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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
Countae Cullen
One year
Congressional Black Caucus
1963
2. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'
MLK
1863
1995
Freedom's Journal
3. First black billionaire
Vanessa Williams
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Usain Bolt
4. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education
Coleman Hawkins
Malcolm X
MLK
5. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
One year
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
1986
Toni Morrison
6. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____
Freedom's Journal
A Rodeo Cowboy
Usain Bolt
Montgomery
7. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
Langston Hughes
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Emlen Tunnell
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
8. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of
Reggie Jackson
James Weldon Johnson
1945
A Rodeo Cowboy
9. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
Jesse Redman Fauset
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
The Underground Railroad
10. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'
Usain Bolt
Wilma Rudolph
Langston Hughes
A Tribe Called Quest
11. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?
The Twist
Jan E. Metzeliger
1893
1945
12. First black president
MLK
Barack Obama
Vermont
Reggie Jackson
13. In what year was the NAACP founded?
Quincy Jones
Michael Jordon
1909
The Harlem Renaissance
14. First black RNC chairman
A Rodeo Cowboy
Michael Steele
Phillis Wheatley
1945
15. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?
Jim Crow Laws
Dr. Charles Drew
A Tribe Called Quest
1986
16. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
14
Usain Bolt
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Colin Powell
17. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
Dr. Charles Drew
The North Star
Coleman Hawkins
1968
18. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
Brown v. Board of Education
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Baltimore - Maryland
Usain Bolt
19. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
The Pips
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Nella Larsen
The North Star
20. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
W. E. B. Du Bois
Jim Crow Laws
Thomas Dorsey
Toni Morrison
21. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
1995
Quincy Jones
Congressional Black Caucus
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
22. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
1963
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
Jan E. Metzeliger
23. First black NFL quarterback
Willie Thrower
Oprah Winfrey
1986
Jim Crow Laws
24. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
The Twist
A Rodeo Cowboy
Dr. Charles Drew
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
25. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Brown v. Board of Education
Colin Powell
1865
Quincy Jones
26. This member of the NY Yankees whose late-season heroics earned him the name 'Mr. October' hit three dramatic home runs in the last game of the World Series against the LA Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.
MLK
Reggie Jackson
Malcolm X
Vanessa Williams
27. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
MLK
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Toni Morrison
Countae Cullen
28. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?
Boston University
Anne Bontemps
Jesse Redman Fauset
The Cosby Show
29. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Emlen Tunnell
1893
James Weldon Johnson
Brown v. Board of Education
30. What athlete gained worldwide stardom during the 1960 Olympics in Rome when she became the first American woman to win three gold medals at the Games - winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the 400-meter relay?
Jesse Redman Fauset
1963
Phillis Wheatley
Wilma Rudolph
31. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
Whitney Houston
Robert Smalls
Gone With The Wind
One year
32. First African American newspaper
33. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
Jesse Redman Fauset
1968
MLK
W. E. B. Du Bois
34. First black president
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Twice
Barack Obama
The Twist
35. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
Baltimore - Maryland
The Underground Railroad
Toni Morrison
The Pips
36. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
Reggie Jackson
Barack Obama
A Tribe Called Quest
Usain Bolt
37. First black supreme court justice
Thomas Dorsey
Aretha Franklin
Thurgood Marshall
James Weldon Johnson
38. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
The Underground Railroad
Berry Gordy
James Weldon Johnson
Aretha Franklin
39. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
1986
The North Star
The Pips
40. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
1986
Usain Bolt
Delany Martin
Michael Jordon
41. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
1893
Sojourner Truth
Anne Bontemps
Reggie Jackson
42. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
MLK
Malcolm X
Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby
43. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
1968
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Nella Larsen
44. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
The Pips
The Amos And Andy Show
Emlen Tunnell
Michael Jackson
45. Best known for his work with blood plasma - this man helped set up the American Red Cross blood bank and established the first blood bank in England?
The Underground Railroad
Dr. Charles Drew
1863
James Weldon Johnson
46. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jackie Robinson
TheFirst Black Nurse
1963
Colin Powell
47. First black person to win an Oscar
1865
Hattie McDaniel
MLK
1909
48. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
Michael Jordon
Barack Obama
Whitney Houston
The Twist
49. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
A Tribe Called Quest
Boston University
1963
Vanessa Williams
50. Father Of Gospel Music
Robert Smalls
Jackie Robinson
Thomas Dorsey
Ella Fitzgerald