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Academic Team Practice

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This musical artist was rumored to have sold his soul for his talent.

a)

Tom Morello

b)

BB King

c)

Robert Johnson

d)

John Coltrane

2.

This musical artist performed with her famous father after he passed away.

a)

Natalie Cole

b)

Nina Simone

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Billie Holliday

3.

This musical artist had an extremely long career, performing at least 250 shows per year into his 70s.

a)

B.B. King

b)

Lenny Kravitz

c)

John Coltrane

d)

Chuck Berry

4.

This singer's vocal style was based on the phrasings of jazz instrumentalists.

a)

Nina Simone

b)

Eartha Kitt

c)

Marvin Gaye

d)

Billie Holiday

5.

This multi-talented celebrity was blacklisted for voicing concern about the war in Vietnam.

a)

Eartha Kitt

b)

Aretha Franklin

c)

Marian Anderson

d)

Natalie Cole

6.

This singer was called the Queen of Soul.

a)

Nina Simone

b)

Natalie Cole

c)

Billie Holiday

d)

Aretha Frankliin

7.

This singer performed at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after being denied a performance at a segregated auditorium.

a)

Marian Anderson

b)

Eartha Kitt

c)

Natalie Cole

d)

Billie Holiday

8.

This saxophone player invented free jazz.

a)

Louis Armstrong

b)

Tom Morello

c)

B.B. King

d)

John Coltrane

9.

This singer was very active in the civil rights movement and is sometimes referred to as the High Priestess of Soul.

a)

Nina Simone

b)

Anita Pointer

c)

Natalie Cole

d)

Bonnie Pointer

10.

This guitarist wrote and performed "Johnny B. Goode" and developed the rockabilly sound.

a)

Chuck Berry

b)

B.B. King

c)

Marvin Gaye

d)

Robert Johnson

11.

This guitarist is known for being politically active and his unique and creative playing style using guitar effects.

a)

Tom Morello

b)

Robert Johnson

c)

B.B. King

d)

Marvin Gaye

12.

Match the trumpet player artist who also sang and recorded a very popular song.

a)

Louis Armstrong/What a Wonderful World

b)

Tom Morello/Crossroads

c)

John Coltrane/Strange Fruit

d)

Marvin Gaye/The Thrill is Gone

13.

Some hits include "Jump", "So Excited" and "He's So Shy".

a)

The Pointer Sisters

b)

Natalie Cole

c)

Eartha Kitt

d)

Nina Simone

14.

Orson Welles called her "the most exciting woman in the world":

a)

Aretha Franklin

b)

Eartha Kitt

c)

Natalie Cole

d)

Marian Anderson

15.

This musician called his instrument "Lucille".

a)

B.B. King

b)

John Coltrane

c)

Robert Johnson

d)

Louis Armstrong

16.

This performer scored hits with "What's Going On", "Mercy Mercy Me", and "Let's Get it On".

a)

John Coltrane

b)

The Pointer Sisters

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Marvin Gaye

17.

This performer's father was a minister who eventually killed him.

a)

Marvin Gaye

b)

Robert Johnson

c)

Chuck Berry

d)

Tom Morello

18.

The "B.B." in B.B. King's name derived from this:

a)

Beale Street Blues Boy

b)

Blues Blaster

c)

Blues Buddy

d)

Bourbon Street Bluesman

19.

This is the only solo artist we studied for Black History Month who is presently alive:

a)

Marvin Gaye

b)

Eartha Kitt

c)

Natalie Cole

d)

Tom Morello

20.

