African American Heritage Bowl

Question 1

What Eddy Murphy movie grossed over 100 million dollars?

Accepted Answer

48 hours

Question 2

The Stargell foundation is recognized for what area of research?

Accepted Answer

sickle cell

Question 3

Where was George Washington's labratory?

Accepted Answer

Tuskegee institute, Alabama

Question 4

Who became the first black American to own and operate a tv station in the US?

Accepted Answer

William Banks

Question 5

Who was a reporter for the New York Post and regarded as journalism’s “Father of Minorities”?

Accepted Answer

Ted Poston

Question 6

What did George Washington Carver use to develop post stamp glue?

Accepted Answer

sweet potatoes

Question 7

Who invented the common dust mop?

Accepted Answer

T.W. Steward

Question 8

First African American to appear on LIfe Magazine?

Accepted Answer

Billy Eckstiene

Question 9

In what year did the first Broadway play written by a black American woman open in New York?

Accepted Answer

1959

Question 10

who was the first black to work on the New York Stock Exchange?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Searles

Question 11

Who founded the National Negro Business league?

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 12

Who became the first black billionaire in 2001?

Accepted Answer

Bob Johnson

Question 13

Who became the first African American billionaire in 2004?

Accepted Answer

Oprah

Question 14

First Black woman bank president?

Accepted Answer

Maggie Lena Walker

Question 15

What did Frederick Jones invent?

Accepted Answer

thermostat

Question 16

Which famous person did Lewis Latimer work with on the light bulb?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison

Question 17

Ella Fitzgerald shattered a glass singing for this company?

Accepted Answer

Memorex

Question 18

what became the first black controlled company to be listed on the New York Stock exchange?

Accepted Answer

BET

Question 19

what's the name of Oprah Winfrey's recording company?

Accepted Answer

Harpo

Question 20

Who became the first African American female millionaire by selling hair products?

Accepted Answer

Madame CJ Walker

Question 21

Real name of Famous Amos?

Accepted Answer

Wally Amos

Question 22

First black American radio show

Accepted Answer

National Negro Network

Question 23

First black television anchor?

Accepted Answer

Max Robinson

Question 24

What did Benjamin Bannaker's almanac examine?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 25

When did indentured servants arrive in Jamestown?

Accepted Answer

1619

Question 26

What famous dermatologist treating leprosy and syphilis?

Accepted Answer

Theodore K. Lawless

Question 27

First African American to appear on Vogue magazine?

Accepted Answer

Oprah Winfrey

Question 28

The New Orleans Tribune, the first black daily newspaper was founded in N'Orleans in what year

Accepted Answer

1864

Question 29

Ed Bradley was a member of what news team?

Accepted Answer

60 minutes

Question 30

What system was used aboard a Skylab space mission?

Accepted Answer

Waste Management system

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