Statistics for Malcolm X Quiz

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Where did he join the Nation of Islam?	in prison	94%
Which celebrity did he convince to become a Muslim?	Muhammad Ali	90%
Leader of that movement and Malcolm's mentor	Elijah Muhammad	87%
Why did Malcolm come to reject his last name, Little?	It was a slave name	87%
What significance did his pilgrimage to Mecca (1964) have?	Feeling solidarity with Muslims of all colors, he renounced black supremacy	81%
Director of that movie	Spike Lee	76%
Actor who played him in a 1992 movie	Denzel Washington	75%
Nickname he gained for his striking hair color	Detroit Red	73%
Who was, in all likelihood, behind Malcolm's assassination?	the Nation of Islam, which saw him as a traitor	67%
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	65%
Writer who co-authered "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"	Alex Haley	62%
How did he react to John F. Kennedy's assassination?	By implying that Kennedy had had it coming	59%
What was his relationship with Martin Luther King?	They didn't have much to do with each other and only met once	51%