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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
Michael Jordon
Thurgood Marshall
One year
Countae Cullen
2. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Toni Morrison
Vanessa Williams
Jackie Robinson
Congressional Black Caucus
3. In what year was MLK assassinated?
One year
1963
1968
A Rodeo Cowboy
4. 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?
Dr. Charles Drew
Quincy Jones
Jackie Robinson
1865
5. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
The Pips
Hattie McDaniel
W. E. B. Du Bois
1865
6. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
One year
Phillis Wheatley
Sojourner Truth
1965
7. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
The North Star
1893
Nella Larsen
The Underground Railroad
8. Father Of Gospel Music
Jesse Redman Fauset
Brown v. Board of Education
14
Thomas Dorsey
9. Queen Of Soul
Aretha Franklin
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
The Underground Railroad
One year
10. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
Sojourner Truth
Jesse Redman Fauset
1865
TheFirst Black Nurse
11. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Willie Thrower
The Cosby Show
Jan E. Metzeliger
12. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance
1995
1963
Michael Jordon
Countae Cullen
13. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
Brown v. Board of Education
1893
TheFirst Black Nurse
Ella Fitzgerald
14. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____
A Rodeo Cowboy
Congressional Black Caucus
Montgomery
The Amos And Andy Show
15. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
The Cosby Show
Vanessa Williams
Brown v. Board of Education
Gwendolyn Benneth
16. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
Brown v. Board of Education
Freedom's Journal
Louis Armstrong
The Harlem Renaissance
17. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
Jesse Redman Fauset
Usain Bolt
Dr. Charles Drew
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
18. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?
A Rodeo Cowboy
Quincy Jones
Sojourner Truth
Barack Obama
19. What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?
1995
The Harlem Renaissance
Colin Powell
1909
20. 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.
Reggie Jackson
Gwendolyn Benneth
Vermont
W. E. B. Du Bois
21. 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?
Jesse Redman Fauset
Nella Larsen
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Dr. Charles Drew
22. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
Nella Larsen
Gwendolyn Benneth
Colin Powell
1986
23. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Emlen Tunnell
Malcolm X
Robert Smalls
1968
24. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Toni Morrison
Quincy Jones
The Underground Railroad
1965
25. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of
Colin Powell
James Weldon Johnson
Gone With The Wind
Boston University
26. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?
1945
Jan E. Metzeliger
1968
Sojourner Truth
27. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Quincy Jones
Twice
Jan E. Metzeliger
One year
28. First black female to win a Grammy
Langston Hughes
Montgomery
Vermont
Ella Fitzgerald
29. First black female to host a TV show
The Pips
A Tribe Called Quest
Oprah Winfrey
1986
30. First black president
Barack Obama
The Twist
1986
Gone With The Wind
31. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
Usain Bolt
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Emlen Tunnell
Twice
32. First black female to win a Grammy
Ella Fitzgerald
Oprah Winfrey
TheFirst Black Nurse
1963
33. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that slaves were property - that blacks were not citizens - and that the MI Compromise was unconstitutional?
1865
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Gwendolyn Benneth
Sojourner Truth
34. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
Berry Gordy
James Weldon Johnson
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Phillis Wheatley
35. First black RNC chairman
Michael Steele
Whitney Houston
The Harlem Renaissance
Jesse Redman Fauset
36. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Colin Powell
14
37. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?
Robert Smalls
Nella Larsen
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
38. 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.
Reggie Jackson
Langston Hughes
Baltimore - Maryland
Gwendolyn Benneth
39. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
1863
1965
Hattie McDaniel
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
40. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
1865
A Tribe Called Quest
Usain Bolt
Brown v. Board of Education
41. First black billionaire
W. E. B. Du Bois
Berry Gordy
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Joseph Hayne Rainey
42. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance
Nella Larsen
Jim Crow Laws
W. E. B. Du Bois
Brown v. Board of Education
43. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
MLK
Anne Bontemps
Twice
Aretha Franklin
44. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?
1893
Brown v. Board of Education
Berry Gordy
Vanessa Williams
45. 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?
Wilma Rudolph
Congressional Black Caucus
1963
The Harlem Renaissance
46. First black supreme court justice
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Michael Steele
Thurgood Marshall
47. First black secretary of state
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Baltimore - Maryland
Reggie Jackson
Colin Powell
48. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
W. E. B. Du Bois
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Vermont
TheFirst Black Nurse
49. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
Toni Morrison
Congressional Black Caucus
1893
Berry Gordy
50. First black NFL quarterback
The Harlem Renaissance
The Amos And Andy Show
Barack Obama
Willie Thrower