Famous Figures of Chicago

Question 1

Who is the youngest player ever to win the MVP in the NBA?

Accepted Answer

Derrick Rose

Question 2

The first Black-owned newspaper in Chicago, “The Chicago Defender,” was founded by which pioneering journalist?

Accepted Answer

Robert Sengstacke Abbott

Question 3

Who was the First Black Mayor of Chicago?

Accepted Answer

Harold Washington

Question 4

Which Chicago-born journalist and anti-lynching activist was a co-founder of the NAACP?

Accepted Answer

Ida B. Wells

Question 5

Which rapper graduated from Jones College Prep?

Accepted Answer

Chance the Rapper

Question 6

Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, representing Illinois?

Accepted Answer

Carol Moseley Braun

Question 7

Founded the Johnson Publishing Company that published "Ebony" & "Jet" magazines.

Accepted Answer

John H. Johnson

Question 8

Chicago-born DJ is considered a pioneer of juke and footwork music, helping to shape the city’s electronic dance scene?

Accepted Answer

DJ Rashad

Question 9

This activist founded the Black Panther Party in Illinois.

Accepted Answer

Bobby Seale

Question 10

Which legendary gospel singer, known as the “Queen of Gospel,” was born in Chicago?

Accepted Answer

Aretha Franklin

Question 11

Civil War veteran and abolitionist advocated for the end of slavery and later became a superintendent of CPS

Accepted Answer

Albert Robbins Sabin

Question 12

Who founded Chicago as a fur trader?

Accepted Answer

Jean Baptiste Du Sable

Question 13

Originating in Chicago in the 1980s, this sound became known for its electronic beats and dance culture?

Accepted Answer

House Music

Question 14

Who co-founded the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition?

Accepted Answer

Jesse Jackson

Question 15

First Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950.

Accepted Answer

Gwendolyn Brooks

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