Round 1: Arts & Entertainment (10th/12th)

What was the name of the movie that was based on the life of Stephen Bantu Biko, a South African freedom fighter?

Who is known as the “Queen of Soul”?

Eddie Murphy played an African prince in what motion picture?

Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were innovators of what type of music in the early 1940s?

What famous musician's trademark was puffed-out cheeks and a trumpet bell that pointed skyward?

In 1954, Dorothy Dandridge received a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for which film?

Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1934, what poet and playwright is nicknamed LeRoi Jones?

What performer was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in the 1972 film Lady Sings the Blues?

Name the Grammy award-winning Philadelphia quartet that sold over 4 million copies of their album Cooley High Harmony?

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

The following are ALL songs recorded by Disco Pioneer Donna Summer EXCEPT:

What is the name of B.B. King's guitar?

Director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee has released 35+ films since 1983 through his production company called:

This dancer-choreographer founded his own dance company in 1957 and developed the much beloved "Revelations":

What type of dance rhythm and movements did Katherine Dunham introduce in America?

Who founded the DuSable Museum of African-American History, located in Chicago, Illinois?

The television production of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman starred what actress?

Who co-wrote “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”?

Who was the creator, director, and host of the popular television show Soul Train from 1971 to 2006?

Which Harlem Renaissance writer was born in Jamaica?