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Trivia Night: Black LGBTQ+ History
Trivia Night: Black LGBTQ+ History
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1
A prominent supporter of LGBTQ+ rights and marriage equality, who was the first Black woman to serve as a U.S. Senator?
D) Barbara Jordan
A) Shirley Chisholm
B) Carol Moseley Braun
C) Kamala Harris
2
A supporter of LGBTQ+ rights, who was the first Black woman to win a Grammy Award?
D) Mahalia Jackson
B) Aretha Franklin
A) Ella Fitzgerald
C) Billie Holiday
3
This "Grandfather of Vogue" appeared in Paris is Burning
B) Peppermint LeBeija
D) Angi Extravanganza
William Ninja
C) Borian Crey
4
Which Black LGBTQ+ activist co-founded the Combahee River Collective?
D) Alice Walker
C) Angela Davis
B) Barbara Smith
A) Audre Lorde
5
Known as the Queen of Bounce who holds Guinness World Record for most people twerking simultaneously (406 participants)?
B) Miss Major
A) RuPaul
D) Latrice Royale
C) Big Freedia
6
Who was the first black drag queen to win RuPaul's Drag Race?
Bob the Drag Queen
Bebe Zahara Benet
Jada Essence Hall
Shangela
7
Which Black LGBTQ+ poet wrote "Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry"?
D) Pat Parker
B) Essex Hemphill
C) June Jordan
A) Audre Lorde
8
Progress Pride flag added black, brown, light blue, pink, & white showing inclusion of trans & LGBTQ+ people of color in
B) 2018
D) 2020
A)2017
C) 2019
9
Which queer singer-songwriter, known for
Q.U.E.E.N.
and
Make Me Feel
, has been a vocal advocate for LGBTQ+ rights?
D) Prince
C) Little Richard
A) Lil Nas X
B) Janelle Monae
10
Playing an LGBTQ+ character, she's the 1st Black woman to win Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a drama series
B) Kerry Washington
D) Regina King
A) Viola Davis
C) Taraji P. Henson
11
Who was the first Black trans woman to be elected to public office in the United States?
B) Danica Roem
A) Andrea Jenkins
C) Sarah McBride
D) Christine Hallquist
12
What show aired 2018-2021 portrayed struggles & successes of Black & Latinx LGBTQ+ characters in the NYC ballroom scene
C) Disclosure
A) Pose
B) Kiki
D) Werk
13
The oldest winner of a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, she was pivotal in bringing black LGBTQ+ stories to TV
A) Phylicia Rashad
C) Diahann Carroll
D) Cicely Tyson
B) Viola Davis
14
Which documentary focused on "house" culture and drag balls in NYC, including highlighting issues of racism and poverty?
C) Paris is Burning
D) Sashay
A) Disclosure
B) Extravaganza Eleganza
15
Which Black queer poet and social activist is known for their work in the Harlem Renaissance?
B) Langston Hughes
D) Bayard Rustin
C) Audre Lorde
A) James Baldwin
16
The Stonewall Riots, a pivotal event in LGBTQ+ history that was led by black trans women, happened in which year?
C) 1972
D) 1975
B) 1969
A) 1965
17
Which openly gay black man won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots?
B) André De Shields
C) Tarell Alvin McCraney
D) Colman Domingo
A) Billy Porter
18
Which Black LGBTQ+ activist was a key figure in the Stonewall Riots?
A) Nikki Giovanni
C) Andrea Jackson
B) Marsha P. Johnson
D) Bayard Rustin
19
Which Black LGBTQ+ author wrote "Sister Outsider"?
D) Nikki Giovanni
B) Alice Walker
C) June Jordan
A) Audre Lorde
20
Which Black LGBTQ+ activist co-founded the Gay Liberation Front?
C) Audre Lorde
B) Bayard Rustin
A) Marsha P. Johnson
D) James Baldwin
21
Part of the LGBTQ+ community, who is known as the "Mother of the Blues"?
D) Nina Simone
C) Billie Holiday
A) Ma Rainey
B) Bessie Smith
22
Which Black LGBTQ+ activist co-founded the National Black Justice Coalition?
