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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
Dr. Charles Drew
James Weldon Johnson
MLK
Oprah Winfrey
2. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Oprah Winfrey
Barack Obama
Ella Fitzgerald
1865
3. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
1965
Jesse Redman Fauset
Berry Gordy
14
4. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
A Tribe Called Quest
1968
Montgomery
Malcolm X
5. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
The Pips
Toni Morrison
6. In what year was the VRA passed?
1965
Nella Larsen
Colin Powell
Jackie Robinson
7. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
1968
1863
Congressional Black Caucus
Jim Crow Laws
8. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
TheFirst Black Nurse
Gwendolyn Benneth
Jesse Redman Fauset
The Amos And Andy Show
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?
Wilma Rudolph
Colin Powell
Congressional Black Caucus
Toni Morrison
10. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?
1865
The North Star
MLK
MLK
11. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
1893
Jan E. Metzeliger
A Tribe Called Quest
Coleman Hawkins
12. First black Miss America
James Weldon Johnson
Reggie Jackson
Vanessa Williams
Baltimore - Maryland
13. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
1893
MLK
Jackie Robinson
Robert Smalls
14. First black secretary of state
1945
Gwendolyn Benneth
14
Colin Powell
15. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
1963
A Rodeo Cowboy
TheFirst Black Nurse
Montgomery
16. First black female to host a TV show
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Sojourner Truth
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Oprah Winfrey
17. In what year was the VRA passed?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Anne Bontemps
Dr. Charles Drew
1965
18. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?
Vermont
Aretha Franklin
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Congressional Black Caucus
19. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance
1909
Nella Larsen
The Pips
Thomas Dorsey
20. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'
Freedom's Journal
MLK
Berry Gordy
Whitney Houston
21. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
1968
Robert Smalls
1965
1963
22. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Langston Hughes
Gone With The Wind
James Weldon Johnson
Michael Jackson
23. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
1893
Michael Jackson
Congressional Black Caucus
1945
24. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
Jackie Robinson
The Amos And Andy Show
Twice
Baltimore - Maryland
25. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?
The Twist
A Rodeo Cowboy
Vermont
The North Star
26. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
James Weldon Johnson
Countae Cullen
The Pips
Colin Powell
27. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Montgomery
1865
Langston Hughes
14
28. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
Ella Fitzgerald
1909
Vanessa Williams
The Twist
29. 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)
Anne Bontemps
Gone With The Wind
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
30. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
Louis Armstrong
1863
The Underground Railroad
Dr. Charles Drew
31. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
1968
Malcolm X
Robert Smalls
MLK
32. 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?
1965
TheFirst Black Nurse
Wilma Rudolph
1863
33. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
Delany Martin
1965
Michael Jordon
TheFirst Black Nurse
34. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
Robert Smalls
Langston Hughes
Malcolm X
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
35. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
W. E. B. Du Bois
Toni Morrison
The Twist
Congressional Black Caucus
36. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of
Gwendolyn Benneth
The Amos And Andy Show
Vanessa Williams
James Weldon Johnson
37. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
Dr. Charles Drew
Sojourner Truth
1945
Boston University
38. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
The Twist
Jesse Redman Fauset
Brown v. Board of Education
Berry Gordy
39. First black president
Barack Obama
1909
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Jackie Robinson
40. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Thurgood Marshall
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Anne Bontemps
41. 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)
Phillis Wheatley
Anne Bontemps
Michael Jackson
Coleman Hawkins
42. First published black poet
One year
Gwendolyn Benneth
TheFirst Black Nurse
Phillis Wheatley
43. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
James Weldon Johnson
Reggie Jackson
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Congressional Black Caucus
44. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of
Michael Jordon
Robert Smalls
James Weldon Johnson
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
45. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Colin Powell
Oprah Winfrey
1965
14
46. First African American newspaper
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47. First black female to win a Grammy
1865
Ella Fitzgerald
A Rodeo Cowboy
Wilma Rudolph
48. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Jackie Robinson
The Cosby Show
One year
Toni Morrison
49. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
Congressional Black Caucus
The Amos And Andy Show
The Underground Railroad
Berry Gordy
50. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
1945
Jim Crow Laws
The Twist