MCBHM 2024 Quiz Bowl

Sarah Boone got the patent for the improvements she made on what household item in 1892?

Carter G Woodson started ____?

Who was the first black police chief in Michigan City?

This well-loved treat was created by Augustus Jackson

What track star won 4 gold medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics?

Who was the first female candidate for President of the United States?

Who founded Ebony magazine?

What theater that was popular during the Harlem Renaissance is still a valued venue for showcasing black talent?

What is the name of the group that worked to integrate interstate travel and bus stations?

What is Matthew Henson Famous for doing?

Kamala Harris is the first Black woman to become what?

Sadly, this astronaut passed away in the 1986 space shuttle disaster.

David Satcher was the first African American ______.

Who is the youngest inaugural poet as of 2021?

Who is the "Mother of Gospel Music"?

Who was the first Red Devil basketball player selected for a state All-Star team?

Who became the first Black American contestant to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in 2021?

Which Chicago Bears running back helped his team reach the playoffs with his 1,852 running yards

Bethel A.M.E. is the ______.

Who was the founder and Executive Director of H.O.P.E.?

Harriet Beecher-Stowe wrote which anti-slavery novel?

In 1935, Jessie Owens set world records for how many track events?

What was the longest-running Black-owned tv show?

Who was the first African American woman aviator in 1922?

G.T. Sampson invented the clothing dryer in what year?

Who is the most decorated US women's gymnast in the world with 32 World/Olympic medals?

How many trips did Harriet Tubman make to the South to rescue Black slaves?

Esther Jones inspired which beloved cartoon character?

Who is the first published Black poet?

Which athlete has won 39 Grand Slam titles?

Mammoth _____ was first explored and guided by Stephen Bishop

Who is the current Superintendent for Michigan City Area Schools?

What orator delivered a powerful anti-slavery speech in 1851 in Akron, Ohio?

What tennis star was the first African American woman to win the Grand Slam title in 1956?

Who directed a documentary about the government's response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?

"Slavery shall not exist in any part of the U.S." is which Ammendment?

Which man created 325 products from the peanut?

What is the name of the first all-black medical school?

Thurgood Marshall helped orchestrate which landmark Supreme Court case?

Which couple is the only one to receive 20 or more Grammys each?

What is Madam C.J. Walker said to have invented in 1905 that she sold door to door?

Between 1915- mid 1920's, approximately 1 million blacks left the south and headed to the urban north in is called _____

He helped lay out Washington D.C. and convinced Thomas Jefferson African Americans deserved to be free

Which WNBA star was signed in 1997, but played until 2000?

Who was the first Black president for the Harvard Law Review?

Elijah McCoy's quality inventions inspired what phrase?

Marvel film's first Black director was who?

Who is the author of 'The Color Purple'?

Who was responsible for publishing 'The Nation'?

Hattie McDaniel was the first African American woman to win what award?