the title Mother of the House?

A) Diane Abbott

B) Dawn Butler

C) Oona King

D) Valerie Amos

Answer · why

A) Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott has represented Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, which by 2024 made her the Commons' longest-serving female MP.