WorksheetsBlack History Quiz Bowl Preliminary Round
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
In what year did Charles W. Follis become the first black American to play professional football?
1922
1902
1892
1932
In 1988 Black American author Toni Morrison was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for what novel?
Beloved
The Color Purple
Harlem Nights
The Five Heartbeats
"Free at last, free at last; thank God almighty, . . . (Complete Dr. M.L. King, Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech.)
. . . we are the last."
. . . we are free at last."
. . . you are free at last."
. . . this is the past."
What year was Malcolm X assassinated?
1944
1974
1954
1964
In what year did "Black History Month" officially begin?
1966
1976
1986
1956
How old was Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was assassinated?
59
29
39
49
The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was organized in what year with blacks and whites as members?
1909
1899
1919
1929
Who wrote "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"?
Alex Haley
Alvin Ailey
Tyler Perry
Spike Lee
Director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee has released over 35 films since 1983 through his production company. Name it.
Spike Lee Filmworks
40 Horses & A Mule Filmworks
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Filmworks by Spike Lee
In what year did Marian Anderson debut as the first Black American singer at the Metropolitan Opera?
1955
1945
1935
1965
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were innovators of what type of music in the early 1940s?
Calypso
Caribbean
Bebop
Blues
Lewis Latimer prepared the drawings for what invention patented by Alexander Graham Bell?
The telephone
The cell phone
The microphone
The light bulb
Who invented the automatic car washer?
Spike Richards
Roger Spokes
Richard Spikes
Spike Richards
The Stargell Foundation is recognized for what area of research?
Cancer
Diabetes
High Blood Pressure
Sickle Cell Anemia
What did George Washington Carver use to develop postage stamp glue?
White potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Cucumbers
Squash
Who was the first female African American to enter the medical professional?
Susan Brady
Susan Steward
Susan Planter
Susan McKinney
Willie Mays received a bonus of how much money when he signed with the New York Giants?
$500
$50,000
$5,000
$1,500
In what two events in the 1936 Olympics did Jesse Owens set new world records?
200 meter dash and broad jump
800 meter run and long jump
100 meter dash and long jump
500 meter run and broad jump
Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron ended his career with how many RBIs?
2502
1202
3202
2202
Jackie Robinson appeared on what value U.S. postage stamp?
15 cent
10 cent
20 cent
25 cent
