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WorksheetsBlack History Month Trivia - Black Athletes
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Track and field star Carl Lewis won how many gold medals at the 1984 Olympic Games?
2
4
6
8
In 1957 Althea Gibson became the first African-American to do what?
Be named chairperson of the President's Council on Physical Fitness
Win the US Open Tennis Championship
Join the Ladies' Professional Golf Association
Go to space
Who did Muhammad Ali beat to regain the heavyweight title after it was stripped for refusing to join the military?
George Foreman
Joe Fraizer
Leon Spinks
Jack Johnson
What do African-American football players Ernie Davis, Archie Griffin,Tony Dorsett, Mike Garrett, Caleb Williams, and Cam Newton have in common?
They all played for Pittsburgh.
They all won the Heisman trophy.
The all led their teams to Super Bowl titles.
They all played for the University of Georgia.
Which track and field star overcame childhood polio to become one of the greatest athletes of her time?
Gail Devers
Florence Griffith Joyner
Allison Felix
Wilma Rudolph
What is the name of the all-black basketball team that was formed in Chicago in 1926?
The Chicago Bears
Texas Western Miners
The Harlem Globetrotters
The Illinois Suns
Who was the first player from the Negro Leagues to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson
Oscar Charleston
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first woman athlete to win five medals at one Olympics?
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Marion Jones
Gail Devers
Alice Coachman
Star basketball player Michael Jordan led his team, the Chicago Bulls, to how many NBA World Championships in the 1990s?
2
4
6
8
Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play baseball in the major leagues, played for which team?
Baltimore Orioles
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Yankees
Atlanta Braves
