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Black History Quiz Bowl

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Dr. Carter G Woodson is known as holding what title

a)

Dr. Benjamin Carson

b)

The Father of Black History

c)

A Freedom Rider

d)

The Nobel Peace Prize Winner

2.

For what purpose was the United Negro College Fund Founded?

a)

Equal rights for African Americans

b)

To help Egypt and Israel end the war

c)

To help more black people go to college

d)

Voting Rights

3.

Who is known as the "Father of Gospel Music"?

a)

Thomas Dorsey

b)

Charley Pride

c)

James Brown

d)

Berry Gordy Jr.

4.

Who is the Founder of the United Negro College Fund?

a)

J. Douglas Wilder

b)

Bill Russel

c)

W.H. Richardson

d)

Dr. Fredrick D. Patterson

5.

Who is the first African-American to perform open heart surgery?

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King

b)

Dr. Benjamin Carsen

c)

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

d)

Dr. Reverend Jesse Jackson

6.

Who is named the "Queen of Soul"?

a)

Shirley Chisholm

b)

The Supremes

c)

The Temptations

d)

Aretha Franklin

7.

Who was the first African-American pilot to fly for a commercial airline; what was the name of the airline?

a)

Captain Daniel Williams for Provident

b)

Captain Dave Harris for American Airlines

c)

Captain David Talley for Southwest Airlines

d)

Captain Albert Gray for Wofford Airlines

8.

Who was the first African American to integrate Wofford College?

a)

Douglas Jones

b)

Cardiss Collins

c)

Albert Gray

d)

Bernard A. Harris

9.

Who was the first African-American to walk in space?

a)

Bernard A Harris

b)

NASA

c)

Ralph Bunche

d)

Dr. Mae Jemison

10.

Who was the first African American to preside over a national political convention and when?

a)

Cardiss Collins at the 1892 Democratic National Convention

b)

John Roy Lunch at the 1884 Republican National Convention

11.

On what date was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?

a)

April 14, 1904

b)

April 4, 1902

c)

April 4, 1968

d)

April 14, 1986

12.

What African-American doctor performed history making surgery by separating twins joined at the head in 1987?

a)

Dr. Benjamin Carson

b)

Dr. Charles Drew

c)

Dr. Mae Jemison

d)

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

13.

What African American woman refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Barbara Maxton

d)

Wilma Rudolph

14.

What African-American woman was the first to become a U.S. judge?

a)

Barbara Maxton

b)

Shirley Chisholm

c)

Jane Bolin

d)

Jan Matzelinger

15.

What African American woman introducted and initiated Gamma Phi Delta Sorority Inc. to Spartanburg?

a)

Katherine Dunham

b)

Sarah Boone

c)

Barbara Maxwell

d)

Barbara Maxton

16.

Who became the first black player in Major League Baseball in 1947?

a)

Jackson Hewit

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

James Brown

d)

Jamie Foxx

17.

Who founded Ebony and Jet magazines?

a)

John H. Johnson

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

W.H. Richardson

d)

Dr. Washington

18.

Who helped to keep the alive African dance tradition alive?

a)

Madame C.J. Walker

b)

Sarah Boone

c)

Ernie Davis

d)

Katherine Dunham

19.

Who became the first black woman millionaire and invented hair care products for black women?

a)

Tyra Banks

b)

Madame C.J. Walker

c)

Madame Diane Sawyer

d)

Madame Paul Mitchell

20.

Who was the first African-American woman astronaut?

a)

Louise Armstrong

b)

Dr. Mae Jemison

c)

Diane Carmichael

d)

Bernadette A. Harris

21.

Who was the first African American woman lawyer?

a)

Charlotte Ray

b)

Lydia Annette

c)

Charlie Chapman

d)

Judge Judy

22.

Who was the first African-American woman to become First Lady of the United States?

a)

Hillary Clinton

b)

Shirley Chisholm

c)

Michelle Obama

d)

Jane Bolin

23.

Who was the first African-American head coach in major league sports?

a)

Ernie Davis

b)

Dale Earnhart Jr.

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Bill Russel

24.

Who was the first African-American Country Music Star?

a)

Darius Rucker

b)

Donald Glover

c)

Gerald Gillum

d)

Charley Pride

25.

What two singing groups created the "Motown Sound"?

a)

Madame C.J. Walker and The Greats

b)

The Supremes and the Jackson 5

c)

The Temptations and the Supremes

d)

The Jackson 5 and the Temptations

26.

What was the largest civil rights protest in America?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Speech Boycott in 1969

b)

The March on Washington in 1963

c)

The March on Montgomery in 1963

d)

The Montgomery Boycott in 1968

27.

