BHM QUIZ

Question 1

Who was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?

Accepted Answer

Halle Berry

Question 2

Which music genre was created by Black musicians in the early 20th century and became the foundation of rock and roll?

Accepted Answer

Blues

Question 3

Jesse Owns is considered one of the greatest athletes of his time in which sport?

Accepted Answer

Track and Field

Question 4

Who is known as the "Queen of Soul"?

Accepted Answer

Aretha Franklin

Question 5

Who made history with the first rap song to win Grammy awards for Song and Record of the Year?

Accepted Answer

Childish Gambino

Question 6

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 7

What travel guide did African Americans use, with publishing between 1936, and 1966?

Accepted Answer

The Green book

Question 8

In what state was Barack Obama senator before his presidency?

Accepted Answer

Illinois

Question 9

In what city did Martin Luther King deliver his famous “I have a dream speech?”

Accepted Answer

Washington, D.C

Question 10

What is the name of the first Black-owned major film studio, founded by Tyler Perry?

Accepted Answer

Tyler Perry Studios

Question 11

How many times did Kobe Bryan win the NBA Championship? Or in what years, 2000, 2001, 2002. 2009, and 2010 ( all)

Accepted Answer

5

Question 12

What ethnicity is Lupita Nyong’o?

Accepted Answer

Kenyan-Mexican

Question 13

Which Black artist became the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music?

Accepted Answer

Kendrick Lamar

Question 14

Who was the first Black woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Question 15

Which 90s sitcom featured Will Smith as a teenager moving in with his wealthy relatives in Bel-Air?

Accepted Answer

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Question 16

Who was the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?

Accepted Answer

Kentaji Brown

Question 17

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player in the modern era?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 18

Who was the first Black woman to headline Coachella?

Accepted Answer

Beyoncé

Question 19

Which of these artist(s) have performed at the Super Bowl Halftime show?

Accepted Answer

All of them

Question 20

Which hit TV show was created by and stars Issa Rae?

Accepted Answer

Insecure

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