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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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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 VRA passed?
1995
Twice
1965
TheFirst Black Nurse
2. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
Oprah Winfrey
Joseph Hayne Rainey
The Harlem Renaissance
Montgomery
3. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'
Dr. Charles Drew
Thomas Dorsey
Malcolm X
MLK
4. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Quincy Jones
Aretha Franklin
A Tribe Called Quest
Anne Bontemps
5. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Countae Cullen
Brown v. Board of Education
6. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
Reggie Jackson
Louis Armstrong
The Harlem Renaissance
1945
7. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Anne Bontemps
Jan E. Metzeliger
Gone With The Wind
Thurgood Marshall
8. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
14
1945
Emlen Tunnell
Phillis Wheatley
9. 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?
Emlen Tunnell
Phillis Wheatley
Gwendolyn Benneth
Wilma Rudolph
10. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
Michael Steele
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Gwendolyn Benneth
Twice
11. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
1968
Toni Morrison
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Ella Fitzgerald
12. First black president
Emlen Tunnell
Anne Bontemps
Vermont
Barack Obama
13. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
1893
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Gwendolyn Benneth
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
14. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
TheFirst Black Nurse
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Robert Smalls
The Amos And Andy Show
15. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Vermont
Michael Jackson
Michael Jordon
The North Star
16. First black supreme court justice
Michael Jackson
Thurgood Marshall
The Harlem Renaissance
The Twist
17. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States
Langston Hughes
A Rodeo Cowboy
Wilma Rudolph
Vermont
18. First black Miss America
MLK
Delany Martin
Vanessa Williams
The Amos And Andy Show
19. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
One year
The Pips
Gone With The Wind
Phillis Wheatley
20. First black RNC chairman
W. E. B. Du Bois
Michael Steele
Reggie Jackson
Boston University
21. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
Coleman Hawkins
TheFirst Black Nurse
The Cosby Show
The Underground Railroad
22. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance
Nella Larsen
The Harlem Renaissance
One year
James Weldon Johnson
23. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Emlen Tunnell
1995
The Twist
24. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
The Pips
Phillis Wheatley
W. E. B. Du Bois
Michael Jordon
25. This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.
The Cosby Show
Berry Gordy
Gwendolyn Benneth
Vanessa Williams
26. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
W. E. B. Du Bois
A Tribe Called Quest
Louis Armstrong
Coleman Hawkins
27. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
Gwendolyn Benneth
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
1945
28. Father Of Gospel Music
Thomas Dorsey
1945
Freedom's Journal
1965
29. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
Ella Fitzgerald
Colin Powell
1965
14
30. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
The Cosby Show
1945
Congressional Black Caucus
MLK
31. First published black poet
1865
Phillis Wheatley
Jesse Redman Fauset
1893
32. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'
MLK
A Tribe Called Quest
Malcolm X
Boston University
33. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
1965
1963
The Underground Railroad
1865
34. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
Aretha Franklin
Colin Powell
A Tribe Called Quest
MLK
35. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?
Gone With The Wind
Jan E. Metzeliger
Dr. Charles Drew
1963
36. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?
Michael Steele
Jan E. Metzeliger
Delany Martin
1986
37. In what year was the VRA passed?
Brown v. Board of Education
1965
Nella Larsen
1963
38. Queen Of Soul
The Twist
Gwendolyn Benneth
1893
Aretha Franklin
39. First black RNC chairman
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Bill Cosby
The Pips
Michael Steele
40. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
The Pips
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Malcolm X
Langston Hughes
41. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
The Cosby Show
A Rodeo Cowboy
The Harlem Renaissance
42. 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.
Oprah Winfrey
Reggie Jackson
Sojourner Truth
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
43. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'
Twice
1893
Langston Hughes
1965
44. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
14
1863
James Weldon Johnson
45. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
Jesse Redman Fauset
Anne Bontemps
Jan E. Metzeliger
Usain Bolt
46. First black star of a network TV show
Vanessa Williams
Bill Cosby
Reggie Jackson
A Tribe Called Quest
47. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?
Thurgood Marshall
1965
Vermont
Jan E. Metzeliger
48. First black female to host a TV show
Reggie Jackson
Oprah Winfrey
1965
1863
49. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Michael Jordon
Quincy Jones
The Harlem Renaissance
Bill Cosby
50. First black female to win a Grammy
Bill Cosby
Colin Powell
Ella Fitzgerald
Jesse Redman Fauset