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Black History Trivia Bowl Study Questions Revised August 24, 2018 B C D 1 CATEGORY QUESTION ANSWER Black History Trivia Bowl Study Questions Revised August 24, 2018 B C D 1 CATEGORY QUESTION ANSWER What national organization was founded on President National Association for the Arts Advancement of Colored People (or Lincoln’s Birthday? NAACP) 2 In 1905 the first black symphony was founded. What Sports Philadelphia Concert Orchestra was it called? 3 The novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published in what Sports 1852 4 year? Entertainment In what state is Tuskegee Institute located? Alabama 5 Who was the first Black American inducted into the Pro Business & Education Emlen Tunnell 6 Football Hall of Fame? In 1986, Dexter Gordan was nominated for an Oscar for History Round Midnight 7 his performance in what film? During the first two-thirds of the seventeenth century Science & Exploration Holland and Portugal what two countries dominated the African slave trade? 8 In 1994, which president named Eddie Jordan, Jr. as the Business & Education first African American to hold the post of U.S. Attorney President Bill Clinton 9 in the state of Louisiana? Frank Robinson became the first Black American Arts Cleveland Indians manager in major league baseball for what team? 10 What company has a successful series of television Politics & Military commercials that started in 1974 and features Bill Jell-O 11 Cosby? He worked for the NAACP and became the first field Entertainment secretary in Jackson, Mississippi. He was shot in June Medgar Evers 12 1963. Who was he? Performing in evening attire, these stars of The Creole Entertainment Show were the first African American couple to perform Charles Johnson and Dora Dean 13 on Broadway. Name them. How many Gold Medals did track and field athlete Carl History Nine 14 Lewis win in his career? In 1910 about fifty percent of black labor force was Politics & Military Agriculture 15 employed in what industry? Who championed the principle of industrial/vocational Arts Booker T. Washington 16 education for black people? What do many historians call the period immediately Politics & Military Reconstruction 17 following the Civil War? Which rapper known for such albums as Black on Both Entertainment Sides began rhyming at age nine in his hometown of Mos Def 18 Brooklyn, New York? Page 1 of 105 Black History Trivia Bowl Study Questions Revised August 24, 2018 B C D 1 CATEGORY QUESTION ANSWER For what 1954 film was Dorothy Dandridge the first Arts black actress to receive an Academy Award nomination Carmen Jones 192 for Best Actress ? What Black American actress had roles in the movies A Sports Diana Sands Raisin in the Sun and Blues for Mr. Charlie ? 20 Evelyn King received gold records for her songs Shame Sports (1978) and I Don’t Know If It’s Right (1979). What was Champagne 21 this artist's nickname? F. E. Whitney assisted with the development and Business & Education construction of the first subdivision developed by African the Gladys-Gail Village 22 Americans in Hopkinsville. Name it. What Alex Haley novel was made into a television mini- History Roots 23 series in 1977 and 1979? What was the title of tennis great Arthur Ashe's three- Sports A Hard Road to Glory volume history penned in 1988? 24 With 20 years' service, who was the longest serving Sports African American member of the Kentucky General Senator Georgia Powers 25 Assembly? Which Union general is credited with burning Atlanta Science & Exploration General William T. Sherman 26 during the Civil War? Who was the founder of the National Negro Finance Politics & Military Robert Moton 27 Corporation? A painting of what African American performer was Entertainment unveiled in 1902 at the coronation of King Edward VII Dora Dean 28 and exhibited at the Paris Expo? Entertainment What household item was invented by Sarah Boone? Ironing board 29 Mary Eliza Merritt, the first African American nurse Sports licensed in Kentucky, was awarded a certificate of merit President Woodrow Wilson 30 from what U.S. President? The first black elected to the Kentucky legislature, Science & Exploration Charles W. Anderson was also appointed alternate United Nations 31 delegate to what body? Who developed an advance method for determining the Business & Education Charles Spurgeon Fletcher 32 metal content of ore? What famous scientist and biologist said, “God gave History them to me, why should I claim to own them” with George Washington Carver 33 regard to his discoveries and inventions? What song has become Count Basie’s theme song and Entertainment One O’clock Jump was later recorded by many different music groups? 34 Page 2 of 105 Black History Trivia Bowl Study Questions Revised August 24, 2018 B C D 1 CATEGORY QUESTION ANSWER What Black American physician was referred to as “The Business & Education W. Montague Cobb principal historian of the Negro in medicine” in 1970? 