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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






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






4. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____






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






6. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .






7. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?






13. First black RNC chairman






14. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






15. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






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






18. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






19. First black Miss America






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






21. In what year was the NAACP founded?






22. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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






24. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






25. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






26. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.






27. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






28. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'






29. First published black poet






30. First black female to host a TV show






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






32. First black president






33. First published black poet






34. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






35. First black person to win an Oscar






36. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?






37. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






38. First black secretary of state






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






40. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






41. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.






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






43. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'






44. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






46. First black star of a network TV show






47. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






48. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'






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






50. Where Is Morgan University Located?