Black History Knowledge Bowl Practice

What is the oldest Black owned Restaurant in Chicago?

The name of the Chicago Negro League baseball team was:

The 1919 Chicago Race Riots were incited by:

Chicago first black owned bank was:

What was the first Divine 9 sorority to be founded, at what college and in what year?

True or False: Zeta Phi Beta is constitutionally bound to Phi Beta Sigma

In what year did the NAACP form a branch on the westside of Chicago?

Who was the first Black Woman to appear on a major magazine cover?

How many accredited HBCUs are running?

Dave Winfield was drafted into the MLB, NBA, and NFL.

NBA defensive star Bill Russell organized the first player boycott in 1961

What high school inspired Chance the Rapper's 10-day mix tape after being suspended?

New York is the home of Gospel Music

During the 1930s-50s Bronzeville was named the “Black Metropolis”.

Which Chicago Community was called the “Barometer of Black Wealth” by the Federal Government

Pekin’s Theatre, founded in 1905 in Chicago, was the first Black owned theatre in the United States

In what year did Martin Luther King began the Chicago Freedom Movement?

Which Illinois Congressmen co-founded the Black Panther Party chapter in Chicago?

What is the name of Black newspaper founded in 1905, that spurred and voiced the Great Migration?

6 of the Divine 9 Organization were founded at Howard University

Marian Anderson was the first African American Woman to sing at the Metropilitian Opera.

The National Negro League began in Mississippi in 1920

What was the first Black owned Housing cooperative in Chicago?

Which HBCU was the most recent to be reaccredited?

True or False: Murray's Pomade was invented in CD Murray Chicago Barber Shop.

University of Virgin Islands is the only HBCU in the Caribbean

Which Chicago college (now a City College of Chicago) did Cab Calloway attend?

Where is the largest Dr. King Monument located in Chicago?

Which Black 5 Basketball team was formed in Chicago in 1927?

During which decade did the Harlem Renaissance primarily occur?

The State with the most HBCUs is Alabama.

Who was the first soccer player of African American to win three world cups?

Which artist signed by Chess Records produced the first alleged rap song, "Here Comes the Judge"?

Which of these African American singers did not win Album of the Year?

True or False: Howard was ranked the number one HBCU in 2023.

Who was the first Black writer to win a Pulitzer Prize?

The African American scientist ______ developed stainless steel

Black women have higher enrollment at HBCUs than men

True or False: The Clark Atlanta University Mascot is the Golden Lions

True or False: Quinn Chapel is the oldest Black Church in Chicago

_____ was considered the father of Black Baseball and owner of the American Giants

Which year was Morehouse college founded?

The Activist, artist, and teacher ______ founded the DuSable Museum and had Feb. 1st declared as her day.

Morehouse, Fisk, Howard, and Charles Dre University are the ONLY HBCUs with Medical Schools

The Black Hawks were Chicago's first all black ______ team

Which HBCU is named after a Rockefeller family member?

True or False: Nate King Cole's Chicago home in Bronzeville is a historic landmark

This Chicagoan _____ was the first Black woman to travel to space

Which pair of HBCUs are the only all women's college's?

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity INC. was founded at which of these HBCUs

Which HBCU had to close its doors in 2005?

In what year did Jackie Robinson break the Color Barrier for the Major League?

Which African American Artist from Chicago had a full Retrospective at the museum of modern art?

True or False: Barack Obama was the first African American president of Harvard Law Review

Blufield State College only retains its HBCU status due to federal, despite having 90% White attendance

What team did Willie O'Ree, the first black NHL player, play for?