PRJ Trivia Contest 2020

She was a crusading journalist whose "The Red Record" documented lynchings in the United States

This Illinois politician was the first African American female elected to the US Senate in 1992.

Who will play the role of Aretha Franklin in the 2021 movie, Respect?

This WNBA star took 2020 off from competition to help free a Missouri man from jail. 

This organizer of the 1963 March on Washington faced added discrimination because of his sexual orientation

This former St. Louis Blues star, who now plays for the Washington Capitals, is a member of the Ojibwe Nation

This Nigerian playwright and poet won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1986.

This playwright is famous for the play, "A Raisin in the Sun" which explored discrimination in housing

This star of the NBA’s Boston Celtics is a native St. Louisian who attended Chaminade

She was the first female rapper to appear on the cover of Vogue in 2020

She was the first African American female poet to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1950.

He led Ghana’s independence movement from Great Britain and became the  first president in 1960.

This TV show features Angela Basset, winner of the Golden Globe best actress for What’s Love Got to Do with It? 

This Odawa Chief led a rebellion against British settlers in 1763 and was killed near the city of Cahokia, Illinois

Yuri Kochiyama, a Japanese American activist was pictured cradling the head of this assassinated civil rights leader

The temple complex of Altun Ha in Belize is an archeological site from what Meso-American empire?

This California comedian of Mexican heritage is widely known by his nickname, Fluffy

The 2015 Broadway Musical Hit, “On Your Feet” tells the story of this Cuban-American singer. 

He is the current mayor of East St. Louis. 

She is an African American artist best known for her narrative quilts.

What is the name of Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed horror series that debuted on HBO this season?  

This American artist of Chinese descent is best known for her design of the Vietnam War Memorial.

CORE led a protest of this St. Louis Bank in 1963 which led to a commitment by the bank to hire more African Americans

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is one of this spoken word artists most famous works.

This Detroit entrepreneur and founder of Motown was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2016

The first African American Marine unit formed during WWII is named for this place where they trained.

What was the name of the poem Maya Angelou wrote for Bill Clinton's inauguration?

This famous artist painted a number of large series including the famous "Migration Series"

This playwright from Pittsburgh wrote a 10 play cycle on African American life in the 20th century.

She was the first African American female astronaut

This Argentinian soccer player has won a record 6 European Golden Shoe awards and currently plays for FC Barcelona. 

The Kemper Art Museum at Wash U just hosted a show featuring this Chinese artist and activist's work.

What was the title of the South Korean film that won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2020?

This Mexican artists fresco painted the controversial "Man at the Crossroads" in Rockefeller Center

Spike Lee won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay for this 2019 film?

This artist paints contemporary African American subjects in poses that recall grand traditions of European artists

At 15 she was the youngest woman to receive a wild card draw to the Wimbeldon Championship in 2019.

He is the only comedian of Asian descent currently on Saturday Night Live. 

She co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar Chavez in the 1960s

From what two countries did Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s parents emigrate?

Last year PRJ viewed the movie "I am Not Your Negro" about this famous author.

These two enslaved St. Louisans suit for their freedom was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court in 1857

This star of Black Panther died this year of colon cancer. 

Sharice Davids made history in 2018 as the first Native American and openly LGBTQ person elected to the US Congress from

This St. Louis activist is running for Missouri’s 1^st US Congressional District in the November election

A St. Louis county park has recently been renamed to honor this African American doctor and Cathedral member

This lawyer and activist's book, "Just Mercy," has recently been made into a feature film.

She was an innovator of modern dance who opened a famous arts center in East St. Louis.

The Great Wall of China was built primarily during which dynasty?

She was a Mexican painter known for her portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and art

What is the name of the cross-over hit by Little Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus that won a Grammy in 2019?

This St. Louis architect of Asian descent was a founder of the HOK design firm.

This Malian King spent so much gold during his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 that he caused inflation in Cairo, Egypt? 

She was a famed author of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote "Their Eyes were Watching God"

 What name did Blues artist B.B King give to his guitars? 

He is the founder and producing director of the Black Repertory Theater Company in St. Louis.

This nobel prize winning Columbian author wrote "Love in the Time of Cholera"

Who is the current Treasurer for the City of St. Louis?

The St. Louis Cardinals lost one of its most famous, Hall of Fame pitchers this year. What was his name: 

Calvin Cordozar Broadus is better known as this rap artist whose career includes collaborating with Martha Stewart?