What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?

a)

Michelle Obama

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Shirley Chisholm

d)

Rosa Parks

28.

What was the total number of slaves that escaped to freedom using the Underground Railroad?

a)

50,000

b)

500,000

c)

5,000

d)

55,500

29.

What year did the Voting Rights Act become law?

a)

1985

b)

1965

c)

1964

d)

1968

30.

What was the first state to declare Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a legal holiday?

a)

Iowa

b)

Illinois

c)

Idaho

d)

Indiana

31.

Where did the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. take place?

a)

Detroit, Michigan

b)

Chicago, Illinois

c)

Memphis, Tennessee

d)

Montgomery, Alabama

32.

Who invented the elevator?

a)

G.F. Grant

b)

L.C. Bailey

c)

Alexander Miles

d)

P.B. Downing

33.

Who invented the wooden golf tee?

a)

L.C. Bailey

b)

Lewis Latimer

c)

G.F. Grant

d)

P.B. Downing

34.

Who invented the mailbox?

a)

G.F. Grant

b)

Sarah Boone

c)

L.C. Bailey

d)

P.B. Downing

35.

Who invented the folding bed?

a)

L.C. Bailey

b)

Lewis Latimer

c)

Loraine Hansberry

d)

Leon Sullivan

36.

Who invented the incandescent light bulb in 1881?

a)

Lewis Latimer

b)

Lorald Dangmaster

c)

Jan Matzelinger

d)

John Standard

37.

Who invented the refrigerator on July 14, 1891?

a)

John Snow

b)

John Standard

c)

Richard Langcaster

d)

John H. Johnson

38.

Who invented the ironing board in 1892?

a)

Sarah Boone

b)

Serena Douglas

c)

Sandra Baker

d)

Sawyer Hilton

39.

Who invented the traffic signal?

a)

Morgan Gentry

b)

Garrett Morgan

c)

Garrett Lindsay

d)

Gentry Lewis

40.

Who invented the shoe making machine?

a)

Karen Manson

b)

Nikolas Freeholmes

c)

James Dillard

d)

Jan Matzelinger

41.

Who invented the baby carriage?

a)

W.H. Richardson

b)

Granville T. Woods

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

L.C. Bailey

42.

Which African American coach was the first to win a superbowl game, what team did he coach?

a)

Miles Davis of the Chicago Bulls

b)

Ernie Davis of the Chicago Bears

c)

Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts

d)

Tarrence Colsom of the Philadelphia Eagles

43.

What does P.U.S.H. stand for?

a)

People's Union of Slave Holders

b)

Peoples United States Humaniarians

c)

People Undivided to Serve Humanitary

d)

People United to Serve Humanity

44.

What basketball player was the first to score 100 points in a single game?

a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Michael Jordan

c)

Ernie Davis

d)

Wilt Chamberlain

45.

What African American educator from Maysville, SC, founded the Bethune-Cookman College (in Florida) and the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.?

a)

Mary McLeod Bethune

b)

Mary Bethune Cookman

c)

Mary McLeod Cookman

d)

Mary McLeod Bethune-Cookman

46.

What African-American from Greenville, S.C. founded P.U.S.H. and he ran for President of the U.S. in 1988, but of course lost?

a)

Reverend James Jackson

b)

Reverend Jesse Jackson

c)

Reverend Jesse James

d)

Reverend John Standard

47.

What African-American led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association championships?

a)

Wilt Chamberlain

b)

Michael Jordan

c)

Lebron James

d)

Jackie Robinson

48.

Which President of the U.S. signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

James Madison

49.

Who was the first African-American to become Chairman and CEO of Fannie Mae and to lead a Fortune 500 company?

a)

Tony Fisher

b)

Franklin Raines

c)

Cardiss Collins

d)

Douglas Jones

50.

Who was the first African-American to become police chief of Spartanburg?

a)

Franklin Raines

b)

Tony Fisher

c)

Douglas Jones

d)

Cardiss Collins

51.

Who was the first African-American to graduate from Wofford College?

a)

Cardiss Collins

b)

Tony Fisher

c)

Franklin Raines

d)

Douglass Jones

52.

Who was the first African-American to serve on the board of General Motors?

a)

Cardiss Collins

b)

Ralph Bunche

c)

Leon Sullivan

d)

Albert Gray

53.

Who was the first African-American to hold a Democratic Leadership position in the House of Representatives?

a)

John Roy Lunch

b)

Cardiss Collins

54.

What African American woman was the first to write a broadway play?

a)

Ethel Waters in the 1939 play "Mamba's Daughters"

b)

Lorraine Hansberry and the play was "Raisin in the Sun"

55.

