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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
Montgomery
Gwendolyn Benneth
Oprah Winfrey
Quincy Jones
2. 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?
Dr. Charles Drew
Berry Gordy
TheFirst Black Nurse
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
3. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Jim Crow Laws
1965
Wilma Rudolph
Michael Jackson
4. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
1968
The Cosby Show
Michael Steele
Toni Morrison
5. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
The Amos And Andy Show
Thomas Dorsey
Coleman Hawkins
1965
6. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
The Harlem Renaissance
W. E. B. Du Bois
1963
7. First African American newspaper
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8. First black NFL quarterback
1965
Michael Steele
A Rodeo Cowboy
Willie Thrower
9. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'
Langston Hughes
Aretha Franklin
Malcolm X
Robert Smalls
10. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1863
Colin Powell
Brown v. Board of Education
Coleman Hawkins
11. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
Barack Obama
Whitney Houston
The Underground Railroad
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
12. First published black poet
Freedom's Journal
Phillis Wheatley
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Montgomery
13. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
Vanessa Williams
Willie Thrower
TheFirst Black Nurse
Sojourner Truth
14. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
1986
Colin Powell
MLK
1963
15. 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?
Twice
1965
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
W. E. B. Du Bois
16. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
Twice
1986
The Harlem Renaissance
Nella Larsen
17. First black person to win an Oscar
Hattie McDaniel
TheFirst Black Nurse
1909
Bill Cosby
18. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Colin Powell
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
A Rodeo Cowboy
1963
19. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?
1995
Berry Gordy
Malcolm X
The North Star
20. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____
1986
The Cosby Show
Berry Gordy
Montgomery
21. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Sojourner Truth
The North Star
The Harlem Renaissance
22. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?
The Twist
Boston University
Langston Hughes
Congressional Black Caucus
23. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
Anne Bontemps
W. E. B. Du Bois
Jan E. Metzeliger
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
24. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
Baltimore - Maryland
The Underground Railroad
MLK
One year
25. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Michael Steele
Jan E. Metzeliger
Usain Bolt
Jim Crow Laws
26. First African American newspaper
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27. Queen Of Soul
1968
Aretha Franklin
MLK
1893
28. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
1909
A Rodeo Cowboy
Vanessa Williams
29. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Wilma Rudolph
Baltimore - Maryland
Congressional Black Caucus
30. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
The Twist
Hattie McDaniel
Ella Fitzgerald
1863
31. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
Oprah Winfrey
1963
Quincy Jones
Toni Morrison
32. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
Usain Bolt
Twice
Coleman Hawkins
Dr. Charles Drew
33. First black major league baseball player
Jackie Robinson
The Harlem Renaissance
Wilma Rudolph
Willie Thrower
34. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
Coleman Hawkins
Twice
Thomas Dorsey
1963
35. First black Miss America
Michael Jordon
Vanessa Williams
Wilma Rudolph
14
36. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
1865
Toni Morrison
Freedom's Journal
Robert Smalls
37. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
Thurgood Marshall
Robert Smalls
1945
Colin Powell
38. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Colin Powell
Reggie Jackson
Emlen Tunnell
1986
39. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Michael Jordon
Phillis Wheatley
One year
Colin Powell
40. What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?
MLK
The Harlem Renaissance
Vanessa Williams
Brown v. Board of Education
41. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?
Dr. Charles Drew
James Weldon Johnson
MLK
Whitney Houston
42. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Vermont
Michael Jordon
James Weldon Johnson
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
43. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
Emlen Tunnell
Dr. Charles Drew
Coleman Hawkins
A Rodeo Cowboy
44. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
Colin Powell
Gone With The Wind
1963
The Amos And Andy Show
45. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
Emlen Tunnell
Usain Bolt
Congressional Black Caucus
Willie Thrower
46. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
The Twist
Malcolm X
1995
Gone With The Wind
47. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Michael Steele
Ella Fitzgerald
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Emlen Tunnell
48. 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?
A Tribe Called Quest
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
1963
The North Star
49. Where Is Morgan University Located?
Baltimore - Maryland
MLK
Malcolm X
The Amos And Andy Show
50. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Twice
Anne Bontemps
Vanessa Williams
Whitney Houston