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Our 2024 Black History Trivia Program is sponsored by the Theta Chapter and the Pi Chapter
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Questions
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Answers
1
Which of the following artists did
NOT
win an Oscar for Best Original Song?
Eminem
H.E.R.
Common
S.Z.A.
2
How many plays make up August Wilson's
Pittsburgh
cycle?
7 plays
9 plays
12 plays
10 plays
3
Which of the following films was costume designer Ruth Carter
NOT
nominated for an Oscar?
Malcolm X
Amistad
Ray
Black Panther
4
Alvin Ailey's choreographic masterpiece _____ is recognized as one of the most popular and performed ballets worldwide.
Genesis
Exodus
Revelations
Psalms
5
Who has a discography including
For You, Around the World in a Day, Parade,
and
Chaos and Disorder?
Little Richard
Sheila E.
Morris Day and the Time
Prince
6
What
Orange is the New Black
star is an EGOT nominee?
Samira Wiley
Laverne Cox
Uzo Aduba
Danielle Brooks
7
Who is the pioneering Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist, known as "The King of the Congas"?
Chano Pozo
Arturo O'Farrill
Mongo Santamaria
Candido Camero
8
Which writer was born
FIRST
?
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Audre Lorde
Octavia Butler
9
How old was Lorraine Hansberry when her play,
A Raisin in the Sun
, appeared on Broadway in 1959?
25
37
33
29
10
Who is the renowned choreographer often called the "Queen of Dance" for her contributions to modern dance?
Camille A. Brown
Katherine Dunham
Janet Collins
Judith Jamison
11
Who created the iconic "Freedom Now Suite," blending jazz and civil rights activism?
Alice Coltrane
Sun Ra
Max Roach
Abbey Lincoln
12
Which artist is a painter and sculptor, but is best known for her story quilts?
Elizabeth Catlett
Faith Ringgold
Kara Walker
Alma Woodsey Thomas
13
Harlem Renaissance artist most famous for his paintings
Brown Girl After the Bath
,
Mending Socks
, and
Saturday Night
?
Archibald Motley
Norman Lewis
Aaron Douglas
Winold Reiss
14
What Oscar Micheaux movie was remade as a 1981 sports drama movie starring Leon and Jayne Kennedy?
Murder in Harlem
Harlem After Midnight
Body and Soul
The Girl from Chicago
15
The illustrator who just won the prestigious 2024 Randolph Caldecott Medal for her children's picture book,
Big
?
Vashti Harrison
Nina Crews
Oge Mora
Vanessa Brantley-Newton
16
Which novel was Toni Morrison's last novel?
Love
Paradise
God Help the Child
Home
17
Jazz pianist and composer was a key figure in the development of bebop and known for his improvisational greatness...?
Duke Ellington
Thelonious Monk
Count Basie
Earl Hines
18
The lead role in
The Josephine Baker Story
was played by...?
Lynn Whitfield
Angela Bassett
Halle Berry
Vanessa Williams
19
How many Grammys did
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
win?
7 Grammys
9 Grammys
8 Grammys
10 Grammys
20
This man is considered to be the Father of Gospel Music...?
Thomas A. Dorsey
Kirk Franklin
James Cleveland
Andrea Crouch
21
Which poet's "Cane" influenced the Harlem Renaissance, exploring Southern Black life?
Zora Neale Hurston
Jean Toomer
Gwendolyn Brooks
Langston Hughes
22
Which African American artist created vibrant, geometric works in the Black Arts Movement?
Wadsworth Jarrell
Alma Thomas
Jacob Lawrence
Elizabeth Catlett
23
Which poet wrote poetry volumes titled
Undersong, Our Dead Behind Us,
and
The Black Unicorn
?
Audre Lorde
Alice Walker
Rita Dove
Lucille Clifton
24
Which novel was
NOT
written by James Baldwin?
Over My Head
Native Son
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
Go Tell It on the Mountain
25
This pitchman for 7-Up and Bond villain also performed as a principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet...?
Arthur Mitchell
Geoffrey Holder
Bill T. Jones
Godfrey Cambridge
26
Who directed the visually stunning film "
Daughters of the Dust,"
exploring Gullah culture?
Kasi Lemmons
Dee Rees
Ava DuVernay
Julie Dash
27
This tap dancer earned a Tony in 1996 for
Bring In 'da Noise, Bring In 'da Funk
...?
Savion Glover
Bill Robinson
Harold Nicholas
Gregory Hines
28
Artist commissioned to paint former President Barack Obama's portrait for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery?
Kehinde Wiley
Amy Sherald
Carrie Mae Weems
Rashid Johnson
29
Harlem's most prominent studio photographer who produced the most comprehensive documentation of the Harlem Renaissance?
James VanDerZee
Gordon Parks
Carrie Mae Weems
Ernest Withers
30
Which choreographer and dancer brought African and Caribbean influences to modern dance?
Carmen de Lavallade
Ronald K. Brown
Arthur Mitchell
Pearl Primus