Who was the first African-American actor to win an Academy Award; for what movie was the award given, and in what year was it awarded.

a)

Ethel Waters in the 1939 movie "Mamba's Daughters"

b)

Sidney Poitier for the movie "Lillies of the Field" in 1963

56.

Who was the first African-American actress to star in a broadway play; what was the name of the play; in what year did she play the role?

a)

Ethel Waters in the 1939 play "Mamba's Daughters"

b)

Lorraine Hansberry and the play was "Raisin in the Sun" in 1963

57.

Who was the first African American woman to host a television program for 25 years and now owns her own network?

a)

Barbara Walters

b)

Ellen Degeneres

c)

Oprah Winfrey

d)

Sunny Williams

58.

Who was the first African-American woman to win a Tony Award for best leading actress?

a)

Phylicia Rashad

b)

Vanessa Williams

c)

Lorraine Hansberry

d)

Ethel Waters

59.

Who was the first African-American woman to win the title of "Miss America"?

a)

Wilma Ren Williams

b)

Serena Williams

c)

Sunny Williams

d)

Vanessa Williams

60.

What is the first private university founded for black students through the Methodist Episcopal Church?

a)

Provident Hospital

b)

Tuskegee University

c)

Bethune-Cookman College

d)

Wilberforce University

61.

What African American won an Academy Award for playing the role of Ray Charles in the movie, "Ray"?

a)

James Charles

b)

James Brown

c)

Jamie Foxx

d)

Jamie Bigg

62.

What did Marian Wright Edelman start, to raise money for poor and disabled children and their families?

a)

No Child Left Behind

b)

Children Without Defense and Funding

c)

Children's Finance Advisor

d)

The Children's Defense Fund

63.

What does C.O.R.E. stand for?

a)

Congress of Racial Equality

b)

Congressional Office of Republican Efficiency

c)

Congress of Race and Education

d)

Contact for Racial Equalness

64.

What famous speech took place at the March on Washington?

a)

Richard Nixon's inauguration speech

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Presidential Campaign Speech

c)

John F Kennedy's Funeral

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech"

65.

What holiday did Professor Maulana Karenga create?

a)

Christmas

b)

Kwanza

c)

Ramadan

d)

Hanukkah

66.

What is the name of the first black owned U.S. hospital that Dr. Daniel Hale Williams founded and trained black doctors and black nurses, and where is it located?

a)

Presidential Hospital of Detroit

b)

Provident Hospital in Cincinnati

c)

Providential Hospital of Congress

d)

Provident Hospital in Chicago

67.

Who was responsible for more than 300 peanut products created from the peanut, including soap and ink; 118 products from the sweet potato, including flour, shoe polish, and candy; 75 products from the pecan, and many other products from cotton, dyes, and wood shavings?

a)

Benjamin Button Carver

b)

George Washington

c)

Dawson Washington Carver

d)

George Washington Carver

68.

Who is the only boxer to win the heavyweight championship three times?

a)

John Cena

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Dwayne Johnson

69.

Who is the only black woman to run for President of the U.S. (1972) and was re-elected for Congress six times?

a)

Shirley Chisholm

b)

Wynona Douglas

c)

Ethel Waters

d)

April Tyese Thomas

70.

Who was the first African-American female to integrate Spartanburg High School?

a)

Wynona Douglas

b)

Rudolph Dawkins

c)

Ethel Waters

d)

Shirley Chislholm

71.

Who was the first African-American to hold the title of "Miss Dornam High School"?

a)

April Tyese Thomas

b)

Vanessa Williams

c)

Serena Williams

d)

April Tyrell Thurman

72.

Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Peace prize?

a)

Paul Bunyan

b)

Ralph Polo

c)

Ralph Bunche

d)

Grape Bunches

73.

Who was the first African-American in space; what was the name of the shuttle; what month, date and year did the shuttle fly?

a)

Guion S. Bluford, on August 30, 1983, flew aboard the space shuttle the Challnger at the Kennedy Space Center

b)

Kennedy Bulganin on August 19, 1930, flew aboard the space shuttle the Apollo and the Lincoln Space Center

74.

Who was the first African-American male to become mayor of Spartanburg?

a)

Talley "James" Patch

b)

Patch "Tally" James

c)

James "Patch" Tally

d)

John Jacob Jinglehymer Schmidt

75.

What two African-Americans became mayors of two large cities and what were the cities that they mayored?

a)

Theodore Roosevelt of Deleware & Conway Calloway of San Antonio

b)

Cardiss Collins of Chicago & Renae Golden of Spartanburg

c)

Harry Pace of Motown & Mason Denton of Hot Springs

d)

Thomas Bradley of Los Angeles & Coleman Young of Detroit