RE Blk History Quiz Bowl Round I

Question 1

Lonnie Johnson, an inventor and aerospace engineer invented what toy?

Accepted Answer

Supersoaker Water gun

Question 2

Who is known as the “Queen of Soul”?

Accepted Answer

Aretha Franklin

Question 3

Who wrote Letters from Birmingham Jail?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 4

She owns the largest female-owned production company and television channel in the world.

Accepted Answer

Oprah Winfrey

Question 5

What instrument did the famous jazz musician, Miles Davis play?

Accepted Answer

Trumpet

Question 6

What was Langston Hughes famous for?

Accepted Answer

Poems and Novels

Question 7

Who was the first African American female judge?

Accepted Answer

Jane Bolin

Question 8

During the Civil Rights Movement in 1963, how did people protest?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 9

_______________________was the first African American woman to go to space.

Accepted Answer

Mae C. Jemison

Question 10

Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?

Accepted Answer

Beyonce Knowles

Question 11

Who was Atlanta’s first black radio DJ and graduated from Washington High School?

Accepted Answer

James “Alley Pat” Patrick

Question 12

The Freedman’s Bureau helped to create what school?

Accepted Answer

Morehouse

Question 13

Who was the first Black Coach to a win Super Bowl?

Accepted Answer

Tony Dungy

Question 14

In the beginning of the slave trade, what was the average cost of a healthy male slave?

Accepted Answer

$60.00

Question 15

Who was the first African American President?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 16

What was the name of the first African American sorority?

Accepted Answer

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Question 17

Which fourteen-year-old black boy was lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman?

Accepted Answer

Emmett Till

Question 18

When did the “sit-in” protests of the Civil Rights movement begin?

Accepted Answer

1960

Question 19

What does HBCU stand for?

Accepted Answer

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Question 20

What secret escape system did Harriet Tubman use to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom?

Accepted Answer

The Underground Railroad

Question 21

________________________invented new recipes and a better technique for making ice cream.

Accepted Answer

Augustus Jackson

Question 22

Bill Russell was the first Black American basketball coach of what team?

Accepted Answer

Boston Celtics

Question 23

She was the first black woman millionaire.

Accepted Answer

Madam CJ Walker

Question 24

_____________ is the most decorated American female gymnast in World Championships history, with a total of 14 medals.

Accepted Answer

Simone Biles

Question 25

Juneteenth, refers to what event?

Accepted Answer

The freeing of slaves in Texas

Question 26

Who is the first black mayor of Atlanta, Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Maynard Jackson

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