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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'
A Tribe Called Quest
A Rodeo Cowboy
TheFirst Black Nurse
W. E. B. Du Bois
2. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
Gwendolyn Benneth
The Amos And Andy Show
Michael Steele
Reggie Jackson
3. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'
Vermont
MLK
A Tribe Called Quest
Sojourner Truth
4. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Whitney Houston
Brown v. Board of Education
1909
Usain Bolt
5. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
Willie Thrower
A Tribe Called Quest
Oprah Winfrey
Brown v. Board of Education
6. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
The Amos And Andy Show
Colin Powell
Coleman Hawkins
MLK
7. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
Reggie Jackson
Jim Crow Laws
1945
1893
8. In what year was the Million Man March?
1995
Dr. Charles Drew
Phillis Wheatley
Coleman Hawkins
9. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Vanessa Williams
Jim Crow Laws
Oprah Winfrey
1965
10. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____
Montgomery
14
Baltimore - Maryland
Thomas Dorsey
11. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Emlen Tunnell
One year
1968
Montgomery
12. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States
MLK
Michael Jackson
Emlen Tunnell
Langston Hughes
13. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Reggie Jackson
Toni Morrison
Vanessa Williams
Langston Hughes
14. Where Is Morgan University Located?
Jan E. Metzeliger
1965
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Baltimore - Maryland
15. In what year was the VRA passed?
Twice
Thurgood Marshall
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
1965
16. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
Berry Gordy
The Pips
Emlen Tunnell
Congressional Black Caucus
17. First black president
1965
Barack Obama
Colin Powell
Hattie McDaniel
18. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance
Countae Cullen
Twice
1968
Michael Jackson
19. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?
Aretha Franklin
1893
Coleman Hawkins
1909
20. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Ella Fitzgerald
1965
1863
Gone With The Wind
21. First black NFL quarterback
Gone With The Wind
Wilma Rudolph
Willie Thrower
MLK
22. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?
Robert Smalls
The Cosby Show
Barack Obama
The Cosby Show
23. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
1965
Vanessa Williams
Anne Bontemps
Quincy Jones
24. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?
The Pips
The North Star
Freedom's Journal
Bill Cosby
25. 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.
Langston Hughes
Reggie Jackson
Jesse Redman Fauset
One year
26. First black person to win an Oscar
W. E. B. Du Bois
Hattie McDaniel
Willie Thrower
1995
27. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?
Wilma Rudolph
Nella Larsen
Langston Hughes
A Rodeo Cowboy
28. What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?
1865
Vanessa Williams
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
The Harlem Renaissance
29. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
Baltimore - Maryland
1865
Brown v. Board of Education
1945
30. Queen Of Soul
Toni Morrison
The North Star
Aretha Franklin
1995
31. This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.
Montgomery
The Cosby Show
Bill Cosby
Nella Larsen
32. First black major league baseball player
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Jackie Robinson
Anne Bontemps
Twice
33. First black star of a network TV show
Boston University
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Vanessa Williams
Bill Cosby
34. Queen Of Soul
Aretha Franklin
Michael Jackson
1963
MLK
35. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
MLK
Gwendolyn Benneth
Wilma Rudolph
Oprah Winfrey
36. In what year was the NAACP founded?
1909
W. E. B. Du Bois
Jan E. Metzeliger
One year
37. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
Louis Armstrong
Sojourner Truth
Hattie McDaniel
Usain Bolt
38. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
Usain Bolt
Barack Obama
The Underground Railroad
The Harlem Renaissance
39. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Dr. Charles Drew
One year
40. 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
Anne Bontemps
Twice
The North Star
41. First published black poet
1909
Sojourner Truth
Vermont
Phillis Wheatley
42. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?
Boston University
One year
A Tribe Called Quest
Oprah Winfrey
43. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
TheFirst Black Nurse
The Amos And Andy Show
1995
Dr. Charles Drew
44. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Thurgood Marshall
The Underground Railroad
Malcolm X
45. First black billionaire
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Jim Crow Laws
1893
Willie Thrower
46. First African American newspaper
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47. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?
The North Star
Boston University
Wilma Rudolph
Joseph Hayne Rainey
48. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Gone With The Wind
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
The North Star
Langston Hughes
49. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
1965
W. E. B. Du Bois
A Tribe Called Quest
Freedom's Journal
50. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
1865
Vanessa Williams
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Loving v. Virginia (1967)