C) Sylvia Rivera
B) Keith Boykin
A) Phylis Webb
D) Sharon Lettman-Hicks
23
As a strong LGBTQ+ advocate and ally, she sang at the Democratic National Convention's LGBT Leadership Dinner in 2011
A) Jennifer Holliday
C) LaChanze
B) Audra McDonald
D) Heather Headley
24
Previously dating Tallulah Bankhead, was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress?
D) Lupita Nyong'o
A) Hattie McDaniel
B) Whoopi Goldberg
C) Octavia Spencer
25
Who was the first Black trans woman to be featured on the cover of Vogue?
C) Indya Moore
D) Tracey Africa Norman
B) Laverne Cox
A) Janet Mock
26
Which Black LGBTQ+ activist founded the House of LaBeija?
C) Crystal LaBeija
D) Angie Xtravaganza
A) Pepper LaBeija
B) Dorian LeBeija
27
Which Black LGBTQ+ author wrote "The Fire Next Time"?
B) Langston Hughes
C) Richard Wright
D) Ralph Ellison
A) James Baldwin
28
Which Black LGBTQ+ activist was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement, helping to organize the March on Washington?
A) Bayard Rustin
B) James Baldwin
D) Marsha P. Johnson
C) Audre Lorde
29
What dance style was created by LGBTQ+ black and Latinx communities as a liberating form of self-expression & identity?
D) Ballet
C) Interpetive
B) Vogueing
A) Lip Syncing
30
Producing work with queer undertones, who was the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature?
B) Toni Morrison
A) Maya Angelou
D) Zora Neale Hurston
C) Alice Walker
31
Which Black LGBTQ+ activist was a leader in the Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project?
B) Kylar Broadus
C) Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
A) Janet Mock
D) Cecilia Chung
32
This gay man founded Black AIDS Institute, the only HIV/AIDS think tank in the U.S. focused solely on African-Americans
C) Essex Hemphill
D) Phill Wilson
B) Larry Kramer
A) James Baldwin
33
Which Black LGBTQ+ poet wrote "The Black Unicorn"?
A) Audre Lorde
D) Pat Parker
C) June Jordan
B) Nikki Giovanni
34
He was the first openly gay athlete to play in a major professional sports league in the U.S.
Carl Nassib
Wade Davis
Michael Sam
Jason Collins
35
Which Black LGBTQ+ activist founded the House of Xtravaganza?
C) Angel Xtravaganza
B) Pepper Xtravaganza
D) Crystal LaBeija
A) Angie Xtravaganza
36
This film became the first LGBTQ+ film to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards
Love, Simon
Moonlight
Closer
Brokeback Mountain
37
Which Black LGBTQ+ author wrote "Black Feeling, Black Talk"?
C) June Jordan
B) Alice Walker
D) Nikki Giovanni
A) Audre Lorde
38
Which Black LGBTQ+ activist was a key figure in the Black Panther Party?
C) Kathleen Cleaver
B) Elaine Brown
D) Tarika Lewis
A) Angela Davis
39
Which Black LGBTQ+ author wrote "Giovanni's Room"?
D) Ralph Ellison
B) Langston Hughes
A) James Baldwin
C) Richard Wright
40
Known during the Harlem Renaissance for blues singing & gender bending, she was known as "Harlem's most famous Lesbian"
D) Gladys Bentley
A) Stormie DeLarverie
C) Angela Davis
B) Janet Mock
41
Who was the first openly gay Black man to be elected to public office in the U.S.?
A) Harvey Milk
D) Bruce Nugent
B) Bayard Rustin
C) Keith St. John
42
Who made history in 2022 as the White House Press Secretary by being the 1st openly queer & black person in the position
C) Andrea Jackson
A) DeeDee Myers
D) Karoline Leavitt
B) Karine Jean-Pierre
43
Which Black LGBTQ+ performer has been dubbed "The Queen of Drag?"
A) Peppermint
B) RuPaul
D) Simone
C) Shea Coulee
44
Part of the LGBTQ+ community, who was the first Black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
D) Maya Angelou
C) Zora Neale Hurston
A) Alice Walker
B) Toni Morrison
45
What 1966 event showed the struggles of trans women & queer people of color against systemic violence and discrimination
C) Compton Cafeteria Riot
D) Cooper Donuts Riot
A) Black Cat Tavern Protests
B) Stonewall Riot