What university did First Lady Michelle Obama graduate from?

a)

Harvard

b)

Princeton

c)

Yale

d)

Spelman

21.
When was Central State University founded?
a)
1917
b)
1887
c)
1897
d)
1907
22.
When was Tyler Perry born (month, date, and year)?  
a)
Sept. 13, 1968
b)
Sept. 13, 1967
c)
Sept. 13, 1965
d)
Sept. 13, 1969
23.
  Who wrote the book “Bang”?
a)
Nina Simone
b)
Toni Morrison
c)
Sharon G. Flake
d)
Zora Neale Hurston
24.
Who was the first African-American astronaut?
a)
Mae C. Jemison
b)
Guion Bluford
25.
 Who was Hattie McDaniel and what prestigious award did she win?
a)
Scientist who won a Nobel Prize in Physics
b)
Singer who won a Grammy for Best Song
c)
Athlete who won an Olympic Gold Medal
d)
Actress who won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress
26.
When and where was President Obama born?
a)
Aug. 4, 1961 in Honolulu, HI
b)
Aug. 5, 1961in Honolulu, HI
c)
Aug. 6, 1961in Honolulu, HI
d)
Aug. 7, 1961in Honolulu, HI
27.
How long was Coleman A. Young the mayor of the city of Detroit?
a)
30 years
b)
20 years
c)
1 year
d)
25 years
28.
How many children did Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King have together?
a)
6
b)
2
c)
None
d)
4
29.
Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?
a)
Soccer Star
b)
Track and Field Star
c)
Basketball Star
d)
Baseball Star
30.
What rapper, turned actor starred in the movies “Are We There Yet and Are We Done Yet”?  
a)
Ice T
b)
Ice Cube
31.
What actor won an Academy Award for his portrayal of singer Ray Charles in the movie Ray?
a)
Jamie Foxx
b)
Martin Lawrence
c)
Will Smith
d)
Denzel Washington
32.
What HBCU did Oprah Winfrey attend?
a)
North Carolina A&T
b)
Tennessee State U
c)
Tuskegee
d)
Fisk
33.
When was radio personality Steve Harvey born (month, date, and year)?
a)
January 17, 1957
b)
February 17, 1957
c)
March 17, 1957
d)
April 17, 1957
34.
 Who created “Negro History Week” and when did it become “Black History Month”?  
a)
Charles G. Woodson, 1926
b)
Woody Charles, 1936
35.
Who was the first African-American man to become the World Heavyweight Champion?
a)
Calvin Johnson
b)
Joe Louis
c)
Beyonce
d)
Jack Johnson
36.
When did Tiger Woods win the Masters golf tournament?
a)
1990
b)
2001
c)
1997
d)
1994
37.
Who was the first African- American on a United States postage stamp?
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Barak Obama
c)
Langston Hughes
d)
Booker T. Washington
38.
What HBCU did Jesse Jackson graduate from?
a)
Tuskegee
b)
North Carolina A&T
c)
Morehouse
d)
Howard
39.
Who recorded the song “I’m Black and I’m Proud”?
a)
Jamie Foxx
b)
Stevie Wonder
c)
James Brown
d)
Alicia Keys
40.

Did slavery exist in what we know today as Canada?

a)

False

b)

True

41.

Who spoke out the for freedom of slaves, equal rights for women and was the first black person to be nominated for Vice President of the United States?

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Colin Kaepernick

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Letitia Wood Brown

42.

This individual was responsible for organizing one of the largest slave rebellions in US.

a)

Nat Turner

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Henry Brown

d)

Marcus Garvey

43.

The first African-American child to attend an all-white school in Louisiana in 1960 sparking the end of segregation in American schools.

a)

Viola Desmond

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Marcus Garvey

44.

This individual had himself shipped in a box from Virginia to Pennsylvania - a state where he would be a free individual.

a)

Henry Brown

b)

Marcus Garvey

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Tarana Burke

45.

This individual sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.

a)

Taran Burke

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Letitia Wood Brown

d)

Colin Kaepernick

46.

This Queen of Soul forever changed the music industry carving the way for many other musicians. R-E-S-P-E-C-T

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

Aretha Franklin

c)

Viola Desmond

d)

Rosa Parks

47.

First African American woman director in Hollywood in 1971.

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

Tarana Burke

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Letitia Wood Brown

48.

First Black Female to earn a Harvard PhD.

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

Tarana Burke

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Letitia Wood Brown

49.

The original founder of the "Me Too" movement, in 2006.

a)

Tarana Burke

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Letitia Wood Brown

d)

Ruby Bridges