The Black Issues Quiz, or BIQ offers you the opportunity to test
your knowledge on the people, places, issues, and history surrounding
the struggle for academic equity. Each question is based on information
published in the current or previous editions of Black Issues In Higher
Education and is worth ten points.
A perfect score of 100 grants membership in the prestigious — and
mythical — Phi BIQeta Kappa honors society: a score of 80 to 90 grants
membership in the Honor Society of Not So BIQ Brains; and a score of 50
or below grants membership in the Reading Black Issues Is Fundamental
program.
Think you’re smart? Go ahead, give it a try! (Answer key appears at the bottom of the page.)
1 In 1997, what was the percentage of African Americans in the
student population at historically Black Bluefield State College?
A — 77 percent B — 90 percent C — 7.7 percent D — 50 percent
2 A group of minority recipients of which fellowship has decided to
establish their own fund to increase the number of doctoral fellowships
that the foundation gives?
A — Ford Foundation B — Merck Foundation C — Lilly Foundation D — Sloan Foundation
