Black History Month

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Rachel Gibbs
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these influential authors became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Maya Angelou
August Wilson
Lorraine Hansberry
Toni Morrison
Answer explanation
Ms. Morrison won the award in 1993. She was recognized for her “novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import” and that breathed life into “an essential aspect of American reality.”
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In 2005, this artist became the first black host of the Grammys.
LL Cool J
Quincy Jones
Queen Latifah
Alicia Keys
Answer explanation
Queen Latifah hosted the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. "The Dana Owens Album” was nominated the same year for the best jazz vocal album.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar?
Sidney Poitier
Dorothy Dandridge
Louis Gossett Jr.
Hattie McDaniel
Answer explanation
McDaniel won an Oscar for best supporting actress in "Gone With the Wind" in 1940 for her role as Mammy.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Robb Armstrong is the cartoonist who draws for which comic series?
Garfield
The Family Circus
Frazz
Jump Start
Answer explanation
'Jump Start' began its publication in 1988 and has appeared in more than 250 newspapers across the country.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Robert Johnson became the first African American billionaire when he sold the cable station he founded, Black Entertainment Television (BET) in what year?
1999
2001
2004
2007
Answer explanation
After taking BET private again in 1998, Johnson and his partners sold BET Holdings to the giant media group Viacom in 2001 for some $3 billion, though he remained at BET as its chief executive officer until 2005.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which record company was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit in 1959?
Sun Records
Atlantic Records
Motown Records
Warner Brothers
Answer explanation
Motown is a nickname for Detroit, the Motor City. The "Motown sound," which became highly popular nationwide, reflected the rhythms of the city and the culture of its black neighborhoods.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the first hip hop group to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Outkast
Run DMC
NWA
Three 6 Mafia
Answer explanation
The Memphis-spawned hip-hop group won Best Original Song in 2006 for the theme track “It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from the film “Hustle & Flow.”
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