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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In what year was the NAACP founded?
1963
W. E. B. Du Bois
A Tribe Called Quest
1909
2. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____
Gone With The Wind
Michael Jackson
One year
Montgomery
3. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Toni Morrison
Emlen Tunnell
1986
Colin Powell
4. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Montgomery
James Weldon Johnson
Michael Jackson
5. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?
Baltimore - Maryland
Jan E. Metzeliger
Usain Bolt
Thomas Dorsey
6. First black secretary of state
Colin Powell
Phillis Wheatley
Twice
Nella Larsen
7. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
Louis Armstrong
1965
Colin Powell
1986
8. First black president
Phillis Wheatley
Brown v. Board of Education
The Harlem Renaissance
Barack Obama
9. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
The Underground Railroad
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
1865
Twice
10. 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.
1863
Reggie Jackson
MLK
Quincy Jones
11. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
1865
Freedom's Journal
Thurgood Marshall
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
12. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?
1986
One year
1965
Hattie McDaniel
13. 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.
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Reggie Jackson
1965
The Underground Railroad
14. In what year was the VRA passed?
1965
Boston University
Barack Obama
1863
15. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
Jan E. Metzeliger
The Harlem Renaissance
1968
Louis Armstrong
16. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States
Langston Hughes
1995
TheFirst Black Nurse
Toni Morrison
17. 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?
Quincy Jones
1863
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Nella Larsen
18. First African American newspaper
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19. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
Jackie Robinson
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Hattie McDaniel
The Cosby Show
20. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
One year
The Amos And Andy Show
Toni Morrison
Thurgood Marshall
21. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Oprah Winfrey
Colin Powell
Usain Bolt
A Tribe Called Quest
22. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
Aretha Franklin
1945
The Pips
MLK
23. First black star of a network TV show
1909
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Bill Cosby
1945
24. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1863
Nella Larsen
Twice
Colin Powell
25. First black billionaire
Whitney Houston
Berry Gordy
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Willie Thrower
26. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
1995
Ella Fitzgerald
Usain Bolt
Montgomery
27. In what year was the NAACP founded?
Langston Hughes
Wilma Rudolph
1909
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
28. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
Boston University
1863
1965
1986
29. In what year was the Million Man March?
Gwendolyn Benneth
1995
Countae Cullen
W. E. B. Du Bois
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
Wilma Rudolph
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
TheFirst Black Nurse
31. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'
Delany Martin
Emlen Tunnell
W. E. B. Du Bois
Langston Hughes
32. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?
Berry Gordy
Anne Bontemps
1965
Jesse Redman Fauset
33. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
The Twist
Boston University
MLK
Colin Powell
34. First black secretary of state
Colin Powell
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Michael Jackson
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
35. First black supreme court justice
14
Anne Bontemps
Thomas Dorsey
Thurgood Marshall
36. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
Dr. Charles Drew
Jackie Robinson
The Amos And Andy Show
Malcolm X
37. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
Michael Steele
The Underground Railroad
14
A Tribe Called Quest
38. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'
Emlen Tunnell
Langston Hughes
Gwendolyn Benneth
Hattie McDaniel
39. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
James Weldon Johnson
Jan E. Metzeliger
Toni Morrison
Michael Jordon
40. In what year was MLK assassinated?
The Cosby Show
A Rodeo Cowboy
1968
1893
41. Queen Of Soul
1995
Aretha Franklin
A Tribe Called Quest
Vermont
42. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
Congressional Black Caucus
14
1893
One year
43. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
Michael Jackson
Willie Thrower
1963
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
44. This singer holds the title of Most Top 10 Singles from an album for Thriller (1982) and the Most Number One Singles from an Album for Bad (1987)
14
Barack Obama
Freedom's Journal
Michael Jackson
45. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
One year
Coleman Hawkins
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Louis Armstrong
46. 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?
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
The Underground Railroad
One year
Oprah Winfrey
47. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Colin Powell
Thomas Dorsey
1945
1865
48. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?
W. E. B. Du Bois
The North Star
A Rodeo Cowboy
Nella Larsen
49. First African American newspaper
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50. Who Was The U.S Black Abolitionist - Physician - And EditorIn The Pre-Civil War Period
Toni Morrison
Nella Larsen
The Cosby Show
Delany Martin