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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. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States
1909
Gwendolyn Benneth
1965
Langston Hughes
2. First black supreme court justice
Phillis Wheatley
Brown v. Board of Education
Freedom's Journal
Thurgood Marshall
3. First black billionaire
The Amos And Andy Show
Oprah Winfrey
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
1909
4. 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)
Malcolm X
Congressional Black Caucus
Willie Thrower
5. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?
1986
Delany Martin
The Cosby Show
Twice
6. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
James Weldon Johnson
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Toni Morrison
Coleman Hawkins
7. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
One year
14
Sojourner Truth
1963
8. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
The Underground Railroad
Langston Hughes
Barack Obama
Jesse Redman Fauset
9. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?
Whitney Houston
The Cosby Show
Michael Jackson
1909
10. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
TheFirst Black Nurse
The Amos And Andy Show
Vanessa Williams
1865
11. 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
Twice
1965
14
12. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
A Tribe Called Quest
Willie Thrower
Colin Powell
Baltimore - Maryland
13. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Emlen Tunnell
Freedom's Journal
MLK
1909
14. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
Congressional Black Caucus
1995
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
14
15. What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
The Harlem Renaissance
The Twist
Brown v. Board of Education
16. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
Usain Bolt
Baltimore - Maryland
A Rodeo Cowboy
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
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?
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
One year
1963
The Twist
18. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Usain Bolt
1893
1909
Anne Bontemps
19. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?
Michael Jordon
Quincy Jones
Vermont
Berry Gordy
20. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?
1945
Thurgood Marshall
1995
The North Star
21. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
Gwendolyn Benneth
The Pips
W. E. B. Du Bois
Langston Hughes
22. First black Miss America
Ella Fitzgerald
Malcolm X
Whitney Houston
Vanessa Williams
23. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
Malcolm X
1965
1893
The Cosby Show
24. 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)
Michael Jackson
1965
Congressional Black Caucus
The Harlem Renaissance
25. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'
MLK
Jan E. Metzeliger
Wilma Rudolph
Congressional Black Caucus
26. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?
Emlen Tunnell
Dr. Charles Drew
Boston University
A Rodeo Cowboy
27. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
The North Star
1986
Sojourner Truth
28. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
W. E. B. Du Bois
The Underground Railroad
Nella Larsen
The Twist
29. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Oprah Winfrey
The Cosby Show
Anne Bontemps
Jesse Redman Fauset
30. First black RNC chairman
Gone With The Wind
The Twist
Reggie Jackson
Michael Steele
31. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Barack Obama
TheFirst Black Nurse
Ella Fitzgerald
Brown v. Board of Education
32. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of
TheFirst Black Nurse
James Weldon Johnson
Dr. Charles Drew
Colin Powell
33. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance
Countae Cullen
Montgomery
Baltimore - Maryland
A Rodeo Cowboy
34. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
1986
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Gwendolyn Benneth
Wilma Rudolph
35. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
Barack Obama
The Amos And Andy Show
Langston Hughes
MLK
36. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
1909
1963
Twice
Reggie Jackson
37. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
James Weldon Johnson
Langston Hughes
Michael Jordon
The Cosby Show
38. First black female to host a TV show
1865
Oprah Winfrey
Emlen Tunnell
The Amos And Andy Show
39. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'
W. E. B. Du Bois
1968
Baltimore - Maryland
TheFirst Black Nurse
40. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
Congressional Black Caucus
Colin Powell
MLK
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
41. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____
Delany Martin
Montgomery
MLK
Gwendolyn Benneth
42. First black female to win a Grammy
Ella Fitzgerald
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
TheFirst Black Nurse
Sojourner Truth
43. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?
Jan E. Metzeliger
Phillis Wheatley
Aretha Franklin
Countae Cullen
44. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
1963
Louis Armstrong
Toni Morrison
The Underground Railroad
45. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
The North Star
1963
Brown v. Board of Education
1865
46. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'
Langston Hughes
Aretha Franklin
Coleman Hawkins
Wilma Rudolph
47. First published black poet
Phillis Wheatley
Sojourner Truth
Jan E. Metzeliger
Willie Thrower
48. First black major league baseball player
14
Malcolm X
Jackie Robinson
The Harlem Renaissance
49. Who Was The U.S Black Abolitionist - Physician - And EditorIn The Pre-Civil War Period
The Pips
A Tribe Called Quest
Quincy Jones
Delany Martin
50. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
Dr. Charles Drew
1865