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African American Quiz Bowl 2025
African American Quiz Bowl 2025
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1
Jesse Owens is one of the greatest athletes of his time in which sport?
track and field
football
basketball
baseball
2
Who was the first African-American senator?
Raphael Warnock
Tim Scott
Corey Booker
Hiram Rhodes Revels
3
Who was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball?
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Ernie Banks
Jackie Robinson
4
What does HBCU stand for?
How Boys Can't Understand
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Helping Blacks Chose Universities
Highly Bought Cars Unlimited
5
Who invented the three-way traffic light?
Charles B. Brooks
Madame CJ Walker
George Washington Carver
Garrett Morgan
6
What was the first rap song to win Grammy Awards for Song and Record of the Year?
"Savage"
"Family Ties"
"King's Dead"
"This is America"
7
Who was the first African-American female self-made millionaire?
Madame CJ Chenevert
Madame CJ Walker
Madame JW Williams
Madame Aunt Jackie
8
Sojourner Truth is famous for what speech?
"Ain't I a Woman?'
"Still I Rise"
"I have a Dream"
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
9
This person is the celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad:
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
Maya Angelou
Martin Luther King, Jr.
10
Who was the first African-American model to be featured on the cover of
GQ Magazine
?
Tyra Banks
Queen Latifah
Beverly Johnson
Veronica Webb
11
Who was the first African-American woman to headline Coachella?
Ashanti
Beyonce
Janet Jackson
Whitney Houston
12
Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Oliver Ellsworth
Thurgood Marshall
Earl Warren
Clarence Thomas
13
What type of products did Madame CJ Walker create?
automobile parts
appliance parts
hair products
cooking products
14
Who founded the school dedicated to the education of Black Americans named the Tuskegee Institute?
Barack Obama
Booker T. Washington
Rosa Parks
George Washington Carver
15
This act required that escaped enslaved people be returned to their owners even if they were found in a free state:
Dawes Act
Social Security Act
Fugitive Slave Act
The Missouri Compromise Act
16
Who lead the 1831 rebellion that resulted in the deaths of many white people and harsher laws agains slaves?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Virgil Abloh
Nat Turner
17
Maya Angelou's first book was....
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Still I Rise
On the Pulse of Morning
Phenomenal Woman
18
Virgil Abloh is best known for being the artist director of this luxury brand:
Gucci
Saint Laurent
Louis Vuitton
Chanel
19
What was the first widely-distributed record label to be owned, operated, and marketed to African-Americans?
Vee-Jay Records
Sugar Hill Records
Motown Records
Black Swan Records
20
What was published between 1936 and 1966 as a guide for African Americans to use?
The Green Book
The Negro Traveler's Guide
Lift Every Voice and Sing
A Different World
21
What song written by James Weldon Johnson is known as the Negro National Anthem?
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"
"I have a Dream"
"America the Beautiful"
"Ain't I a Woman"
22
What was the TV show that highlighted Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
"Sanford and Son"
"Martin"
"A Different World"
23
This novel depicted the harsh realities of slavery:
A Lesson Before Dying
The Watsons go to Birmingham 1963
Invisible Man
Uncle Tom's Cabin
24
Who was the first woman to hold an international pilot's license?
Willa Brown
Janet Bragg
Theresa Claiborne
Bessie Coleman
25
What speech is Martin Luther King, Jr. most famous for?
"I am Prepared to Die"
"Ain't I a Woman?"
"The Gettysburg Address"
"I Have a Dream"
26
Who was the first African American woman to serve as a United States Supreme Court Justice?
Elena Kagan
Sonia Sotomayor
Amy Coney Barrett
Ketanji Brown Jackson
27
Who was the first African American woman to earn licensure as a practicing veterinarian?
Dr. Alfreda Webb
Dr. C.J. Walker
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Alvin Ailey
28
Why do we celebrate Black History Month in February?
Juneteenth was in February.
Abe Lincoln and Frederick Douglass have February birthdays.
Martin Luther King Jr. picked February because of his children.
February is associated with love.
29
"Revelations" is a well-known performance by this group:
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
The African-American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
Dallas Black Dance Theater
30
Where is the Apollo Theater?
Harlem, New York
Chicago, Illinois
New York City, New York
Brooklyn, New York
