I Know Handsome Black People

Question 1

Working with the Red Cross during WWII, Dr. Charles Drew developed which of these lifesaving vehicles?

Accepted Answer

Bloodmobile

Question 2

Name the actress who was the first African American to complete the EGOT; Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony in 2002.

Accepted Answer

Whoopi Goldberg

Question 3

Nurse Marie Van Brittan Brown invented the first home security system with a peephole, camera, and alarm button.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Jesse Ernest Wilkins, Jr. is one of America’s most important contemporary mathematicians and perfected microscopic lens.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Dr. Shirley Jackson is an American physicist who’s experiments paved the way to develop the touch-tone phone.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Sisters Mary and Mildred Davidson with no formal education developed the sanitary belt, walker, and tissue holder.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the 2nd Court of Appeals in 1961 by which of the following Presidents?

Accepted Answer

Kennedy

Question 8

Mike Tyson is famous for being the youngest person ever to win which of the following titles?

Accepted Answer

Boxing Heavyweight Champion

Question 9

Name this former member of NWA that is now a grammy-winning producer and headphone developer.

Accepted Answer

Dr Dre

Question 10

Otis Boykin’s most notable contribution to science was likely the circuit improvements he made to pacemakers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

John H Johnson founded the magazine Ebony to instant success in what year?

Accepted Answer

1945

Question 12

If you enjoy silly GIFs of cats or kids you have Lisa Gelobter to thank for her involvement in development of Shockwave.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Aerospace Engineer for NASA Lonnie Johnson was not a toymaker but gave the world which of these wet wonders?

Accepted Answer

Super Soaker

Question 14

Bass Reeves is the real-life African American Lawman that was the inspiration for which classic tv character?

Accepted Answer

Lone Ranger

Question 15

Marian Croak holds hundreds of patents, primarily in voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP).

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

Telling the first seventeen years of her life, Maya Angelou wrote which of the following critically acclaimed novels?

Accepted Answer

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Question 17

Who invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light?

Accepted Answer

Garrett Morgan

Question 18

Philip Emeagwali used 65,000 processes to invent the world’s first massively parallel processing supercomputer.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

Engineer Lewis Latimer’s greatest invention was the carbon filament while working with Alexander Graham Bell.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

In 1955, Chuck Berry records what teenage sensation that paved the way for modern rock and roll?

Accepted Answer

Maybellene

Question 21

Barack Obama was the ____th but first Black President of the United States.

Accepted Answer

44th

Question 22

One of the most successful releases of all time sold over 40 million copies, which spooky album debuted in 1982?

Accepted Answer

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Question 23

Neil Degrasse Tyson is a widely known educator in what discipline?

Accepted Answer

Astrophysics

Question 24

Beverly Johnson meet the world in 1971 as the first black___________.

Accepted Answer

Supermodel

Question 25

“Hit it on The One”, this genre of music was developed in the mid-60s with artists like James Brown & Parliament.

Accepted Answer

Funk

Question 26

Sam Lucas was the first African American to hold what position on a movie set with the film Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1914?

Accepted Answer

Lead Actor

Question 27

William Richardson is the reason wheels on strollers move freely and in reverse.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Credited with being the creator of Warehouse Music, this artist produced and remixed countless hits like Move Your Body.

Accepted Answer

Frankie Knuckles

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