AME HISTORY
1. What was the name of the 1st African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and when and where is it located?
1. Complete the following Kirk Franklin lyric: Sick and tired of my brothas……
Killing each other
1. Solar power generates electricity from what source?
The Sun
1. Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?
Traffic Light and Gas Mask
6. What two men were delivered by an earthquake which opened prison doors?
(Paul and Silas) Acts 16: 25-27
3. What was the 1st Church-Sponsored African American College?
Wilberforce University
6. Whose debut album is 'Thankful'?
Tramaine Hawkins
5. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari and Explorer are types of what?
Web Browsers
2. Arthur Ashe was a famous ____________.
Tennis Player
7. Who was Zacharia's wife and mother of John the Baptist?
(Elizabeth) Luke 1:11-13, 36
5. Where is Wilberforce University located?
Ohio
8. What is the name of the number one best-selling gospel song of all times?
Edwin Hawkin’s “Oh Happy Day”
8. What is the Earth’s primary source of energy?
The sun.
3. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?
Play Major League Baseball
9. To whom did Jesus say, "Feed my sheep?
(Peter) John 21:17
6. Who was the 1st African American Woman elected Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church?
Vashti Murphy McKenzie
10. “Go ahead and drive the nails in my hands, Laugh at me where you stand…” are the first two lines of what Dove award winning song?
Rise Again by Dallas Holm
10. Along with whom did Bill Gates found Microsoft?
Paul Allen
4. The first African American to publish her writings?
Phyllis Wheatly
10. Who was known as the "beloved disciple"?
(John) John 13:23
7. What year was Vashti McKenzie elected Bishop?
2000
12. In 1900, a Principal in Jacksonville, wrote a poem to introduce his guest Booker T. Washington at a celebration honoring Abraham Lincoln’s birthday…February 12, 1900. What was the Principal’s name and the poem that he wrote? When was the poem put to music? What has it been called since 1919?
James Weldon Johnson wrote the poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. It was put to music in 1905 and is also called the “Negro National Anthem” since 1919.
11. What does the abbreviation WWW stand for?
World Wide Web
7. In what year did Harriet Tubman escape slavery?
1849
12. Which of the Gospels does not contain any of the parables?
The gospel according to St. John
8. Name a Historically African American college in Jacksonville, Florida and give 1 historical fact about it.
Edward Waters College - Its current name honors the third bishop of the AME church
14. Finish the lines from this verse of the Negro National Anthem- Stony the road we trod…..
Bitter the chastening rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died.
12. Nano, Shuffle, Classic and Touch are variations of what?
The Apple IPod
8. The first Black owned company traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
BET or Black Entertainment Television
13. What bird did Noah first send forth from the ark?
(Raven) Genesis 8:7