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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
Quincy Jones
1863
1963
Coleman Hawkins
2. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?
Boston University
Sojourner Truth
Barack Obama
Willie Thrower
3. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
MLK
1909
Usain Bolt
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
4. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
MLK
Gwendolyn Benneth
Barack Obama
Delany Martin
5. First black star of a network TV show
Bill Cosby
The Amos And Andy Show
Countae Cullen
Dr. Charles Drew
6. In what year was the VRA passed?
Hattie McDaniel
A Tribe Called Quest
1965
Jackie Robinson
7. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
1945
The Twist
MLK
1965
8. First black major league baseball player
Phillis Wheatley
Jackie Robinson
Twice
The Harlem Renaissance
9. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Usain Bolt
1865
1968
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
10. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?
Bill Cosby
1893
Wilma Rudolph
Dr. Charles Drew
11. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Joseph Hayne Rainey
1865
Quincy Jones
Colin Powell
12. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?
The Cosby Show
1865
A Rodeo Cowboy
1986
13. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
Whitney Houston
A Tribe Called Quest
One year
Delany Martin
14. In what year was the Million Man March?
Montgomery
Emlen Tunnell
Twice
1995
15. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
1909
Phillis Wheatley
Willie Thrower
The Pips
16. First black billionaire
Robert Smalls
Sojourner Truth
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
14
17. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
1865
1863
1963
Langston Hughes
18. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joseph Hayne Rainey
1945
Colin Powell
Langston Hughes
19. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Anne Bontemps
1963
Oprah Winfrey
1945
20. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
MLK
Toni Morrison
Barack Obama
21. In what year was MLK assassinated?
Congressional Black Caucus
1909
James Weldon Johnson
1968
22. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States
Langston Hughes
1945
Montgomery
1909
23. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Wilma Rudolph
Baltimore - Maryland
Toni Morrison
24. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education
Robert Smalls
Langston Hughes
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
25. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
A Rodeo Cowboy
W. E. B. Du Bois
Anne Bontemps
TheFirst Black Nurse
26. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?
The North Star
Louis Armstrong
Sojourner Truth
Berry Gordy
27. First published black poet
Jesse Redman Fauset
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Langston Hughes
Phillis Wheatley
28. First black president
One year
Barack Obama
Toni Morrison
Michael Jordon
29. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
Dr. Charles Drew
One year
Langston Hughes
The Pips
30. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?
Gwendolyn Benneth
Michael Jackson
Robert Smalls
1965
31. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance
1893
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Bill Cosby
Nella Larsen
32. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
Boston University
Congressional Black Caucus
Jesse Redman Fauset
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
33. First black female to host a TV show
Baltimore - Maryland
Oprah Winfrey
Twice
W. E. B. Du Bois
34. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?
Barack Obama
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
A Tribe Called Quest
Vermont
35. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?
Langston Hughes
Berry Gordy
Michael Steele
A Rodeo Cowboy
36. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Emlen Tunnell
Colin Powell
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
37. 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
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Baltimore - Maryland
Reggie Jackson
38. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Boston University
Michael Steele
One year
Anne Bontemps
39. First black billionaire
Boston University
Quincy Jones
Willie Thrower
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
40. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
Michael Jackson
Twice
Aretha Franklin
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
41. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____
Montgomery
1893
1986
1968
42. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?
A Rodeo Cowboy
The Amos And Andy Show
W. E. B. Du Bois
Reggie Jackson
43. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Twice
Jim Crow Laws
44. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?
1965
Louis Armstrong
Jan E. Metzeliger
Vermont
45. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1863
Jan E. Metzeliger
Gwendolyn Benneth
1945
46. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
Usain Bolt
Hattie McDaniel
Nella Larsen
Countae Cullen
47. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
TheFirst Black Nurse
Montgomery
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
1863
48. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
A Rodeo Cowboy
14
Freedom's Journal
Baltimore - Maryland
49. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
1965
Gwendolyn Benneth
Dr. Charles Drew
Sojourner Truth
50. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Coleman Hawkins
The Underground Railroad
1865
Freedom's Journal