Black History Knowledge Bowl Practice

The State with the most HBCUs is Alabama.

How many accredited HBCUs are running?

Which artist signed by Chess Records produced the first alleged rap song, "Here Comes the Judge"?

True or False: Zeta Phi Beta is constitutionally bound to Phi Beta Sigma

6 of the Divine 9 Organization were founded at Howard University

The 1919 Chicago Race Riots were incited by:

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity INC. was founded at which of these HBCUs

True or False: Howard was ranked the number one HBCU in 2023.

In what year did the NAACP form a branch on the westside of Chicago?

True or False: Murray's Pomade was invented in CD Murray Chicago Barber Shop.

Which pair of HBCUs are the only all women's college's?

What was the first Black owned Housing cooperative in Chicago?

Black women have higher enrollment at HBCUs than men

What high school inspired Chance the Rapper's 10-day mix tape after being suspended?

New York is the home of Gospel Music

University of Virgin Islands is the only HBCU in the Caribbean

The Activist, artist, and teacher ______ founded the DuSable Museum and had Feb. 1st declared as her day.

Where is the largest Dr. King Monument located in Chicago?

Blufield State College only retains its HBCU status due to federal, despite having 90% White attendance

Chicago first black owned bank was:

Which of these African American singers did not win Album of the Year?

What was the first Divine 9 sorority to be founded, at what college and in what year?

Pekin’s Theatre, founded in 1905 in Chicago, was the first Black owned theatre in the United States

The National Negro League began in Mississippi in 1920

In what year did Martin Luther King began the Chicago Freedom Movement?

True or False: The Clark Atlanta University Mascot is the Golden Lions

Which Black 5 Basketball team was formed in Chicago in 1927?

Which Chicago college (now a City College of Chicago) did Cab Calloway attend?

Which year was Morehouse college founded?

Which Chicago Community was called the “Barometer of Black Wealth” by the Federal Government

Which HBCU is named after a Rockefeller family member?

_____ was considered the father of Black Baseball and owner of the American Giants

During which decade did the Harlem Renaissance primarily occur?

During the 1930s-50s Bronzeville was named the “Black Metropolis”.

True or False: Nate King Cole's Chicago home in Bronzeville is a historic landmark

Who was the first Black Woman to appear on a major magazine cover?

Which HBCU had to close its doors in 2005?

Who was the first Black writer to win a Pulitzer Prize?

What is the name of Black newspaper founded in 1905, that spurred and voiced the Great Migration?

The Black Hawks were Chicago's first all black ______ team

Morehouse, Fisk, Howard, and Charles Dre University are the ONLY HBCUs with Medical Schools

What is the oldest Black owned Restaurant in Chicago?

The African American scientist ______ developed stainless steel

In what year did Jackie Robinson break the Color Barrier for the Major League?

Marian Anderson was the first African American Woman to sing at the Metropilitian Opera.

True or False: Barack Obama was the first African American president of Harvard Law Review

Which Illinois Congressmen co-founded the Black Panther Party chapter in Chicago?

Which HBCU was the most recent to be reaccredited?

True or False: Quinn Chapel is the oldest Black Church in Chicago

NBA defensive star Bill Russell organized the first player boycott in 1961

Which African American Artist from Chicago had a full Retrospective at the museum of modern art?

Who was the first soccer player of African American to win three world cups?

The name of the Chicago Negro League baseball team was:

This Chicagoan _____ was the first Black woman to travel to space

What team did Willie O'Ree, the first black NHL player, play for?

Dave Winfield was drafted into the MLB, NBA, and NFL.