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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. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
A Tribe Called Quest
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
Gwendolyn Benneth
2. 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)
Countae Cullen
The Twist
Anne Bontemps
Michael Jackson
3. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?
1945
Robert Smalls
TheFirst Black Nurse
Nella Larsen
4. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
Countae Cullen
A Tribe Called Quest
Hattie McDaniel
Baltimore - Maryland
5. 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
Ella Fitzgerald
A Rodeo Cowboy
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
6. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
1986
Dr. Charles Drew
1863
Emlen Tunnell
7. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'
Ella Fitzgerald
Countae Cullen
Colin Powell
W. E. B. Du Bois
8. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1963
One year
1863
The North Star
9. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
The Twist
Reggie Jackson
Berry Gordy
1968
10. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
Montgomery
Congressional Black Caucus
Louis Armstrong
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
11. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
TheFirst Black Nurse
The Twist
MLK
Michael Jordon
12. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Quincy Jones
Willie Thrower
Langston Hughes
MLK
13. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
1968
Brown v. Board of Education
Gwendolyn Benneth
Thomas Dorsey
14. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?
Vermont
Brown v. Board of Education
Berry Gordy
Jackie Robinson
15. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of
James Weldon Johnson
Delany Martin
A Rodeo Cowboy
Nella Larsen
16. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
Toni Morrison
Emlen Tunnell
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Aretha Franklin
17. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
Countae Cullen
Jesse Redman Fauset
Thomas Dorsey
The Pips
18. Queen Of Soul
Ella Fitzgerald
Aretha Franklin
Boston University
Toni Morrison
19. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?
Anne Bontemps
A Rodeo Cowboy
The Harlem Renaissance
Colin Powell
20. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Malcolm X
Bill Cosby
Gone With The Wind
Michael Jordon
21. Who Was The U.S Black Abolitionist - Physician - And EditorIn The Pre-Civil War Period
Barack Obama
Delany Martin
Malcolm X
Michael Jackson
22. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?
1995
Barack Obama
Robert Smalls
1893
23. In what year was the Million Man March?
Emlen Tunnell
The Twist
1909
1995
24. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
Coleman Hawkins
Toni Morrison
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Dr. Charles Drew
25. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
The Harlem Renaissance
Twice
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Freedom's Journal
26. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
Willie Thrower
Delany Martin
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
1945
27. First black female to host a TV show
Oprah Winfrey
W. E. B. Du Bois
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Langston Hughes
28. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States
1893
Langston Hughes
1963
The North Star
29. First black major league baseball player
The Twist
Jackie Robinson
Langston Hughes
Freedom's Journal
30. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'
MLK
Michael Steele
Malcolm X
1863
31. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
The Underground Railroad
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
MLK
Barack Obama
32. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?
1986
Oprah Winfrey
The Pips
Langston Hughes
33. First black supreme court justice
The Harlem Renaissance
Thurgood Marshall
Delany Martin
Hattie McDaniel
34. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Barack Obama
Berry Gordy
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Michael Jordon
35. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
1965
Congressional Black Caucus
Langston Hughes
Anne Bontemps
36. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance
Barack Obama
Nella Larsen
MLK
A Tribe Called Quest
37. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?
Boston University
Louis Armstrong
The Twist
Ella Fitzgerald
38. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
MLK
The Pips
Reggie Jackson
Sojourner Truth
39. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Jackie Robinson
Usain Bolt
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
40. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
Aretha Franklin
Usain Bolt
1965
Oprah Winfrey
41. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
Louis Armstrong
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Colin Powell
42. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
Dr. Charles Drew
Louis Armstrong
1945
Usain Bolt
43. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
Delany Martin
The North Star
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Joseph Hayne Rainey
44. Father Of Gospel Music
Thomas Dorsey
Usain Bolt
1909
Congressional Black Caucus
45. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
The Cosby Show
Brown v. Board of Education
Louis Armstrong
James Weldon Johnson
46. In what year was the VRA passed?
1965
Robert Smalls
Michael Jackson
1963
47. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
The North Star
The Twist
Hattie McDaniel
Bill Cosby
48. First black billionaire
Colin Powell
1995
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Gwendolyn Benneth
49. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
Boston University
The Amos And Andy Show
Robert Smalls
Langston Hughes
50. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
1909
Jackie Robinson
The Amos And Andy Show
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey