Final Quiz Knowledge Bowl

Question 1

Who was a leading black sociologist, writer, and activist who founded the NAACP?

Accepted Answer

W.E.B. Du Bois

Question 2

What decade did the civil rights movement emerge?

Accepted Answer

1960s

Question 3

Who was the 1st black woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1968?

Accepted Answer

Shirley Chisholm

Question 4

Who was the 1st African American to play at Wimbledon in 1951?

Accepted Answer

Althea Gibson

Question 5

Who invented the technique of bulldogging?

Accepted Answer

Bill Pickett

Question 6

Who founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute?

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 7

What month is designated as Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

February

Question 8

Who was the 1st African-American elected to the United States Senate?

Accepted Answer

Hiram Rhodes Revels

Question 9

Who was a jazz pianist that wrote hundreds of compositions for bandleaders like Duke Ellington?

Accepted Answer

Mary Lou Williams

Question 10

Who started a cosmetics business in 1905 and became a millionaire?

Accepted Answer

Sarah Breedlove Walker or Madame C. J. Walker

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