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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • 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. In what year was the Million Man March?






2. First black NFL quarterback






3. First African American newspaper

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4. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'






5. 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?






6. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?






7. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?






8. Queen Of Soul






9. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.






10. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?






11. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






12. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






13. First black star of a network TV show






14. First black Miss America






15. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






16. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






17. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






18. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?






19. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






20. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






21. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'






22. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?






23. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'






24. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






25. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






26. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






27. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?






28. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






29. 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?






30. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.






31. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'






32. First black supreme court justice






33. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






34. First black supreme court justice






35. First black female to host a TV show






36. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.






37. First black billionaire






38. First black secretary of state






39. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?






40. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.






41. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?






42. First African American newspaper

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43. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






44. 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?






45. First black RNC chairman






46. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'






47. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?






48. First black RNC chairman






49. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






50. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of