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Black History Trivia
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1. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?
1945
Vermont
Quincy Jones
Whitney Houston
2. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
One year
1986
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
The North Star
3. Queen Of Soul
Louis Armstrong
Aretha Franklin
TheFirst Black Nurse
Robert Smalls
4. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
The Amos And Andy Show
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Aretha Franklin
Louis Armstrong
5. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
The Twist
1893
1863
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
6. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Colin Powell
Brown v. Board of Education
Coleman Hawkins
Vanessa Williams
7. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
The Amos And Andy Show
Coleman Hawkins
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
8. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
Malcolm X
Thomas Dorsey
Colin Powell
Langston Hughes
9. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
Willie Thrower
Malcolm X
Reggie Jackson
A Tribe Called Quest
10. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
Brown v. Board of Education
The Amos And Andy Show
Hattie McDaniel
Bill Cosby
11. Who Was The U.S Black Abolitionist - Physician - And EditorIn The Pre-Civil War Period
Delany Martin
Vanessa Williams
Louis Armstrong
The Twist
12. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
1968
A Rodeo Cowboy
Twice
13. In what year was MLK assassinated?
1968
A Tribe Called Quest
Countae Cullen
1945
14. First black secretary of state
Colin Powell
Jan E. Metzeliger
Willie Thrower
Langston Hughes
15. 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.
A Rodeo Cowboy
Reggie Jackson
Phillis Wheatley
Wilma Rudolph
16. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'
Baltimore - Maryland
W. E. B. Du Bois
Usain Bolt
Jim Crow Laws
17. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of
The North Star
Congressional Black Caucus
The Cosby Show
James Weldon Johnson
18. In what year was the VRA passed?
Twice
Michael Steele
A Tribe Called Quest
1965
19. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
Malcolm X
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Bill Cosby
Colin Powell
20. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
Toni Morrison
Usain Bolt
The Cosby Show
James Weldon Johnson
21. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Anne Bontemps
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Vanessa Williams
Ella Fitzgerald
22. 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 Jordon
Michael Jackson
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Michael Jordon
23. First black female to host a TV show
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
1965
Michael Jordon
Oprah Winfrey
24. 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.
Brown v. Board of Education
Jesse Redman Fauset
Reggie Jackson
Usain Bolt
25. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
Baltimore - Maryland
Montgomery
1965
The North Star
26. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Louis Armstrong
Colin Powell
The Harlem Renaissance
A Tribe Called Quest
27. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Gone With The Wind
Emlen Tunnell
Brown v. Board of Education
Jim Crow Laws
28. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Anne Bontemps
Willie Thrower
Thomas Dorsey
29. 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
1968
Baltimore - Maryland
1909
30. In what year was the Million Man March?
Barack Obama
Gwendolyn Benneth
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
1995
31. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
One year
Gwendolyn Benneth
1865
Berry Gordy
32. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
1965
Boston University
Whitney Houston
Usain Bolt
33. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance
Gone With The Wind
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Countae Cullen
Usain Bolt
34. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
1863
The Twist
Anne Bontemps
Gwendolyn Benneth
35. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance
Oprah Winfrey
1986
Colin Powell
Countae Cullen
36. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Wilma Rudolph
Twice
Anne Bontemps
1968
37. First black RNC chairman
Jackie Robinson
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Whitney Houston
Michael Steele
38. 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?
Reggie Jackson
14
Quincy Jones
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
39. First black star of a network TV show
Jim Crow Laws
The Underground Railroad
Michael Steele
Bill Cosby
40. In what year was the Million Man March?
1995
Emlen Tunnell
Vanessa Williams
1965
41. First black person to win an Oscar
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Jesse Redman Fauset
Hattie McDaniel
Vanessa Williams
42. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
Congressional Black Caucus
James Weldon Johnson
Wilma Rudolph
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
43. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
Jim Crow Laws
1963
Louis Armstrong
Jan E. Metzeliger
44. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Sojourner Truth
Toni Morrison
Brown v. Board of Education
Louis Armstrong
45. First African American newspaper
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46. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?
Langston Hughes
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
1986
The North Star
47. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
14
Toni Morrison
Jesse Redman Fauset
Hattie McDaniel
48. First published black poet
Montgomery
Phillis Wheatley
Bill Cosby
Hattie McDaniel
49. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1863
1986
MLK
Jan E. Metzeliger
50. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Thurgood Marshall
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Toni Morrison
Emlen Tunnell