SMMS: African American Entertainment BHB Study guide

What is the name of the TV character played by Keisha Knight Pulliam on the television show The Cosby Show?

• Rudy Huxtable

• God

• Harlem

• Glory

Who is the author of The Invisible Man?

• Ralph Ellison

• Chadwick Boseman

• David Oyelowo

• Sidney Poitier

Where was the Cotton Club located?

• Harlem

• Glory

• Denzel Washington

• Agra

Who played the title role in the movie Akeelah and the Bee?

• KeKe Palmer

• Rudy Huxtable

• God

• Harlem

Who was the first black to receive an Oscar for Best Actor?

• Sidney Poitier

• Lou Gossett Jr.

• Lupita Nyong'o

• Phylicia Rashad

The movie Cool Runnings is the story about the Jamaican ____________- bobsled team

• Jamaican

• KeKe Palmer

• Rudy Huxtable

• God

Whom did Jamie Foxx portray in the movie Ray?

• Ray Charles

• Caryn Elaine Johnson

• Dorothy Dandridge

• Jamaican

Whoopi Goldberg is an Academy Award winning actress and comedian. What is her birth name?

• Caryn Elaine Johnson

• Dorothy Dandridge

• Jamaican

• KeKe Palmer

Who was the director of the 2014 movie Selma?

• Ava DuVernay

• Halle Berry

• Hattie McDaniel

• John Singleton

Delores Hall won the 1977 Tony for Best Featured Actress for the musical Your Arms are Too Short to Box with______

• God

• Harlem

• Glory

• Denzel Washington