Manhattan Tech Center DE&I - Black History Month Trivia

Who was the first African American woman to hold a pilot license?

Which artist set an all-time viewing record for their NFL Super Bowl halftime performance?

Simone Biles is the most decorated sportsperson in which sport?

Which organization was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966?

Which rapper released the album “Illmatic” in 1994, often considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time? 

Who became the first Black American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of State in 2001? 

GZA from the Wu-Tang Clan is also known as who?

The 1921 burning of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma caused an estimated _______ worth of property damage.

Who played T’Challa in Black Panther?

What food product did George Washington Carver help to establish as a staple in American households to this day?

Who has the most points scored in the NBA all time?

What artist released the album “What’s Going On” in 1971, addressing social and political issues of the time? 

Which legendary guitarist played a crucial role in the development of rock and roll?

What prominent Black American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate gave the “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech in 1851?

Hip Hop’s birthplace is said to be in which NYC borough?

Who was the mathematician and NASA scientist portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures”?

Who was the first African American model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine?

Who was the first black athlete to win a Grand Slam tennis title? 

Who was the first Black American woman to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in “Ghost” in 1990?

Which is not part of the Divine nine?

Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution and nicknamed the “Black Napoleon?"

Nicole Lynn is the first Black woman to negotiate a record breaking $255 million contract for which NFL player?

In 1870 Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate. 

Seneca Village was a community of free African American property owners. What replaced this community in 1857?

George Crumb invented the first vacuum cleaner.

Who is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?

Which HBCU was the first degree-granting HBCU? 

What organization did Malcolm X belong to before forming his own organization, the Organization of Afro-American Unity? 

Which of the following is Maya Angelou's first body of work?

Who was the first African American in space? 

In what year did Black History Month start in the United States?

Who is the most streamed African artist ever?

For what movie did Sidney Poitier become the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor? 

Who was the first Black baseball player to integrate the American League? 

Who is recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first female self-made millionaire in America? 

Drake is tied with Michael Jackson as the male solo artist with the most No. 1s (13) in Billboard's 65-year history.

Virgil Abloh was best known for being the artistic director of which brand?

Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists as “The Star-Spangled Banner” played in what city?

Who is the longest tenured cast member in the history of Saturday Night Live? 

Which music artist has the most worldwide certified units of all time? 

The first time a U.S. postage stamp depicted the image of an African American was in 1940. Who was on that stamp? 

The theme of Black History Month 2024 will highlight the history and life of African American artists and artisans. 

Who was the first Black American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967? 

Which of the following events did Simone Manuel of the USA Olympic swim team NOT medal in at the 2016 Rio Olympics?

Which Hip Hop artist is the first to have won a Pulitzer Prize for their album “DAMN”?

Surya Bonaly (France) is the second ever Olympic figure skater to land a backflip on one blade of any gender. 

Who is Robyn Fenty? 

Jesse Owens is considered one of the greatest athletes of his time in which sport?

David Dinkins became the first African American mayor of New York City in what year?

Garrett Morgan invented the stop light.  What was his other significant invention? 

The women’s 200m race record of 21.34 was set by which athlete? 

How many black senators have there been over the 232 - year history of the US Senate? 

Daniel Hale Williams performed the first open heart surgery in what year?

What did Garrett Morgan invent in 1923? 

Who was the first science-fiction author to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the “Genius Grant”? 

Soul Train was created and hosted by which TV presenter?