352 From what university did James Meredith graduate? Add Business & Education University of Mississippi significance 36 Elizabeth Catlett Mora is a graphic artist and printmaker. Politics & Military Sculpture For what other type of work is she best known? 37 Whose series Political Satires were published in the Sports Ephraim Poston 38 Kentucky New Era from 1908-1912? He was a minister of Abyssinian Baptist Church, a Arts Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. congressman, and a civil rights advocate. Who was he? 39 Lena Horne began her career as a singer and dancer in Science & Exploration The Cotton Club 40 what New York entertainment club? After an early childhood spent in Barbabos and a successful career as a teacher, she was elected to the New History York Assembly. She then became the first black woman Shirley Chisholm to serve in the U.S. Congress where she worked for 13 41 years. Name her. 42 Arts Who invented the golf tee? G.F. Grant 43 Science & Exploration Who is explorer Matthew Henson buried next to? Admiral Robert E. Peary What native American tribe named James Beckwourth a History The Crow chief and called him “Bull’s Robe”? 44 In what year did Dehart Hubbard become the first Black History American to win the Olympic gold medal in the broad 1924 45 jump? What Black American was once ranked as the number Entertainment Arthur Ashe 46 one tennis player in the world? Science & Exploration Who was the first Black American mayor of Detroit? Coleman Young 47 What was Joe Louis’s overall professional boxing Entertainment 68 wins, 3 loses record? 48 49 Entertainment Who is Mary Ann Shadd Cary? Black Newspaperwoman Elected in Washington County in 1973, who became the Arts George Melwood Hocker 50 first African American jailer in Kentucky? 51 Politics & Military Who is called “The Queen of the Blues”? Dinah Washington In 1890, Lewis Latimer became the chief draftsman of History Edison Electric Light Company 52 what company? Who was the first Black American to receive a degree Arts Richard Greener 53 from Harvard University? 54 Science & Exploration Who founded the Southern Leadership Conference? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Page 3 of 105 Black History Trivia Bowl Study Questions Revised August 24, 2018 B C D 1 CATEGORY QUESTION ANSWER What Hopkinsville native penned the children's books Arts bell hooks 55 Happy to be Nappy and Be Boy Buzz ? Who was the first Black American professionally trained 2 Entertainment Mary Mahoney 56 as a registered nurse in the United States? This Grammy award winning gospel singer, arranger, and composer who worked with many groups and large History choirs in the 1950s and 1960s is credited with being the James Cleveland most significant driving force behind the creation of the contemporary gospel sound. Name him. 57 Who was the first Black American to play in the National Arts Val James 58 Hockey League? He was interested in plants at an early age and was an Arts agriculturist who developed peanut products. Who was George Washington Carver 59 he? Who was the first Black American woman to be elected Politics & Military th Charlotte Hawkins Brown 60 to the 20 Century Club of Boston? Who was the first Black American pitcher to win the Cy Politics & Military Vida Blue 61 Young award in the American League? 62 Sports Who founded the Church of God in Christ in 1907? Charles Harrison Mason In the 1920s the Lindy Hop was made famous at this Sports The Savoy Ballroom 63 Harlem dance venue. What state's government passed a law that formally Business & Education Virginia's 64 recognized slavery as an institution in 1661? 65 Politics & Military In what three years was Harlem hit with race riots? 1935, 1943 and 1964 What major tennis tournament did Althea Gibson win in Sports French Championship open? 66 1956? At the age of 24, this golfer won the 82nd PGA Championship, beating Bob May in a three-hole playoff Science & Exploration Tiger Woods at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 67 20, 2000. Name him. Who was the female lead singer of 5th Dimension, a Politics & Military Marilyn McCoo 68 popular group of the 1960s and 1970s? History Who received the NAACP Key of Life Award in 1988? Dorothy Height 69 Who was the first African American cave explorer and Politics & Military the first guide and explorer of Mammoth Cave, the Stephen Bishop 70 world's longest cave system? 71 Business & Education Jorno Kenyatta was a leader of what country? Kenya In what year did all 50 states recognize Martin Luther Science & Exploration 1993 72 King Day? What Motown song writer/producer trio was inducted History into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Rock Holland, Dozier, & Holland 73 and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990? Page 4 of 105 Black History Trivia Bowl Study Questions Revised August 24, 2018 B C D 1 CATEGORY QUESTION ANSWER What engineer from New Orleans patented the sugar Politics & Military Norbert Rillieux 74 refinery? 752 Politics & Military W.A.
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