Trivia Bowl 2022 Part 1

Serving five four-year terms, who was the first African American and first woman in the Kentucky Senate?

In what year was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

“Ma” Rainey taught what singer how to sing the blues?

Soul Train was the longest-running television program until at least 2016.

Who is often called father of the civil rights movement?

Who is the first black American to play on the Davis Cup tennis team?

Who is known as the godfather of soul?

"Every race & every nation should be judged by the best it has produced, not the worst"?

What famous singer played guitar for Little Richard before starting his solo career?

What television program has received over 25 Emmy awards and has been the highest-rated talk show in television history?

In 1994, which president named Eddie Jordan Junior as the first African-American to US attorney in Louisiana?

The 332nd destroyed 261 planes on the ground while never losing a single bomber. They were awarded:

In what year did the cable network BET begin broadcasting music videos?

Who is the first man to discover the north pole?

What was “Ma” Rainey’s nickname?

Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, and Alberta Hunter practiced:

Which black soldiers were with General George Washington when he crossed the Delaware river on Christmas Day in 1776?

Who is the first black American pitcher to win the Cy Young Award in the American League?

Who is the first black American national security advisor?

He worked for the NAACP and was shot in June 1963.

Who was stripped of his first heavyweight title because he refused to fight in Vietnam?

Which follower of Elijah Mohammed left the nation of Islam to form a militant group called Muslim Mosque?

Who invented the golf tee?

Dorothy Dandridge was the first black actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for the movie:

What successful businessman was also the founder of Negro Free Masonry?

Which golfer became the first black American to play in the masters tournament?

President Richard Nixon presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 to what great musician?

Who wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?

What militant group embodied the term “Black Power”?

Who served as Director of Minority Affairs for President Roosevelt?

In the late 19th century, the system of laws and forced racial discrimination in the United States was called:

Who is the first black American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

The P.U.S.H in Operation P.U.S.H. founded by Reverend Jesse Jackson stood for "People United to Serve Humanity".

What engineer from New Orleans patented the sugar refinery?

Inaugurated as the 44th president on January 20, 2009, who became the first African-American president of United States?

What household item was invented by Sarah Boone?

In 1956, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to win a grand slam title in which sport?

President Jimmy Carter honored the 761st Tank Battalion, an all black unit, for fighting in what war?

Jackie Robinson begin and end it is major-league baseball career with which team?

What medium did Gordon Parks use to describe black Americans racial discrimination?

In 1964 what Civil Rights Activist became the first African American woman prosecutor in Kentucky?

What comedian warned others of the dangers of drug abuse after his own near death experience?

Jackie Robinson excelled at four sports at which university?

What test was given to potential black voters to determine whether they understood the US Constitution and could read?

What popular magazine did John H Johnson begin in 1945?

Dorothy Height was the president of what organization?

What was the name of the network of hiding places which helped slaves escape to freedom?

Nominated for a National Book Award, what is Maya Angelou's first autobiography?

Where did the sit-in movement begin?

What national organization was founded on President Lincoln’s Birthday?

What music emerged from 3 heavily black areas: Mississippi Delta, Piedmont, & E. Texas?

Which basketball star center perfected a shot known as the skyhook?

Who became the first woman to chair the NAACP?

In 1988 which basketball player became the first NBA player to reach 37,000 career points?

Which state was the first to abolish slavery?

What term refers to the artistic and sociocultural awakening among black people in the '20s and '30s?

Who was the first to receive Sports Illustrated's sportsman of the year award after retiring?

Which black American was once ranked as the number one tennis player in the world?

Leroy Paige was a great pitcher in the Negro leagues and the major leagues in 1949; he was known by the nickname:

Who is the youngest boxer to win the heavyweight title?

How many trips did Harriet Tubman make to the south to rescue black slaves?

Who is the first black American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950?

Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron finished his baseball career in 1974 with which team?

With 20 years' service, who was the longest serving African American member of the Kentucky General Assembly?

When Thurgood Marshall retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, who was appointed to fill his position?

At 24, this golfer won the 82nd PGA championship at Valhalla golf club in Louisville, Kentucky.

What African American served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013-2017?

Whose sale of innovative beauty products led her to become the first African-American female millionaire?

Who founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity?

What college basketball team did Magic Johnson lead to the NCAA championship?

What was the first African-American periodical newspaper published in the United States?

Who became a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1972?

By the time Thurgood Marshall reach the age of 40, what nickname had he earned from the press?

Elston Howard was the first black American to win which American League baseball award?

In the 1920s the Lindy Hop was made famous at this Harlem dance venue:

Marlon Briscoe was the first black starting quarterback for which football team?

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee?

Founder of the quarterly publication Journal of Negro history and Negro history week (now black history month)

In 1984, what Black American singer won 8 Grammy awards?

Lena Horne began her career as a singer and dancer in what New York entertainment club?

In 1957, what group of students integrated with the protection of federal troops?

She is a dancer-choreographer who is also a director and producer, involved with the television show Fame.

Who was the Confederate president during the Civil War?

With which professional baseball team did Ernie Banks start and end his career?

Who became Hollywood’s first Black millionaire actor?

Who are the only two brothers that ever held the heavyweight boxing title?

Who was the founder and president of the first Black American national labor union in 1869?

He was interested in plants an early age; he was an agriculturalist who developed peanut products.

What was Muhammad ali's birthname?

What husband and wife were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991?

Who championed the principle of industrial vocational education for black people?

In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court order school integration?

Who founded the Southern leadership conference?

Frank Robinson was the first black American manager in Major League Baseball for which team?

Which civil rights leader was cofounder of the NAACP and the pan African movement?

Who is the first black American elected to the baseball Hall of Fame?

What black American educator also served as advisor to five US presidents?

Who was the first Black American mayor of Detroit?

Billie Holiday's life was the subject of what famous film?

Who was the first black entertainer to sleep in the White House?