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CHS Black History Month Trivia Game

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?

a)

Da Brat

b)

Foxy Brown

c)

Lauryn Hill

d)

Missy Elliot

2.

As a student at the Baltimore School of Performing Arts, rapper Tupac Shakur took these classes.

a)

hip hop and poetry

b)

theater and modern dance

c)

music appreciation and film

d)

ballet and poetry

3.

Which popular rap artist's real name is Nayvadius Wilburn?

a)

Young thug

b)

Future

c)

6lack

d)

Birdman

4.

In 1939, she wasn't able to perform at Constitution Hall because of the "white performers only" policy but first lady Eleanor Roosevelt protested and the singer eventually performed at Lincoln Memorial

a)

Aretha Franklin

b)

Ella Fitzgerald

c)

Marian Anderson

d)

Deila Reese

5.

What was the first historically black college in America?

a)

Lincoln University

b)

Howard University

c)

Cheyney University

d)

Wiley College

6.

What player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned Major League Baseball's Silver Slugger Award 12 times?

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Barry Bonds

c)

Hank Aaron

d)

Willie Mays

7.

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

a)

secretary for the department of defense

b)

invented America's first clock

c)

Her calculations helped NASA's space program

d)

She was the first black female astronaut

8.

What university did First Lady Michelle Obama Graduate from?

a)

Harvard

b)

Princeton

c)

Yale

d)

Spelman

9.

Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?

a)

soccer star

b)

track and field star

c)

basketball star

d)

baseball star

10.

What actor won an Academy Award for his portrayal of singer Ray Charles in the movie Ray?

a)

Jamie Foxx

b)

Will Smith

c)

Martin Lawrence

d)

Denzel Washington

11.

What Historic Black College/University did Oprah Winfrey attend?

a)

North Carolina A&T

b)

Tennessee State U

c)

Tuskegee

d)

Fisk

12.

When did Tiger Woods win the Masters golf tournament?

a)

1990

b)

1997

c)

2001

d)

1994

13.

Barack Obama was the United States _________ president?

a)

40th

b)

41st

c)

43rd

d)

44th

14.

Which black author was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 for 'Beloved'?

a)

Zora Hurston

b)

Toni Morrison

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Maya Angelou

15.

First woman District Attorney in San Francisco, first California Attorney General, and first black, woman Vice President of the United States

a)

Kamala Harris

b)

Beyonce

c)

Oprah

d)

Michelle Obama

16.

John Urschel, Baltimore Ravens NFL player, is a genius ____________

a)

scientist

b)

welder

c)

mathemetician

d)

historian