Duplicate of Black History Quiz Bowl

Question 1

Who was the 1st Black US Attorney General & head of the Justice Dept.

Accepted Answer

Eric Holder

Question 2

What year did Black History month start

Accepted Answer

1926

Question 3

What was Madam C.J. Walker's real name

Accepted Answer

Sarah Breedlove

Question 4

What Black American educator served as an advisor to 5 US Presidents

Accepted Answer

Mary McLeod Bethune

Question 5

Martin Luther King Jr. improvised part of his 'I have a dream' speech.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Who is the 1st Black American President

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama

Question 7

What institute was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881

Accepted Answer

Tuskegee Institute

Question 8

Where is this located

Accepted Answer

Hoey Circle

Question 9

What year did the Harlem Globetrotters form

Accepted Answer

1926

Question 10

Who was the first Black American female national security advisor

Accepted Answer

Condoleezza Rice

Question 11

What was the first HBCU in the south

Accepted Answer

Shaw University

Question 12

Betty Boop was inspired by what Black Jazz singer in Harlem

Accepted Answer

Esther Jones

Question 13

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded in what year

Accepted Answer

1909

Question 14

What happened in 1960 in Greensboro, NC

Accepted Answer

Sit-in at the lunch counter

Question 15

What Supreme Court case upheld racial segregation in its "separate but equal" ruling

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 16

What significant deceleration was issued January 1863

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 17

What was Louie Armstrong famous for

Accepted Answer

Jazz Trumpeter

Question 18

The real 'Lone Ranger' was most likely based on an African American cowboy

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

In what year did Frank Robinson become the 1st Black manager for MLB

Accepted Answer

1974

Question 20

Who is the most Grammy nominated woman in history currently

Accepted Answer

Beyonce

Question 21

What did Claudette Colvin refuse to do in 1959 in Montgomery, AL?

Accepted Answer

Give up her seat on the bus

Question 22

Who was the 1st published African American Poet

Accepted Answer

Phillis Wheatley

Question 23

Who wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

Accepted Answer

Zora Neale Hurston

Question 24

What year was interracial marriage banned

Accepted Answer

1967

Question 25

Who was the first African American billionaire

Accepted Answer

Robert L. Johnson

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