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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First black Miss America
Wilma Rudolph
Gwendolyn Benneth
1995
Vanessa Williams
2. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States
Toni Morrison
Robert Smalls
1965
Langston Hughes
3. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
A Rodeo Cowboy
Gone With The Wind
Jim Crow Laws
Delany Martin
4. First black NFL quarterback
Willie Thrower
Gwendolyn Benneth
Vanessa Williams
1893
5. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
Countae Cullen
TheFirst Black Nurse
Delany Martin
Twice
6. What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?
The Harlem Renaissance
Bill Cosby
Langston Hughes
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
7. First black billionaire
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Emlen Tunnell
Thomas Dorsey
1965
8. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
1893
1863
Jesse Redman Fauset
9. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
1965
Oprah Winfrey
Berry Gordy
Brown v. Board of Education
10. First black female to host a TV show
Sojourner Truth
Colin Powell
Bill Cosby
Oprah Winfrey
11. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
14
Colin Powell
Jesse Redman Fauset
Malcolm X
12. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?
Aretha Franklin
Thomas Dorsey
Michael Jordon
Berry Gordy
13. First black RNC chairman
1909
Michael Steele
1965
14
14. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
Reggie Jackson
1865
The Amos And Andy Show
Thurgood Marshall
15. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
1945
Robert Smalls
Oprah Winfrey
MLK
16. 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)
The Cosby Show
TheFirst Black Nurse
Oprah Winfrey
17. First black RNC chairman
Michael Steele
1865
Twice
Ella Fitzgerald
18. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Barack Obama
Quincy Jones
W. E. B. Du Bois
Robert Smalls
19. What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?
Oprah Winfrey
1965
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
The Harlem Renaissance
20. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Sojourner Truth
Berry Gordy
1865
Thomas Dorsey
21. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
Jackie Robinson
The Underground Railroad
Michael Jordon
Emlen Tunnell
22. First black female to host a TV show
Oprah Winfrey
Barack Obama
Langston Hughes
Aretha Franklin
23. 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?
Anne Bontemps
Wilma Rudolph
Gone With The Wind
Malcolm X
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?
Dr. Charles Drew
The Underground Railroad
Barack Obama
1963
25. First black star of a network TV show
The Cosby Show
Bill Cosby
Coleman Hawkins
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
26. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance
1965
Ella Fitzgerald
Nella Larsen
Joseph Hayne Rainey
27. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
1865
Nella Larsen
Michael Steele
One year
28. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
A Tribe Called Quest
Dr. Charles Drew
The North Star
29. First black star of a network TV show
Bill Cosby
The Cosby Show
Toni Morrison
Emlen Tunnell
30. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
Congressional Black Caucus
Delany Martin
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
A Tribe Called Quest
31. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
Louis Armstrong
Gone With The Wind
Nella Larsen
A Rodeo Cowboy
32. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
Countae Cullen
1963
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
1945
33. In what year was the Million Man March?
1968
Jesse Redman Fauset
Thurgood Marshall
1995
34. First black person to win an Oscar
Hattie McDaniel
Joseph Hayne Rainey
1986
Jackie Robinson
35. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
Twice
Gone With The Wind
Emlen Tunnell
1945
36. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'
Usain Bolt
Langston Hughes
MLK
Jesse Redman Fauset
37. First African American newspaper
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38. First black secretary of state
Colin Powell
Delany Martin
Bill Cosby
Dr. Charles Drew
39. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?
Sojourner Truth
Usain Bolt
Vermont
Boston University
40. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Gwendolyn Benneth
The Pips
A Tribe Called Quest
41. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?
A Rodeo Cowboy
Twice
The Pips
Congressional Black Caucus
42. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Hattie McDaniel
Reggie Jackson
The Amos And Andy Show
43. 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.
Reggie Jackson
1863
MLK
Louis Armstrong
44. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Anne Bontemps
The North Star
The Harlem Renaissance
Brown v. Board of Education
45. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
1945
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Congressional Black Caucus
Thurgood Marshall
46. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
Coleman Hawkins
The Amos And Andy Show
A Rodeo Cowboy
Thurgood Marshall
47. First black female to win a Grammy
The Pips
Toni Morrison
Aretha Franklin
Ella Fitzgerald
48. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?
Vermont
Coleman Hawkins
Baltimore - Maryland
Gone With The Wind
49. 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)
1995
The Amos And Andy Show
Michael Jackson
W. E. B. Du Bois
50. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
The Twist
Malcolm X
W. E. B. Du Bois