Black History Trivia Questions

Question 1

What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board

Question 2

Charles Drew is responsible for pioneering what?

Accepted Answer

Blood Banks

Question 3

What was Arthur Ashe famous for?

Accepted Answer

Tennis

Question 4

Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts?

Accepted Answer

George Washington Carver

Question 5

Fred Hampton was chairman of which chapter of the Black Panther Party?

Accepted Answer

Illinois Chapter

Question 6

Finish the line from this famous poem: “The swing of my waist, and the joy in my feet…”

Accepted Answer

" I'm a woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman that's me."

Question 7

What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?

Accepted Answer

Ebenezer Baptis

Question 8

Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?

Accepted Answer

Morgan Freeman

Question 9

What recent 2018 film was inspired by a James Baldwin novel?

Accepted Answer

If Beale Street Could Talk

Question 10

What famous Emperor ruled the Mali Empire in the 14th Century?

Accepted Answer

Mansa Musa

Question 11

What does NAACP stand for?

Accepted Answer

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Question 12

Who is the first African American female millionaire to create revolutionary hair products?

Accepted Answer

Madame CJ Walker

Question 13

What do the colors on the Kenyan flag represent?

Accepted Answer

Black (people), Red ( blood shed for freedom), Green ( land)

Question 14

What famous author wrote the critically acclaimed book, “When Things Fall Apart”?

Accepted Answer

Chinua Achebe

Question 15

Who was the first colonist slain in the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

Crispus Attuck

Question 16

How many Grammys did Lauryn Hill win for her album, The “Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”?

Accepted Answer

5 wins, 10 Nominations

Question 17

Where is the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) located?

Accepted Answer

South Coast of West Africa

Question 18

What country did the music genre “Soca” originate from?

Accepted Answer

Trindad and Tobagp

Question 19

What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Accepted Answer

The National Association for Advancement of Colored people

Question 20

Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Gulf Association?

Accepted Answer

Tiger Woods

Question 21

The U.S. Emancipation Proclamation, signed in 1863, legally freed slaves in which areas?

Accepted Answer

Confederate states

Question 22

About what percent of the Mexican population identifies as Afro-Latino?

Accepted Answer

1.2% or about 1.4 million Mexican Citizens

Question 23

Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?

Accepted Answer

Emmet Till

Question 24

How many official languages are spoken in Zimbabwe?

Accepted Answer

16 languages

Question 25

Which country holds the Nanny of the Maroons as one of their national heroes?

Accepted Answer

Jamaica

Question 26

Which movement did Marcus Garvey lead?

Accepted Answer

Pan-Africanism Movement

Question 27

What is the arduous sea journey slaves made from West Africa to the Americas called?

Accepted Answer

Middle Passage

Question 28

Who said, “I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger”?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 29

Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property?

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott vs. Sandford

Question 30

Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?

Accepted Answer

Shirley Chisholm

Question 31

Where was Malcolm X killed?

Accepted Answer

Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan

Question 32

Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?

Accepted Answer

traffic light and Gas mask

Question 33

Which state was the first to elect a Black governor, doing so in 1989?

Accepted Answer

Virginia

Question 34

What countries are believed to be the place of origin for the Bantu people?

Accepted Answer

Nigeria and Cameroon

Question 35

Which African American was elected president of the United States in 2008?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 36

Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's?

Accepted Answer

Marthin Luther King Jr.

Question 37

Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?

Accepted Answer

Baseball Player

Question 38

Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. "

Accepted Answer

Muhammad Ali

Question 39

Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey collaborated on what song from The Prince of Egypt movie ?

Accepted Answer

When You believe

Question 40

What was one of the earliest major African kingdoms, existing from about 400AD-1200 AD?

Accepted Answer

Ghana

Question 41

Who is the Rastafarian Messiah?

Accepted Answer

Halie Selassie

Question 42

What was Muhammad Ali's original name?

Accepted Answer

Cassius Clay

Question 43

Which two are the members of Little Rock Nine.

Accepted Answer

Melba Pattillo,Minnijean Brown

Question 44

At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?

Accepted Answer

Department store seamstress

Question 45

Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?

Accepted Answer

Colin Powell

Question 46

Langston Hughes was a famous…

Accepted Answer

Poet and Social activist

Question 47

Where was Trevor Noah Born?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 48

How many FIFA World Cups did Pelé win with Brazil?

Accepted Answer

Three

Question 49

Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?

Accepted Answer

Alabama Chruch Bombing

Question 50

Who wrote Justice’s poems in the iconic film “Poetic Justice”?

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou

Question 51

Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?

Accepted Answer

Booker T. Washington

Question 52

Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century?

Accepted Answer

Beyoncé Knowles

Question 53

Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave... I rise I rise I rise."?

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou

Question 54

Who were the first people to inhabit the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

Taino People

Question 55

Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature?

Accepted Answer

Toni Morrison

Question 56

Which was the first sub-Saharan African country to gain its independence in 1957?

Accepted Answer

Ghana

Question 57

In what year were the first Africans brought to America to work as slaves?

Accepted Answer

1619

Question 58

Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional?

Accepted Answer

Plessy vs. Freguson

Question 59

When did Haiti gain its Independence?

Accepted Answer

January 1,1804

Question 60

When did Apartheid in South Africa officially end?

Accepted Answer

April 27,1994

Black History Trivia Questions

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Black History Trivia Questions

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