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WorksheetsBlack History/Entertainment
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 32mins
What black actress won an Academy Award for her supporting role in the movie Ghost?
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In 2001, for what film did Denzel Washington become the second African American man to win an Academy Award for best Actor?
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Boasting twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, what female singing group was the most successful American vocal group of all time.
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What television program has received over 25 Emmy Awards and has been the highest-rated talk show in television history?
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On the TV series Magnum PI what was Roger Mosely's nickname?
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What is the name of the former Tampa resident who became Hollywood's first Black millionaire actor?
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In 1989, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees included The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding, and this gospel quartet that once featured Sam Cooke. What is the name of the gospel group?
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Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, who recorded the number one hit 1957 hit "You Send Me"?
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What is Little Richard's given name?
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In 2003 she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Chicago, who is she?
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Quincy Jones wrote a full length score for what Hollywood movie?
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What Motown song writer/producer trio was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990?
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What company produced the 1989 television miniseries The Women of Brewster Place?
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The talented blues singer/artist was blind at an early age, raised chickens in his childhood and taught himself to play music. Fusing spiritual with folk music, he developed his own style of guitar playing with unusual chord progressions partially due to hand injury- that became his trademark. Name it.
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Whose well known songs include "Ain't that a Shame, I'M Walkin", and "Poor Me"?
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Fames jazz singer Billie Holiday was born in 1915 with what name?
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James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson were featured in what dramatic series from 1963 to 1964?
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The uncut versions of Donna Summer and Gloria Gaynor's records are around fourteen minutes and nineteen minutes, respectively. What are the names of these Disco divas records that lasted so long?
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Who is called the "Queen of the Blues"?
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What Saturday Night Live alumnus co-starred with Eddie Murphy in the hit motion picture Trading Places?
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Who starred in the movie "A woman called Moses"?
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Evelyn King received gold records for her songs Shame (1978) and I don't Know if it's Right (1979). what was the artist's nickname?
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B.B. King is noted for what type of music?
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What famous female vocalist toured with "The Count Basie Orchestra"?
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What was the nickname of Jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins?
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Who sang the theme song for the hit TV series Moonlighting?
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Hazel Payne and Janice Johnson sang the platinum record "Boogie Oogie Oogie" in 1978. What is the name of their group?
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What Clarksville, TN native won the MISS USA pageant in 2001?
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What hit song made Ella Fitzgerald a national celebrity at the age of 20?
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In what year did Driving Miss Daisy win the Oscar for Best picture?
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In what year did Quincy Jones win 5 Grammy Awards?
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In what year did Lena Horne appear in the movie Stormy Weather?
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