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Black History Month Trivia 1
Black History Month Trivia 1
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Important facts, figures, people, places and times in #African-American history
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1
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Kerry Washington
Octavia Spencer
Halle Berry
Viola Daivs
2
He was the first African-American man to be the World Heavyweight Champion in 1908.
Sam Langford
Muhammad Ali
Jack Johnson
Joe Louis
3
Who's shares a birthday with Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination?
Taylor Swift
Maya Angelou
Michelle Obama
Jennifer Lawrence
4
What year did the US recognize February as the national month of observance for Black History ?
1999
1976
1958
1970
5
What is the name of the first surgeon to separate twins conjoined at the head?
Scott Whitaker
Andrea D. Willis
Rovenia "Ro" Brock
Ben Carson
6
Who was the first African American women inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Donna Summers
Aretha Franklin
Billie Holiday
Darlene Love
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Who holds the Guinness World Record (For men) for the most Grammy Awards won in a year?
Michael Jordan
Jay-Z
Michael Jackson
Prince
8
Arthur Ashe was known for being a......?
Basketball Player
Tennis Player
Doctor
Scientist
9
How old were Condoleezza Rice and Martin Luther King Jr. when they started college?
17
18
15
12
10
Which one of these actions did Barack Obama
NOT
do?
Win a Grammy
Play on the basketball Team at Harvard
Be Nominated for a Kid's Choice Award
Be the First African American President
11
Who was the first published African American female author?
Gloria Naylor
Phillis Wheatley Peters
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
12
Which one of these famous soldiers was actually a women?
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
Crispus Attucks
Cathay Williams
Lemuel Haynes
13
What year was the NAACP founded?
1973
1927
1909
1965
14
Who was the first black women to refuse to give up her seat to a white man?
Rosa Parks
Sarah Keys
Claudette Colvin
Ida B. Wells
15
Who was the first professional black baseball player?
Jason Kipnis
Jackie Robinson
Kris Bryant
Ernie Banks
16
The NAACP was formed in 1909 due mostly to race riots in what U.S. city in 1908?
Birmingham, AL
Nashville, TN
Atlanta, GA
Springfield, IL
17
Who holds the Guinness World Record (For women) for the most Grammy Awards won in a year?
Jennifer Hudson
Beyoncé
Aretha Franklin
Whitney Houston
18
Which of these was
NOT
invented by an African American?
Elevator
3-D Graphics Technology
Gas Mask
Audio Visual Home Security System
19
Where did W.E.B. Du Bois receive his Ph.D. from?
Dartmouth
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
