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100

Who is the All-Time Home Runs Leader?

Barry Bonds - 762 home runs 

100

Who was the first self-made millionaire in black history?

Madam C.J. Walker

  

100

Finish these lyrics " I pull up at the club VIP -----"

Gas tank on E but all dranks on me (wipe me down) 


100

Which Caribbean country did Stella (played by Angela Basset) visit to get her groove back?

Jamaica

100

What popular slang term references accomplishing a goal, or attaining financial compensation for your work?

Secure the bag

100

What standard safety device did Garret Morgan invent in 1923?

The traffic light


200

Who is typically thought of as the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Jackie Robinson

200

In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation written into law?

1863

200

Which rap duo was the first to win a grammy for "Best Rap Performance" in 1989?

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

200

Who was Steve Urkel's alter ego on the sitcom Family Matters?

Stefan Urquelle

200

What popular black hairstyle was recently dubbed "Boxer Braids" or "Bo Derek Braids" in mainstream media?

Cornrows 

200

Alexander Miles created this device in 1887, which is now found in almost every high rise building in Manhattan

Automatic elevator doors

300

Which basketball player has the most NBA championships? How many does he have?

Bill Russell, 11 

300

What year did President Gerald Ford officially recognize Black History Month?

1976

300

Who is considered to be the first rap group and what song are they famous for?

The Sugarhill Gang, Rappers Delight 

300

On the hit tv show Martin, what radio station did Martin Payne work for?

WZUP

300

What popular 90's hairstyle featured in hit movies like "House Party" made a resurgence among the black community in recent years?  

The Flat Top / The High Top

300

Who invented the super soaker?

Lonnie Johnson

400

Who was the first Black Heavyweight Boxing Champ?

Jack Johnson

400

Who took a stand first by refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus?

Claudette Colvin 

400

Who was the first black artist to win a Grammy award?

Ella Fitzgerald, 1958 

400

Who played the first black Cinderella in the 1997 Rodgers & Hammerstein television film? Who was her fairy godmother?

Brandy & Whitney Houston

400

Please perform the full dance to "Crank That" by Soulja Boy. 

 

400

What is Dr. Shirley Jackson's most impactful invention?

Fiber-optic Cable 

500

Who is the most decorated gymnast in history?

Simone Biles

500

What two amendments were created during the Reconstruction Era?

14th Amendment -  grants citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" which included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War. 

15th Amendment - prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

500

Which revolutionary blues singer is known as the "Father of Rock & Roll"?

Chuck Berry 

500

Name the Oscar/Emmy winning actress and the influential rapper who made their acting debuts in John Singleton's film "Boyz In the Hood"?

Regina King and Ice Cube

500

What is the most popular black Line Dance (Choreographed Group Dance) often performed during barbeques, weddings, family gatherings, cookouts, reunions, holidays, church functions, parties and general social gatherings?

The Electric Slide

500

Who is known as the "African Bill Gates"?

Philip Emeagwali 

600

Who was the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl & the most recent black quarterback to win a Super Bowl?

First: Doug Williams - 1988

Most Recent: Patrick Mahomes - 2019

600

From the very first BHM post, name one of the two creators of the Association for the Study of Negro Life (ASNLH) and "Negro Week"

Carter G. Woodson or Jesse E. Moorland

600

Who is the only artist to win Album of the Year with three consecutive studio albums?

Stevie Wonder

600

Who became the first black man to win an Oscar for the film Lilies of the Field?

Sidney Poitier

600

What is the name of the 80's funk group that sings this black party staple?


 

600

Kimberly Bryant founded this company in 2011 to promote computer programming among young women of color.

Black Girls Code

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