WT Advisory Black History Month Trivia

Question 1

Which Pittsburgh-born inventor created the ice cream scoop and the mechanical oil filter?

Accepted Answer

Alfred Cralle

Question 2

Which educator in Pittsburgh became a trailblazer by serving as Pittsburgh’s first Black high school principal?

Accepted Answer

Helen Faison

Question 3

What famous Pittsburgh-born journalist/cartoonist became one of the first to have a syndicated comic strip in the US?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Ormes

Question 4

Which Negro League baseball team shares its name with a famous athletic club, grill, and street in the Hill District?

Accepted Answer

The Crawfords

Question 5

Which Pittsburgh photographer became known for his iconic images of African American life in the mid-20th century?

Accepted Answer

Teenie Harris

Question 6

Freedom House was founded in 1967 to provide what vital service to the Black community of the Hill District?

Accepted Answer

Ambulance Services

Question 7

A wealthy landowner, he was one of only four men to sign the petition to create Allegheny County in 1787.

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Richards

Question 8

Growing up in Homestead, she became the first Black woman to become a radio DJ.

Accepted Answer

Mary Dee Dudley

Question 9

He worked PGH's underground railroad and founded the Pittsburgh African Education Society in 1832.

Accepted Answer

John Vashon

Question 10

Which activist worked for the National Urban League and helped advance civil rights, particularly for Black women?

Accepted Answer

Daisy Lampkin

Question 11

Which Pittsburgher was a prominent abolitionist, physician, the first Black man to be commissioned a major in the Army?

Accepted Answer

Martin Delaney

Question 12

Which famous Pittsburgh-born basketball player was the first African American drafted to play in the NBA?

Accepted Answer

Chuck Cooper

Question 13

Which Pittsburgh-born Harlem Renaissance artist was best known for sculptures and a portrait of President FDR?

Accepted Answer

Selma Burke

Question 14

What is the name of the famous Black newspaper that thrived during the Great Migration and afterward?

Accepted Answer

The Courier

Question 15

What physician was instrumental in advancing healthcare in Pittsburgh's Black community, especially in pediatrics?

Accepted Answer

George Turfley

Question 16

An ardent member of the NAACP, who is known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement” in Pittsburgh?

Accepted Answer

Alma Speed Fox

Question 17

Which renowned playwright, known for his works such as Fences and The Piano Lesson, was born in Pittsburgh?

Accepted Answer

August Wilson

Question 18

Which Pittsburgh-born actor became a well-known Broadway star and won a Tony Award for Kinky Boots?

Accepted Answer

Billy Porter

Question 19

Who was the first Black woman to become a self-made millionaire in the U.S. and was known for a line of beauty products?

Accepted Answer

Madame CD Walker

Question 20

She helped form the Pittsburgh Opera Company and advocated for classical music opportunities for Black artists.

Accepted Answer

Mary Cardwell Dawson

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