What professional football team did Walter Payton play for?
The Chicago Bears
100
What Michael Jackson album won 8 Grammy awards in 1983?
Thriller
100
Who composed the music for the television miniseries Roots?
Quincy Jones
100
Name the author who wrote he mystery; Devil in a Blue Dress?
Walter Mosley
100
Who invented the toilet?
T. Elkins
200
What is the Harlem Globetrotters theme song?
Sweet Georgia Brown
200
Blind Lemon Jefferson accompanied himself on the guitar as he sang the blues. In what decade did he become popular?
1920's
200
The character "Alex Foley" appears in what movies series ?
The Beverly Hills Cop Series
200
Name Toni Morrison's first two novels.
What is The Bluest Eye and Sula.
200
What did George Cook invent?
The automatic fishing reel
300
Name the track and field event for which Jackie Joyner-Kersee is most noted for
The heptathlon
300
This popular signer was featured on the Motown label's first gold record in 1960. He later became vice president of the company under Berry Gordy, Jr. What was his name?
Smoky Robinson
300
The Jefferson's television show had two Black movie performers. Name them.
Isabel Sanford and Marla Gibbs
300
Who wrote the book Native Son?
Richard Wright
300
B.F. Jackson invented what type of burner?
Gas burner
400
What Black football player won the Heisman Trophy twice?
Archie Griffin
400
Thomas A. Dorsey has been called the father of gospel music. What is his best known song?
Precious Lord Take My Hand
400
Who played the role of the heavyweight champ Jack Johnson in the movie The Great White Hope?
What is James Earl Jones
400
What was the title of Martin Luther Kings Sr.'s autobiography and who published it?
What The autobiography Daddy King was published in 1980 by the famous civil rights leader's father.
400
Who invented the sugar refining system that revolutionized the making of sugar in 1846?
Norbett Rillieux
500
Who was the first Black owners of the NBA team the Denver Nuggets?
Bertram Lee and Peter Bynoe
500
Motown artist built their music from what three sources?
African American traditional music, Black church choirs and revival meetings.
500
The character "Geraldine" was created by what famous Black comedian, whose variety show was also named after him?
Flip Wilson
500
Jupiter Hammond wrote the first poem ever published by an African-American in 1760. What was the title?
"An Evening Though Salvation by Christ, with Penitential Cries"