Test your basic knowledge |

Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. First black RNC chairman






2. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.






3. First black billionaire






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






5. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






6. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






7. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






8. First black person to win an Oscar






9. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






11. Where Is Morgan University Located?






12. First black female to host a TV show






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






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






15. First black major league baseball player






16. First black female to host a TV show






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






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






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






20. 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?






21. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






23. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






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






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






27. First black NFL quarterback






28. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






29. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?






30. First African American newspaper

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


31. First black president






32. First black NFL quarterback






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






34. First published black poet






35. First African American newspaper

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


36. 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)






37. 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?






38. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






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






41. First black person to win an Oscar






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






43. First published black poet






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






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






46. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






48. First black major league baseball player






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






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?