Ruby Bridges at the Late Show: challenge
Watch the video and type your answer. Use Help to get the next letter. After two wrong answers, you will be given a choice.
How old was Ruby when she went to her new school? (a number)
- six
- seven
- four
- ten
I was the only ... in the class for the whole year. (one word)
- student
- teacher
- girl
- child
Her parents were sharecroppers from a little town in ... (a state)
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Alabama
- Texas
There were crowds of people screaming and yelling and ... things at her. (one word ending in -ing)
- throwing
- selling
- eating
- buying
Ruby wasn't scared, she thought it was ... (2 words)
- Mardi Gras
- a parade
- Christmas
- a party
By the end of that day, how many kids had been taken out of the school? (a number)
- 500
- 50
- 5,000
- 6
Who painted The Problem We All Live With? (2 words)
- Norman Rockwell
- Andy Warhol
- Pablo Picasso
- Steven Colbert
Ruby didn't see the painting until she was about ... (a number)
- 17
- 7
- 27
- 12
Which city did her teacher come from?
- Boston
- New York
- Chicago
- New Orleans
Over 300 books on racism have been ... in schools and libraries. (one word)
- banned
- sold
- read
- written
According to Ruby, nobody should have the right to change or alter history, because history is ... (one adjective)
- sacred
- boring
- difficult
- over
Babies come into the world with a clean ... (one word)
- heart
- mind
- face
- start
Racism is a grown-up ... (one word)
- disease
- problem
- story
- game