OE & OH Know Your Heritage Event Jeopardy Template

Who's that?

Wait who?

Which?

When/Where?

Pop culture

100

Who was the first Black elected mayor of a major city?

a. Coleman Young (Detroit)

b. Maynard Jackson (Atlanta)

c. Tom Bradley (Los Angeles)

d. Carl Stokes (Cleveland)

d. Carl Stokes

100

Who is the founder of Motown records?

a. Michael Jackson

b. Quincy Jones

c. Berry Gordy

d. Smoky Robinson

c. Berry Gordy

100

Which historically Black sorority was founded first?

a. Delta Sigma Theta

b. Zeta Phi Beta

c. Alpha Kappa Alpha

d. Sigma Gamma Rho

c. Alpha Kappa Alpha

100

When was interracial marriage legalized in the U.S.?

a. 1964

b. 1952

c. 1973

d. 1967

100

How many fights did the Fresh Prince get into before his mom got scared?

a. 5

b. 1

c. 2

d. 3

b. 1

200

Who was the editor of the abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator"?

a. Benjamin Franklin

b. William Lloyd Garrison

c. Johns Hopkins

d. John Wesley

b. William Lloyd Garrison

200

Who founded the student Non Violent Coordinating Committee?

a. Stokely Carmichael

b. Julian Bond

c. Ella Baker

d. Malcolm X

c. Ella Baker

200

Which university did First Lady Michelle Obama attend for undergrad?

a. Howard

b. Yale

c. University of Chicago

d. Princeton

200

In what year did Cash Money Records take over?

a. 2001-2002

b. 1999-2000

c. 1997-1998

d. 2004-2005

b. 1999-2000

200

If someone puts their hand up on your hip, what is the appropriate response?

a. I dip

b. We dip

c. You dip

d. All of the above

300

Who was the first Black actor to win an oscar?

a. Halle Berry

b. Dorothy Dandridge

c. Lena Horne

d. Hattie McDaniel

300

Who was the first heavy weight boxing champion?

a. Mike Tyson

b.Joe Louis

c. Muhammad Ali

d. Jack Johnson

300

Which historically black fraternity was the last to be admitted to the Divine Nine.

a. Omega Psi Phi

b. Iota Phi Theta

c. Kappa Alpha Psi

d. Phi Beta Sigma

b. Iota Phi Theta

300

In what year did Beyoncé win her first solo grammy?

a. 2004

b. 2000

c. 2008

d. 2012

a. 2004

300

How should you whip your hair?

a. up and down

b. side to side

c. back and forth

d. round and round

c. back and forth

400

Who wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing" aka "The Negro National Anthem?

a. Langston Hughes

b. James Weldon Johnson

c. Booker T. Washington

d. Maya Angelou

b. James Weldon Johnson

400

Who was the first black congressperson?

a. Barack Obama

b. Thurgood Marshall

c. Mae Jamison

d. Shirley Chisholm

400

Which inventor developed about 100 products made from peanuts?

a. Benjamin Banneker

b. Elijah McCoy

c. Dr. Ben Carson

d. George Washington Carver

400

Where was Shorty told to swing?

a. around the corner

b. this way

c. my way

d. to me

c. my way

400

Who competed in Verzuz battle?

a. Gucci Mane vs Snoop Dogg

b. Gladys Knight vs Aretha Franklin

c. Brandy vs Left eye

d. Nelly vs Ludacris

500

Who was the "Playa from the Himalayas"?

a. Martin

b. Jerome

c. Roscoe

d. Carlton

b. Jerome

500

Who wrote the speech, "Ain't I a Woman"?

a. Harriet Beecher Stowe

b. Sojourner Truth

c. Harriet Tubman

d. Phillis Wheatley

b. Sojourner Truth

500

Which famous author wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?

a. Zora Neale Hurston

b. Toni Morrison

c. James Baldwin

d. Octavia E. Butler

a. Zora Neale Hurston

500

Where was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. killed?

a. Atlanta, GA

b. Memphis, TN

c. Washington D.C.

d. Birmingham, AL

b. Memphis, TN

500

Who always wondered if he/she did that?

a. Wanda

b. Hilary Banks

c. Steve Urkel

d. Louise "Weezy" Jefferson

c. Steve Urkel