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Black History Trivia
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?
1965
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Boston University
Michael Jackson
2. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
Ella Fitzgerald
1865
The Amos And Andy Show
The Pips
3. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Colin Powell
Quincy Jones
The Twist
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
4. First African American newspaper
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5. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
Jim Crow Laws
Robert Smalls
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Thomas Dorsey
6. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
Vermont
A Tribe Called Quest
Wilma Rudolph
Coleman Hawkins
7. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
A Tribe Called Quest
Quincy Jones
Coleman Hawkins
Gone With The Wind
8. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
Dr. Charles Drew
Gwendolyn Benneth
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
The Pips
9. First black star of a network TV show
The Pips
Colin Powell
Bill Cosby
Nella Larsen
10. First black female to host a TV show
Willie Thrower
Vermont
Oprah Winfrey
Dr. Charles Drew
11. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'
Coleman Hawkins
Anne Bontemps
Jackie Robinson
W. E. B. Du Bois
12. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Michael Steele
Congressional Black Caucus
Jim Crow Laws
Joseph Hayne Rainey
13. This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.
1865
The Cosby Show
Coleman Hawkins
W. E. B. Du Bois
14. Father Of Gospel Music
Hattie McDaniel
Langston Hughes
Emlen Tunnell
Thomas Dorsey
15. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?
Countae Cullen
Nella Larsen
Robert Smalls
Twice
16. First black president
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Barack Obama
Wilma Rudolph
Nella Larsen
17. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
Jesse Redman Fauset
Vanessa Williams
Congressional Black Caucus
Toni Morrison
18. In what year was the NAACP founded?
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Gone With The Wind
1909
Dr. Charles Drew
19. First black president
The Amos And Andy Show
The Pips
Langston Hughes
Barack Obama
20. First black NFL quarterback
Willie Thrower
Gone With The Wind
Joseph Hayne Rainey
1965
21. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
The Pips
Gwendolyn Benneth
One year
The Harlem Renaissance
22. Queen Of Soul
1965
Michael Jordon
The Underground Railroad
Aretha Franklin
23. Queen Of Soul
Aretha Franklin
Whitney Houston
The Amos And Andy Show
Quincy Jones
24. Where Is Morgan University Located?
A Rodeo Cowboy
Baltimore - Maryland
Whitney Houston
1963
25. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?
Vermont
Usain Bolt
Whitney Houston
Congressional Black Caucus
26. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
The Cosby Show
Reggie Jackson
The Amos And Andy Show
14
27. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
The Harlem Renaissance
Michael Steele
Berry Gordy
One year
28. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
Congressional Black Caucus
Michael Steele
Jackie Robinson
Toni Morrison
29. 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?
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Delany Martin
Wilma Rudolph
Coleman Hawkins
30. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
W. E. B. Du Bois
Michael Jordon
1965
31. In what year was MLK assassinated?
1863
1909
1968
Emlen Tunnell
32. First black female to host a TV show
Bill Cosby
1865
Phillis Wheatley
Oprah Winfrey
33. First black major league baseball player
Michael Steele
Langston Hughes
Colin Powell
Jackie Robinson
34. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Quincy Jones
The Underground Railroad
Whitney Houston
The Pips
35. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance
Nella Larsen
Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
Jesse Redman Fauset
36. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
Gone With The Wind
Thurgood Marshall
Anne Bontemps
1945
37. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
The North Star
The Twist
W. E. B. Du Bois
Gwendolyn Benneth
38. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Toni Morrison
Berry Gordy
Thomas Dorsey
Michael Jordon
39. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
TheFirst Black Nurse
Berry Gordy
The Pips
Joseph Hayne Rainey
40. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'
Sojourner Truth
1963
1965
Langston Hughes
41. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
Phillis Wheatley
Montgomery
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Delany Martin
42. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
Quincy Jones
Joseph Hayne Rainey
1945
Wilma Rudolph
43. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
Phillis Wheatley
James Weldon Johnson
Nella Larsen
1963
44. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Brown v. Board of Education
Jackie Robinson
Whitney Houston
45. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Twice
1968
Brown v. Board of Education
1963
46. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Congressional Black Caucus
One year
Montgomery
1865
47. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?
Boston University
The Twist
The Underground Railroad
Thurgood Marshall
48. First black NFL quarterback
Louis Armstrong
Willie Thrower
1965
Phillis Wheatley
49. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?
TheFirst Black Nurse
The Twist
Coleman Hawkins
Colin Powell
50. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
1909
14
Michael Steele
Jackie Robinson