D3: African-American History Quiz Bowl (Military)

Currently serves as the Secretary of Defense, overseeing one of the largest militaries in the world

• Former Lieutenant General,

  John Major

• Former 3-star General,

  Henry O. Flipper

• Former 4-star General,

  Colin Powell

• Former 4-star General,

  Lloyd Austin

Why was Dorie Miller awarded the Navy Cross,

the highest honor in the US Navy?

• Because of his bravery during the WWII

• Because of his bravery during the attack on Pearl Harbor

• Because he saved the life of

  General Eisenhower

  in WWI

• all of the above

African-American military hero of the American Revolutionary War

• Henry O. Flipper

• Prince Nelson

• Crispus Attucks

• Roscoe Tanner

First African-American pilots in US Military

• Star 3 Aviators

• Red Devil Flyers

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Black Eagles

Which Dayton Public School is named after the highest ranking

African-American women during WWII

• Belmont

• Stivers

• Meadowdale

• none of the above

Nickname given to the Negro Cavalry by Native American tribes who fought in the Indian Wars

• Black Eagles

• Black Thunder

• Buffalo Soldiers

• Headless Horsemen

First African-American General

• Henry Flipper

• Benjamin O. Davis

• Roscoe Tanner

• Colin Powell

First African-American to serve as the

Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Roscoe Tanner

• Henry Flipper

• Charles Young

• Colin Powell

First African-American to graduate from the

U.S. Military Academy at West Point

• Major Taylor

• Lloyd Austin

• Henry Flipper

• Saint Johns

First Black man to earn the rank of Colonel

also led the ROTC program at Wilberforce College(Oh)

• Major Taylor

• Roscoe Tanner

• Charles Young

• Henry Flipper