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200

I was the riches man ever to live…who am I?

a. Steve Jobs 

b. Mansa Musa 

c. Elon Mush 

d. Jeff Bezos

Who is: b. Mansa Musa   

200

True or False

The Tulsa Race Massacre was the first aerial bombing on US soil?

What is True

200

What state was denied the opportunity to host the Super Bowl due to its failure to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a holiday?

What is Arizona

200

This is the first Black actor to win an Oscar.

Who is Hattie McDaniels   

200

What holiday did Professor Dr. Maulana Karenga create?

What is Kwanzaa   

400

True or False

Kennywood was sued in court to integrate the pool and lost, but instead of complying they simply closed the pool.

What is True

400

All of these titles were written by a famous Black author EXCEPT?

a.I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings 

b.Between the World and Me

c.Their Eyes Were Watching God    

d.The Catcher in the Rye

What is: d. The Catcher in the Rye

400

She is one of the great social justice activists of her generation a former American professional basketball player. Naming her their inaugural Performer of the Year in 2017, Sports Illustrated called her the greatest winner in the history of women's basketball and in 2020, she was named to Time Magazine's 100 most influential people.

Who is Maya Moore   

400

True or False

The Pittsburgh Steelers were the first NFL team to have a black player?

What is False

400

What Amendment states that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction”?

What is the 13th Amendment

600

He founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to train black teachers?

Who is Booker T. Washington  

600

What African American sparked the "Montgomery Bus Boycott"?

Who is Rosa Parks  

600

During the 2016 NFL season, he was distraught by the history of mistreatment against Black Americans and minorities & decided to kneel in protest during the pregame singing of the national anthem.

Who is Colin Kaepernick  

600

The first superhero film that featured an all-black cast and went on to make $1 Billion is?

What is Black Panther   

600

What famous case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.

What is Brown vs. The Board of Education

800

I am the voice behind this lovable character…

 a. Martin Lawrence 

b. Charlie Murphy 

c. Eddie Murphy 

d. Jamie Foxx

Who is: c. Eddie Murphy   

800

What was the largest civil rights protest in America

What is The March on Washington in 1963

800

Who was the first woman to win three Olympic Gold Medals in track?

Who is Wilma Rudolph  

800

He is the first Black person to be drafted by an NBA team.

Who is Chuck Cooper   

800

Who provided the voice for Darth Vader in the movie Star Wars?

Who is James Earl Jones   

1000

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. won the Noble Peace Prize in 1964, however, the first Black person who won this award 14 years before was who?

Who is Ralph Bunche 

1000

She was the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.

Who is Shirley Chisholm  

1000

Who was the first African American coach to win the NCAA National Basketball

Championship?

Who is John Thompson  

1000

This person is known as the inventor of healing and the first person to practice medicine.

Who is Imhotep    

1000

Name the two factions involved in the Civil War?

What is Confederacy/South and the Union/North

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