Black History Month Trivia Competition

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

• Hank Aaron

• Jackie Robinson

• Willie Mays

• Barry Bonds

Who is the first black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?

• Jane Bolin

• Michelle Obama

• Shirley Chisholm

• Kentanji Brown

What state was the first to elect a black governor, doing so in 1989?

• California

• North Carolina

• Virginia

• New York

Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

• Ralph Bunche

• Nelson Mandela

• Desmund Tutu

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Who said, "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"?

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcom X

• Tupac Shakur

• Rosa Parks

What famous Black actor/actress achieved EGOT status in February of 2023 (they've won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony)?

• Will Smith

• Denzel Washington

• Whoopi Goldberg

• Viola Davis

Taraji P. Henson played Katherine Johnson in the movie 'Hidden Figures'. What was Katherine Johnson known for?

• Helping design the first spaceship to the moon

• Her calculations helped NASA's space program

• For being the first black astronaut

• Inventing the calculator

Which famous actor voiced both Mufasa (Lion King) and Darth Vader (Star Wars)?

• Jamie Foxx

• Morgan Freeman

• James Earl Jones

• Dennis Haysbert

Who played T'Challa n Black Panther?

• Chadwick Bosman

• Michael B Jordan

• O'shea Jackson Jr.

• Tyler James Williams

'Aint Too Proud' is a musical based on the life and career of what famous Motown Band?

• The Temptations

• Five Heartbeats

• The Supremes

• The Contours