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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wilma Rudolph
Colin Powell
1865
Thomas Dorsey
2. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Gone With The Wind
Countae Cullen
Aretha Franklin
3. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.
The Cosby Show
Michael Jackson
Emlen Tunnell
Usain Bolt
4. First black NFL quarterback
1893
Thurgood Marshall
Willie Thrower
Reggie Jackson
5. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
Jesse Redman Fauset
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Usain Bolt
Robert Smalls
6. First black female to win a Grammy
Boston University
Nella Larsen
Sojourner Truth
Ella Fitzgerald
7. Queen Of Soul
Emlen Tunnell
Aretha Franklin
1968
1995
8. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
1968
The Twist
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
James Weldon Johnson
9. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Emlen Tunnell
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Jim Crow Laws
10. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?
Vermont
One year
W. E. B. Du Bois
Ella Fitzgerald
11. First black RNC chairman
Quincy Jones
Michael Steele
The Harlem Renaissance
Wilma Rudolph
12. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?
Robert Smalls
TheFirst Black Nurse
Vermont
W. E. B. Du Bois
13. Who Was The U.S Black Abolitionist - Physician - And EditorIn The Pre-Civil War Period
Jackie Robinson
Delany Martin
The Harlem Renaissance
Toni Morrison
14. First black billionaire
Congressional Black Caucus
Hattie McDaniel
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Michael Jordon
15. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
14
Ella Fitzgerald
Thomas Dorsey
Twice
16. First black person to win an Oscar
Ella Fitzgerald
Baltimore - Maryland
Nella Larsen
Hattie McDaniel
17. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
1909
Phillis Wheatley
Anne Bontemps
James Weldon Johnson
18. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
Countae Cullen
A Tribe Called Quest
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Twice
19. First African American newspaper
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20. First published black poet
Phillis Wheatley
Countae Cullen
1986
Michael Jackson
21. First black supreme court justice
Usain Bolt
Thurgood Marshall
Quincy Jones
One year
22. In what year was the Million Man March?
1945
Ella Fitzgerald
1995
1968
23. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Delany Martin
Robert Smalls
Gone With The Wind
Reggie Jackson
24. In what year was the Million Man March?
1995
Wilma Rudolph
MLK
The North Star
25. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
1968
The Amos And Andy Show
1945
1909
26. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Berry Gordy
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Emlen Tunnell
Joseph Hayne Rainey
27. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
Quincy Jones
Michael Jordon
Emlen Tunnell
One year
28. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?
Berry Gordy
Reggie Jackson
Sojourner Truth
1995
29. First black star of a network TV show
Barack Obama
1965
Usain Bolt
Bill Cosby
30. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?
1986
Jackie Robinson
1909
Colin Powell
31. First black Miss America
Thomas Dorsey
Vanessa Williams
Brown v. Board of Education
1986
32. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
1893
Michael Steele
Brown v. Board of Education
1945
33. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?
Quincy Jones
Colin Powell
Berry Gordy
Anne Bontemps
34. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
Vanessa Williams
TheFirst Black Nurse
1963
Aretha Franklin
35. First black Miss America
Malcolm X
Vanessa Williams
Jackie Robinson
MLK
36. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?
Langston Hughes
The Pips
Colin Powell
Boston University
37. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
Twice
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Oprah Winfrey
Dr. Charles Drew
38. First black female to win a Grammy
1863
Vanessa Williams
Phillis Wheatley
Ella Fitzgerald
39. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
Gwendolyn Benneth
Brown v. Board of Education
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Aretha Franklin
40. This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.
The Cosby Show
Wilma Rudolph
James Weldon Johnson
Brown v. Board of Education
41. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
1865
The Cosby Show
Langston Hughes
The Underground Railroad
42. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?
Wilma Rudolph
1893
Phillis Wheatley
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
43. In what year was MLK assassinated?
1968
Wilma Rudolph
Vermont
Thurgood Marshall
44. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
Aretha Franklin
Quincy Jones
Colin Powell
The Underground Railroad
45. First black major league baseball player
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Jackie Robinson
The Amos And Andy Show
Nella Larsen
46. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
14
1863
Usain Bolt
Colin Powell
47. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?
Michael Jackson
1963
Barack Obama
Sojourner Truth
48. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Barack Obama
Emlen Tunnell
Sojourner Truth
Gwendolyn Benneth
49. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance
Countae Cullen
Congressional Black Caucus
Colin Powell
Hattie McDaniel
50. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?
Whitney Houston
Sojourner Truth
Colin Powell
Robert Smalls