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Black History Month Trivia Night
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1
Who organized the freedom rides
John Smith
James Farmer
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa parks
2
Who is the most nominated artist in Grammy history
Quincy Jones
Michael Jackson
Queen Latifah
Whitney Houston
3
Woolworth was the _________ which the four NC A&T students sat-in at.
sit in
boycott
lunch counter
Woolworth
4
When did the civil rights end?
1960s
2020
1900s
1800s
5
Who was Garrett Morgan?
He patented the original traffic light and invented the smoke hood.
He was the first African-American to die from a fidget spinner.
He was just some ordinary dude.
He was the first African-American to go to the moon.
6
Who is the first Black entertainer to win an Oscar award?
Cicely Tyson
Sidney Portier
Morgan Freeman
Hattie McDaniel
7
Who was the first Black American Woman chosen as Miss America?
Dorothy Dandridge
Vanessa Williams
Kenya Moore
Whitney Houston
8
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
Slave History Week
Freedom Day
Negro History Week
Black Rights Awareness Day
9
Who sometimes wrote music for Ella?
Duke Ellington
Nat King Cole
Norah Jones
Louis Armstrong
10
What race was Malcolm X ?
Puerto Rican
African American
White
Muslim
11
Sponsored free breakfast, food, shoes & schools for kids. Co-founded the Black Panther Party.
Malcolm "X" Little
Huey P. Newton, Ph.D.
Barack obama
Martin Luther King Jr
12
What does SNCC stand for?
Successful Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe
13
In 2001, this person became the first black billionaire
Robert Johnson
Michael Jordan
LL Cool J
Oprah Winfrey
14
What Black nurses contributions to desegregation has been largely forgotten in history?
Claudette Colvin
Harriett Tubman
None of the above
Rosa Parks
15
What were the purpose of Freedom Rides?
To desegregate the highways
To desegregate the buses and bus stations
Make fares equal
16
When was Black History Month Created?
1861
1865
1942
1926
17
What famous baseball player said, "Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure.”
Bob Gibson
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Ernie Banks
18
Black party affiliation has been consistent towards what political sway, since 1936?
Independent
Republican
Democrat
19
What Event in Black History was depicted in the new HBO series Watchmen?
The I Have a Dream Speech
The Slave Revolt of 1811
The Tulsa Race Massacre
The Civil Rights Movement
20
This is Mayo Angelou, what is she famous for?
American Civil rights activist and Singer
American Civil rights activist and Actor
American Civil rights activist, Poet and Writer
21
Who were the Black Panthers? (hint: multiple answers)
A group that was influenced by Maclcom X
A Black power political organization active in the '60s and '70s
A group started in order to protect Blacks from police brutality in CA
A group that provided a lot of help for Black communities
22
Did you have fun ?
Si'
No Doubt
Umm Hmmm
Yes
23
Who was one of the first civil rights movement leader?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jesse Jackson
Kanye West
Malcolm X
24
What team was Jackie Robinson on?
Detroit tigers
Colorado Rockies
Minnesota twins
Brooklyn dodgers
25
Who wrote the speech "If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary?"
Malcolm X
Oprah Winfrey
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jesse Jackson
26
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Cassius Clay
Rodney Jenkins
Cassius Boyd
27
Where was the Black Panther Party founded?
Oakland, CA
Montgomery, AL
Detroit, MI
Little Rock, AR
28
Who inspired the freedom rides
Donald Trump
Rosa Parks
Ruby Bridges
Martin Luther King Jr.
29
She was the first black millionaire in America, an inventor, and social and political activist.
Madame CJ Walker
Oprah!
Michelle Obama
Agnes Ingram
30
What did Rosa Parks Work as?
lawyer
farmer
store manger
seamstress
31
Who was the first black president of the United States?
John Hanson
Barack Obama
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
32
What were the laws called that separated black people from white people?
Amendments
Jim Crow Laws
Lincoln Laws
Emancipation Act
33
What was the first historically Black college in America?
Cheyney University
Licoln University
Howard University
Wiley College
34
Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?
Al Sharpton
Martin Luther King Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
George Carmichael
35
Which distinguished gospel singer performed at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961?
Diana Ross
Aretha Franklin
Yolanda Adams
Mahalia Jackson
36
Who was the first African American to attend an all white school?
Ruby Bridges
Coretta Scott-King
Rosa Parks
Michelle Obama
37
Who became the second Black actor to win an Academy Award of Best Actor?
Morgan Freeman
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Samuel L Jackson
Denzel Washington
38
Malcolm X was assassinated in...
1955
1991
1972
1965
39
Sit-ins and freedom rides were examples of
violent protests against segregation.
efforts to end segregation in schools.
efforts to protest the Brown v Board of Educationdecision.
non-violent protests against segregation.
40
In 1849, a Virginia slave named Henry Brown decided to mail himself to freedom. Did he succeed or fail?
Failed
Succeeded
41
Who was the first black woman ever named to the cabinet of US. President?
Shirley Caesar
Kamala Harris
Dorothy Dandridge
Patricia R. Harris
42
Known as one of the 'first black technologists', this person led innovation within the computer science field.
George Washington Carver
Herman Chinery-Hesse
Kunle Olukotun
Frank Greene
43
What was the name of the Harlem cabaret where Black entertainers of the day played to exclusively white audiences?
The Apollo
Studio 54
The Cotton Club
The Breakfast Club
44
Who was the first African American to win a singles title at Wimbledon?
Serena Williams
Althea Gibson
Arthur Ashe
Venus Williams
45
Olympic History as the First to Be on the USA Triathlon Board of Directors
Cheryl Miller
Jackie Joyner
Carol Lewis
Dr. Tekemia Dorsey
46
What Black American sparked the “Montgomery Bus Boycott”?
Richard Wright
Rosa Parks
Corps Samuel Proctor
Sojourner Truth
47
Who was the first black Filmmaker?
Oscar Micheaux
Sidney Poitier
Morgan Freeman
Otis Redding
48
Who was the first Black major-party Presidential Candidate?
Rev. Al Sharpton
Barack Obama
Jesse Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
49
What was the first American state to ban slavery?
Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
Vermont
50
What year was the black panther party started?
November 1965
June 1968
December 1967
October 1966
51
What was Jackie Robinson number?
42
56
87
1
52
Who is first Black Deaf female filmmaker founder of DeafVision Filmworks?
Michelle Banks
Ann Marie "Jade" Bryan
Nathie Marbury
Evon Black
