Black History Month Quiz Bowl

Black History Month Quiz Bowl

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What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?

• Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

• Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

• Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

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What Chicago Bulls’ NBA great got his start at The University of North Carolina?

• Allen Iverson

• Lebron James

• Michael Jordan

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Who became the first African American to play major league baseball and win baseball's Most Valuable Player Award?

• Hank Aaron

• Jackie Robinson

• WIlie Mays

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In January 2021, this woman because the first African American female vice president in the history of the United States?

• Rosa Parks

• Kamala Harris

• Condoleezza Rice

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Who was the first African American woman to own a Cable network?

• Strive Masiyiwa

• Oprah Winfrey

• Folorunsho Alakija

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Which Black sitcom’s theme song includes, “In west Philadelphia born and raised / On the playground was where I spent most of my days / Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool / And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school”?

• Different World

• Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

• The Proud Family

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He was born Cassius Clay but changed his name after he joined the Nation of Islam. Who is this former Olympic Gold Medal prizefighter?

• Floyd Mayweather

• Mike Tyson

• Muhammad Ali

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Who set world records in three different track events at the 1935 Olympic Games?

• Jesse Owens

• Tommie Smith

• Carl Lewis

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What preacher and abolitionist helped raise money for gifts for Civil War soldiers; gave rousing, inspirational anti-slavery speeches working with both black and white abolitionists; and helped African-Americans relocate to the North?

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

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Established in 1881, what college holds the distinction of being America's oldest historically black college for women?

• Spelman College

• Bennett College

• Tillotson College

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From what college did Martin Luther King, Jr. graduate?

• Hampton University

• Morehouse College

• Howard University

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Who was first woman of color to go into space on the shuttle Endeavor in 1992?

• Stephanie Wilson

• Jeanette Epps

• Dr. Mae Jemison

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What is the name of the first black Greek sorority for college

students?

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

• Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

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What music is regarded by many as a form of street poetry?

• jazz

• rap

• blues

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After over forty years, who became the second black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?

• Denzel Washington

• Will Smith

• Idris Elba

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Who wrote “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” in 1845?

• Booker T. Washington

• Thurgood Marshall

• Frederick Douglass

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Whose sales of innovative beauty products sold throughout the United States and the Caribbean led her to become the first African American female millionaire?

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Sheila Crump Johnson

• Beyoncé

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CORE, SCLC, and NAACP share what common goal?

• Equal housing for African Americans

• Equal rights for African Americans

• Equal pay for African Americans

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Who was known as “Moses” for helping people escape slavery on the ‘Underground Railroad’?

• Sojourner Truth

• Rosa Parks

• Harriet Tubman

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Who was the first African American male to win an Oscar for Best Actor?

• Sidney Poitier

• Denzel Washington

• Will Smith

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This is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, They founded Fair Fight Action, an organization to address voter suppression, in 2018?

• Shirley Franklin

• Stacey Abrams

• Keisha Lance Bottoms

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Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now, a platinum hit by Gene McFadden & John Whitehead was known as what in 1979?

• an unpopular song

• The Black National Anthem

• an unheard of song

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Scott Joplin played his ragtime music on what instrument?

• piano

• trumpet

• saxophone

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Originally from Savannah, Georgia, this Georgia politician became the first African American senator from the state of Georgia January 2021?

• Barack Obama

• Roland W. Burris

• Raphael Warnock

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What was the name of Eddie Murphy's first movie which grossed over 100 million dollars and propelled him into movie stardom?

• Coming to America

• 48 hours

• Nutty Professor

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What was Chubby Checker‟s longest running hit song on the Top 40 charts?

• Moonwalk

• The Twist

• Tootsie Roll

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Who was the first black entertainer to sleep in the White House?

• Sammy Davis, Jr.

• Booker T. Washington

• Prince

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What month is Black History celebrated?

• February

• March

• June

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Who was the first woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track?

• Serena Williams

• Wilma Rudolph

• Florence Griffith Joyner

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What state has the most black institutions of higher learning?

• South Carolina

• Alabama

• Georgia

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