"Roots" Quiz, Part 3 - Chicken George and Tom

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. In what year was Chicken George born? 1809 1806 1803 1812

2. When George was a little boy he used to do imitations of people? Yes No

3. What did Massa Lea give Chicken George a traveling pass for? To go tomcatting at night. To go see his grandfather, Kunta. To go to the chicken fights with him. To work in the fields.

4. Whom did Chicken George marry? Beaulah Fanta Charity Matilda

5. Who was Massa Lea's arch rival when it came to cockfighting? Massa Lingwood Massa Jewett Massa Goodings Massa Pilch

6. How many children did Chicken George have? 8 6 9 7

7. With each child's birth, what did Chicken George do (it is something he promised his mother)? He told each child the story of Kunta Kinte. He read them a story every night. He sang them lullabyes. He taught them how to cockfight.

8. How much did Massa Jewett offer Massa Lea for George? $10,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000

9. After Massa Lea lost in the main cockfight and had to loan George to Lord Russell, where did George have to go to train Russell's chickens and trainers? Answer: (One Word, Look and you shall see.)

10. To whom did Massa Lea sell George's family to? Massa Jewett Massa Murray Massa DiMucci Massa Brady

11. In what county did this new massa live? Answer: (Two Words)

12. Which son of Chicken George's was a blacksmith? Lil' George James Ashford Tom

13. Who did Tom marry? Chessie Alexa Arianna Irene

14. How many children did Tom have? 8 7 9 10

15. Who was Virgil's wife? Melissa Sue Mary Sue Lilly Sue Mary Ann

16. What was the name of Virgil's son? Virgil, Jr. Uriah George III Kunta

17. There a North Carolina law that forbade any freed black from staying within the state for more than sixty days, or he must be re-enslaved. True False

18. Who was the former sheriff of Alamance County? J.D. Cates D.J. Gates D.J Cates J.D. Gates

19. What nickname was given to the young white boy by Matilda and the family (the white boy that Tom caught stealing)? Georgie Ol' George Baby George Young George

20. What was the name of the white boy that the family befriended? George Smith George Johnson George Henderson George Jones