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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'






2. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?






3. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States






4. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






5. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






6. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






7. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?






8. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?






9. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?






10. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?






11. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






12. Who Was The U.S Black Abolitionist - Physician - And EditorIn The Pre-Civil War Period






13. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






14. First black Miss America






15. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






16. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance






17. In what year was MLK assassinated?






18. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.






19. First black major league baseball player






20. Queen Of Soul






21. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






22. First black star of a network TV show






23. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






24. 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?






25. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'






26. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






27. First black NFL quarterback






28. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'






29. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?






30. Where Is Morgan University Located?






31. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?






32. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






33. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






34. First black president






35. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?






36. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'






37. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






38. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






39. First African American newspaper

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40. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?






41. First black president






42. 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?






43. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____






44. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?






45. First black major league baseball player






46. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'






47. 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?






48. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?






49. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






50. 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?