K-4 Black History Bowl 2025

1st. This athlete is the greatest player on the Bulls?

1st. This legendary player was known as "Mr. Cub"

K. Who is this 19th Civil Rights Figure

4th. Before she ran for President, Kamala Harris held this office

3rd. Nancy Greene, a former slave, was the face of which breakfast food.

3rd. This Civil Rights leader arranged peaceful sit-ins with Dr. King

2nd. He was born on the South Side and is a "King of Comedy"

K. Debi Thomas won an Olympic medal for this sport

3rd. This is the oldest HBCU

4th. She was the first Black Woman Astronaut

4th. This Harlem Renaissance Poet wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

2nd. This woman was the first Black Woman to be elected to Congress and to run for President

3rd. What does "Jumping the Broom" symbolize?

2nd. She was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize

2nd. Which newspaper did Robert Abbot found?

1st. This Civil Rights hero helped enslaved people escape to Freedom

4th This athlete has won 22 World Championship Medals--the most in history

4th. She was the first African American Self Made Millionaire

1st. Wallace "Wally" Amos sold which delicious treats?

3rd. This inventor received a patent for the Super Soaker in 1986

4th. He was the First Black Supreme Court Justice who also won the case Brown vs. The Board of Education

1st. Who is James Earl Jones is famous for playing

K. Who was our first Black President?

K. This Civil Rights Leader believed in non-violence

K. This Queen of Soul demanded R-E-S--P-E-C-T

2nd. This Chicago Bear retired as the NFL's all-time career rushing leader. A CPS High School is named for him.

2nd. This athlete was the first African American to play baseball and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

K. He was a boxer and an anti-war activist

3rd. He scored 100 points in one game for the Philadelphia Warriors

1st. Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable is the founder of which city?