BHM Trivia Night

Question 1

___ was an African American journalist & activist known for her investigative reporting on lynching,& a NAACP co-founder

Accepted Answer

Ida B. Wells

Question 2

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in “Lilies of the Field"?

Accepted Answer

Sidney Poitier

Question 3

Which African American activist & scholar co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?

Accepted Answer

W.E.B Du Bois

Question 4

Which African American actress was the first woman of color to win the Best Actress Oscar?

Accepted Answer

Halle Berry

Question 5

_______ declared state laws establishing separate public schools for Black & white students to be unconstitutional.

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Question 6

Which African American singer is often referred to as the "Godfather of Soul"?

Accepted Answer

James Brown

Question 7

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 8

Who was the first African American to win a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

Ralph Bunche

Question 9

Which civil rights leader delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 10

Which African American astronaut became the first woman of color in space in 1992?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Mae Jemison

Question 11

Which historical figure led the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved people escape to freedom in the 19th century?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 12

Who is known as the "Queen of Jazz" and was one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century?

Accepted Answer

Ella Fitzgerald

Question 13

_______ broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball by joining the Brooklyn dodgers in 1947.

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 14

Who was the first African American woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State?

Accepted Answer

Condoleezza Rice

Question 15

________ won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, challenging Hitler's notion of Aryan racial superiority.

Accepted Answer

Jesse Owens

Question 16

Barack Obama was the first African American president of the United States

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Who was the African American physicist that contributed significantly to the development of the atomic bomb during WWII?

Accepted Answer

J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.

Question 18

Who is often known as the “Father of Black History” for his role in promoting the student of African American history?

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

Question 19

Which African American mathematician was depicted in the film "Hidden Figures" for her contributions to the space race?

Accepted Answer

Katherine Johnson

Question 20

Which African American astronaut became the first person of African descent to travel into space?

Accepted Answer

Guion Bluford

Question 21

Who was the African American poet and civil rights activist that authored the poem “Still I Rise”?

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou

Question 22

Arthur Ashe broke the color barrier in professional tennis & became the first Black man to win a Grand Slam title.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Who was the African American Author that wrote the critically acclaimed novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God”?

Accepted Answer

Zora Neale Hurston

Question 24

Who was the African American playwright that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his plays Fences & The Piano Lesson?

Accepted Answer

August Wilson

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