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1
Who was also a composer and civil rights activist, known for works like "Black and Tan Fantasy"?
Duke Ellington
Thelonious Monk
Cab Calloway
Count Basie
2
Which female jazz and blues singer was known for her deep, powerful voice and her song "Downhearted Blues"?
Alberta Hunter
Ethel Waters
Ma Rainey
Bessie Smith
3
In para athletics, athletes must always cross the finish line before their guide.
True
False
4
What year did women’s wrestling become a sport in the Olympics?
1980
1992
2004
2016
5
Paralympic history began in 1948 at a hospital when neurologist Ludwig Guttmann organized an event for...
high school students
war veterans
car accident survivors
psychiatric patients
6
Which Harlem Renaissance figure was both a poet and musician, incorporating jazz rhythms into his poetry?
Zora Neale Hurston
Claude McKay
Jean Toomer
Langston Hughes
7
Boccia is a sport in the Paralympics, but not the Olympics. It was originally designed for athletes...
With visual disabilities
Who use a wheelchair
With cerebral palsy
8
British icon Alan Turing is often considered the father of modern...
biology
physics
computer science
mathematics
9
Un An Nou fericit would be used where?
Romania
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria
10
Where are you most likely to hear Feliz Ano Novo?
Paris
Mexico City
Rio de Janeiro
Amsterdam
11
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a particle physicist and cosmologist, which means she studies what?
the oceans
the universe
cells
cosmetics
12
What is the name of the major bill passed in 1990 in the USA to protect people with disabilities from discrimination?
AAD
DAA
ACA
ADA
13
For blind football and goalball, the balls are filled with bells.
True
False
14
Where are you most likely to hear С Новым Годом or С новым счастьем?
Hungary and Poland
Kazakhstan and Russia
Indonesia and Malaysia
India and Pakistan
15
What language is this wish in? 明けましておめでとう!
Japanese
Thai
Korean
Chinese
16
What language is this greeting in? "سال نو مبارک"
Arabic
Farsi
Hindi
Turkish
17
Athletes can use prosthetics in para swimming.
True
False
18
Bliadhna Mhath Ùr is a New Year wish in what language?
Irish
Hungarian
Polish
(Scottish) Gaelic
19
American neurobiologist Ben Barres is famous for his research on glial cells, found where?
Liver
Lungs
Nervous system
Blood
20
Chúc mừng Năm Mới is a New Year greeting in what language?
Indonesian
Vietnamese
Thai
Tagalog
21
Title IX, a U.S. law passed in 1972, had a huge impact on women’s sports. What did it do?
Banned gender discrimination in sports programs receiving federal funding
Guaranteed women could compete in the Olympics
Required equal pay for female athletes
Created professional women's sports leagues
22
What year was the WNBA formed?
1964
1958
1978
1997
23
Nergis Mavalvala is a Pakistani-American astrophysicist and Dean of the School of Science at which prestigious school?
MIT
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
24
Which song, written by Duke Ellington, became one of the signature pieces of the Harlem Renaissance era?
Strange Fruit
What a Wonderful World
In the Mood
Take the A Train
25
The Harlem Renaissance is a cultural, literary and artistic movement that took place mainly in the....
80s and 90s
60s and 70s
20s and 30s
40s and 50s
26
Which famous jazz singer from the Harlem Renaissance later became known as the “First Lady of Song”?
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughan
Ethel Waters
Billie Holiday
27
નવા વર્ષની શુભેચ્છા is Happy New Year in what language?
Urdu
Gujarati
Hindi
Bengali
28
Arabic is part of which language family?
Slavic
Indo-European
Turkic
Semitic
29
Katie Ledecky is known for her prowess in which stroke?
Freestyle
Breaststroke
Butterfly
Backstroke
30
Which famous jazz musician was known as the "Empress of the Blues" during the Harlem Renaissance?
Nina Simone
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Bessie Smith
31
The first Paralympics took place in Rome in 1960. Which of the following sports was NOT featured at these Games?
Para archery
Para swimming
Para rowing
Para athletics
32
The basketball hoop for the wheelchair basketball event is at the same height as for basketball in the Olympics.
True
False
33
In what language might you say 새해 복 많이 받으세요?
Japanese
Mandarin
Korean
Vietnamese
34
Shortly after the ADA was passed, which city held the first Disability Pride day?
Chicago
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
35
How many different sign languages are there in the world?
100
300
200
20
36
Mexican-American scientist Lauren Esposito is an arachnologist, which means she studies what?
Butterflies
Scorpions
Ants
Beetles
37
Which US state has the highest proportion of Arab Americans (2.1%)?
