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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






2. First black female to win a Grammy






3. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?






4. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






5. 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)






6. First black Miss America






7. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






8. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






9. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?






10. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?






11. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






12. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?






13. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?






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






15. In what year was MLK assassinated?






16. What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?






17. 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?






18. First black major league baseball player






19. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






20. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






22. First black person to win an Oscar






23. Father Of Gospel Music






24. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?






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






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






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






28. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?






29. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?






30. Where Is Morgan University Located?






31. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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?






33. In what year was the NAACP founded?






34. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






35. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?






36. This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.






37. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?






38. First black NFL quarterback






39. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






40. First black president






41. First black NFL quarterback






42. 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)






43. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?






44. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.






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






46. First black star of a network TV show






47. 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.






48. Where Is Morgan University Located?






49. 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?






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