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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
The Pips
Vermont
A Tribe Called Quest
1986
2. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
Montgomery
The Harlem Renaissance
W. E. B. Du Bois
Louis Armstrong
3. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?
Wilma Rudolph
Montgomery
Nella Larsen
Vermont
4. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
Langston Hughes
1986
Coleman Hawkins
One year
5. 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)
14
MLK
Michael Jackson
Vanessa Williams
6. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'
Louis Armstrong
The Harlem Renaissance
MLK
Willie Thrower
7. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Anne Bontemps
1945
Bill Cosby
Jim Crow Laws
8. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
TheFirst Black Nurse
Quincy Jones
1893
Malcolm X
9. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
The Twist
Robert Smalls
Reggie Jackson
10. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
Ella Fitzgerald
1945
Coleman Hawkins
Boston University
11. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
Montgomery
1995
Gwendolyn Benneth
Jim Crow Laws
12. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Michael Steele
Jan E. Metzeliger
Anne Bontemps
Jackie Robinson
13. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Jim Crow Laws
Oprah Winfrey
Twice
1995
14. Queen Of Soul
Aretha Franklin
Delany Martin
One year
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
15. 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 Harlem Renaissance
1968
The Underground Railroad
16. First African American newspaper
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17. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
1909
The Pips
Toni Morrison
18. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
Louis Armstrong
The Amos And Andy Show
Barack Obama
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
19. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
MLK
Montgomery
The Underground Railroad
14
20. First black Miss America
Dr. Charles Drew
Vanessa Williams
Toni Morrison
Hattie McDaniel
21. First black RNC chairman
Michael Jordon
Michael Steele
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Montgomery
22. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance
Anne Bontemps
Colin Powell
1893
Nella Larsen
23. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Willie Thrower
Delany Martin
Colin Powell
Jan E. Metzeliger
24. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
MLK
1986
1965
Jim Crow Laws
25. First black president
Louis Armstrong
Gone With The Wind
TheFirst Black Nurse
Barack Obama
26. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance
Thomas Dorsey
Freedom's Journal
Countae Cullen
Thurgood Marshall
27. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
Congressional Black Caucus
TheFirst Black Nurse
Louis Armstrong
Vanessa Williams
28. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
A Tribe Called Quest
W. E. B. Du Bois
1863
Toni Morrison
29. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'
Robert Smalls
The Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
One year
30. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
Malcolm X
Jim Crow Laws
Michael Jordon
Colin Powell
31. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Jan E. Metzeliger
Anne Bontemps
1865
1945
32. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
Usain Bolt
Gone With The Wind
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Jesse Redman Fauset
33. First black female to win a Grammy
A Tribe Called Quest
Phillis Wheatley
Ella Fitzgerald
The Harlem Renaissance
34. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
Thomas Dorsey
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Joseph Hayne Rainey
1968
35. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Baltimore - Maryland
Jim Crow Laws
Ella Fitzgerald
36. 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.
Louis Armstrong
Hattie McDaniel
Reggie Jackson
Jan E. Metzeliger
37. First black secretary of state
1863
Jan E. Metzeliger
1909
Colin Powell
38. Father Of Gospel Music
Montgomery
Willie Thrower
Freedom's Journal
Thomas Dorsey
39. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Colin Powell
Gone With The Wind
Barack Obama
Michael Jackson
40. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Gone With The Wind
Oprah Winfrey
TheFirst Black Nurse
41. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
Jan E. Metzeliger
The Amos And Andy Show
14
Dr. Charles Drew
42. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?
The North Star
James Weldon Johnson
1945
Bill Cosby
43. This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.
1968
TheFirst Black Nurse
The Pips
The Cosby Show
44. 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?
Usain Bolt
Wilma Rudolph
Colin Powell
1945
45. First black supreme court justice
The Twist
Thurgood Marshall
Toni Morrison
Ella Fitzgerald
46. First black president
Twice
Barack Obama
Sojourner Truth
A Tribe Called Quest
47. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Barack Obama
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Louis Armstrong
Brown v. Board of Education
48. In what year was the Million Man March?
1995
Emlen Tunnell
1963
Freedom's Journal
49. 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.
Louis Armstrong
Reggie Jackson
One year
Countae Cullen
50. Where Is Morgan University Located?
1965
Colin Powell
Baltimore - Maryland
Reggie Jackson