
BMS 2018 Adult African American History Trivia Bowl
Authored by Janeda Oliver
History
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Where was Barack Obama born?
Atlanta, Georgia
Honolulu, Hawaii
Knoxville, TN
San Diego, California
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first African-American woman to run for the presidential nomination?
Harriet Tubman
Ida Tarbell
Shirley Chisholm
Hilary Clinton
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Inventor Henry Blair obtained patents in the 1800s for:
the corn planter
the cotton planter
neither
both
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
In 1963, Sidney Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Actor. What is the name of the movie for which he received it?
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Lilies of the Field
A Patch of Blue
The Heat of the Night
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The bestselling, award-winning book, The Color Purple was also a hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg. The author is:
Alice Walker
Steven Spielberg
Richard Wright
Terry McMillian
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
When the 15th Amendment passed in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?
Voting Rights
Citizenship
Equal Protection Under the Law
Freedom to partake in any activity that whites could
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
What university did First Lady Michelle Obama graduate from?
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Spelman
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