Illinois
New Jersey
Michigan
California
38
Dr. Mona Hanna, an Iraqi-American pediatrician, is famous for uncovering the water crisis in which Michigan city?
Flint
Lansing
Dearborn
Ann Arbor
39
When did International Day of Persons with Disabilities start?
1982
1972
1992
1962
40
For the last few Paralympics, they have been held in the same city and venues as the Olympics.
False
True
41
What was the primary purpose of jazz music in Harlem during the Renaissance?
to entertain and uplift
to replace classical music
to limit the influence of blues
to serve as military propaganda
42
Which musician helped popularize the stride piano style, a key sound of Harlem Renaissance jazz?
Charlie Parker
James P. Johnson
Benny Goodman
Louis Armstrong
43
What was the first year that women competed in every sport at the Olympics?
2000
2012
1978
1994
44
Ruth Gates is a famous scientist who studied what?
Human evolution
Volcanic eruptions
Hurricanes
Coral reefs
45
What was the significance of the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem?
It was the first jazz club to allow both Black and white patrons.
It had a radio station that played jazz exclusively.
It trained classical musicians to become jazz musicians.
It was where the first jazz record was made.
46
According to the CDC, what percentage of adult Americans have some type of disability?
22
33
29
38
47
Which genre of music was most closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
Jazz
Classical
Country
Rock and Roll
48
Which disability rights advocate co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union?
Florence Nightingale
Jeannette Rankin
Eleanor Roosevelt
Helen Keller
49
What language is this New Year greeting in? नव वर्ष की शुभकामनाएँ
Pashto
Bengali
Hindi
Farsi
50
What was the main theme of many Harlem Renaissance blues songs?
The struggles and triumphs of African American life
Science fiction themes
Political speeches set to music
Fairy tales and mythology
51
Wheelchair rugby was originally called murderball.
False
True
52
When did the first woman referee the Super Bowl?
2021
2016
2019
2014
53
Roughly what percentage of NCAA men's sports teams have a female head coach?
12%
8%
18%
4%
54
What was the first book to be published in Braille and print at the same time?
The Lorax
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
The Lightning Thief
55
Sara Josephine Baker was a physician notable for her contributions to public health. Where was she born?
Greenwich, CT
Newark, NJ
Poughkeepsie, NY
Queens, NY
56
Who holds the record for the most international goals in the history of soccer (hint: new as of Jan 2020)?:
Sam Kerr
Christine Sinclair
Ada Hegerberg
Wendie Renard
57
Trans computer scientist Lynn Conway worked at what tech company in the 60s?
IBM
GI
Samsung
Honeywell
58
How many singles grand slam titles does Serena Williams have?
18
27
23
13
59
In what language might you hear people say Heri njema ya mwaka mpyaa?
Amharic
Swahili
Hausa
Twi
60
Who set the 100m and 200m records in 1988 that still stand today?
Sarah Attar
Kathrine Switzer
Wilma Rudolph
Florence Griffith-Joyner
61
Monica Puig won Puerto Rico's first ever Olympic gold medal in 2016. In what sport?
Rowing
Swimming
Tennis
Boxing
62
Which of the following was NOT a key characteristic of Harlem Renaissance jazz?
Swing Rhythms
Call and Response
Improvisation
Use of synthesizers
63
Which of these English words comes from Arabic?
Robot
Algebra
Pizza
Banana
64
Rana el Kaliouby is an Egyptian American who co-founded a company that does what?
Designs video games
Tracks facial emotion using AI
Build rockets
Teaches Arabic
65
Chloe Kim became the youngest gold medal winner in what Olympic sport?
Ski Jumping
Alpine Skiing
Ice Hockey
Snowboarding
66
How many sports at the Paralympics are open to athletes with intellectual disabilities?
9
0
3
6
67
In what year did a woman participate in the Olympics for the first time?
1867
1914
1928
1900
68
Sally Ride was an astronaut and ___________ by training.
A chemist
A biologist
A physicist
A mathematician
69
Mutlu yıllar is a wish used in what language?
Farsi
Bengali
Hebrew
Turkish
70
Which Arab American actor won an Oscar for playing Freddie Mercury in
Bohemian Rhapsody
?
DJ Khaled
Steve Jobs
Tony Shalhoub
Rami Malek
71
Which of the following are true about Arabic?
It uses capitals at the beginning AND end of words.
There are no articles.
It is written from right to left.
Arabic letters change shapes depending on their place in a word.
72
Which of the following musicians was a prominent bandleader and pianist during the Harlem Renaissance?
Duke Ellington
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Chuck Berry