BSU BlackHistory Trivia

Question 1

Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 2

When was the NAACP founded?

Accepted Answer

1908

Question 3

What performer sang Strange Fruit?

Accepted Answer

Billie Holiday

Question 4

Which of these explorers was the first Blackman to explore the North Pole?

Accepted Answer

Matthew Henson

Question 5

How many honorary doctorates does Mae Jemison have?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 6

Who was the first Black architect in New York?

Accepted Answer

Vertner Woodson Tandy

Question 7

Who was America's first self-made female millionaire?

Accepted Answer

Madame C.J. Walker

Question 8

What year was our BSU founded?

Accepted Answer

1978

Question 9

Who is the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's men's wear?

Accepted Answer

Virgil Abloh

Question 10

Who was the real Betty Boop?

Accepted Answer

Baby Esther, Esther Jones

Question 11

Who started BET?

Accepted Answer

Sheila Johnson, Robert L Johnson

Question 12

Who defied Montgomery bus segregation before Rosa Parks?

Accepted Answer

Claudette Colvin

Question 13

Who founded Carol's Daughter?

Accepted Answer

Lisa Price

Question 14

Who was the first Black chemical engineer?

Accepted Answer

Charles Pierce

Question 15

Which performer was a French Spy during WWII?

Accepted Answer

Josephine Baker

Question 16

Who was the first Black person to run for president?

Accepted Answer

Shirley Chisolm

Question 17

Which is the first HBCU?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln University

Question 18

Who was the first Black World Heavyweight Champion?

Accepted Answer

Jack Johnson

Question 19

What was Ava DuVernay's first feature film?

Accepted Answer

This Is The Life

Question 20

Who was the first Black woman to win an Oscar?

Accepted Answer

Hattie McDaniel

Question 21

When is Serena Williams birthday?

Accepted Answer

September 26, 1981

Question 22

What was Muhammad Ali's name before he converted to Islam?

Accepted Answer

Cassius Clay

Question 23

What used to be in Crown Hall's place?

Accepted Answer

Mecca Flats

Question 24

What subjects did Benjamin Banneker teach himself?

Accepted Answer

math, literature, astronomy

Question 25

Which of these authors was a pioneer for the sci-fi genre?

Accepted Answer

Octavia E. Butler

Question 26

Who was the first Black licensed female pilot?

Accepted Answer

Bessie Coleman

Question 27

What Black musician had a #1 hit every year in the 90's?

Accepted Answer

Mariah Carey

Question 28

Who was the first Black woman to publish a book?

Accepted Answer

Phillis Wheatley

BSU BlackHistory Trivia

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BSU BlackHistory Trivia

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