Famous Female Activists
Athletic Achievers
Inventing Greatness
What Year Was It?
That's Entertainment
100
Rosa Parks’ activism led to which key moment in the Civil Rights Movement?
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
100
She is the only tennis player to achieve a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.
Who is Serena Williams.
100
Dorothy Vaughan supervised a group of black mathematicians to help launch the first men into space, depicted in this 2016 movie.
What is Hidden Figures.
100
Barack Obama was elected for his first term as President of the United States
What is 2008
100
This pop star is the highest selling solo artist of all time.
Who is Michael Jackson.
200
This girl was the first black student to integrate schools in New Orleans and now runs a foundation promoting tolerance.
Who is Ruby Bridges.
200
King James arguably the best player to play in the NBA has played for how many teams?
What is three. (Cleveland, Miami and Los Angeles)
200
Be careful you don't get drenched by this invention of Lonnie Johnson sold by Nerf.
What is the Super Soaker.
200
Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington.
What is 1963
200
Album of the Year, was just one of three Grammy awards she won in 2025.
Who is Beyoncé.
300
Which abolitionist was known as ‘Moses’ in the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubmam
300
He was the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson
300
He discovered over 300 different uses for peanuts – including making cooking oil, axle grease and printer's ink.
Who is George Washington Carver.
300
President Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first black woman to became an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is 2022.
300
This Harlem theater has been a premiere showcase for black entertainers since the 1930s.
What is the Appollo Theater.
400
She was the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress and run for President.
Who is Shirley Chisholm.
400
This track and field star was voted as the greatest female athlete of the 20th century by “Sports Illustrated” in 2000?
Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee
400
The grass is always greener because of this invention by Elijah McCoy the namesake of "The Real McCoy" in 1899.
What is the lawn sprinkler. He also invented the portable ironing board.
400
This landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
What is 1954.
400
She was the first Black actress to win an Academy Award for Monster's Ball in 2002.
Who is Halle Berry.
500
After escaping slavery, she became a well known abolitionist and a life long champion for civil and women's rights.
Who is Sojourner Truth.
500
As the world's fastest runner, he won the most medals at the Berlin Olympics, in 1936, single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy.
Who is Jesse Owens.
500
Two of Garrett Morgan's inventions helped save millions of lives, including thousands of soldiers in World War I.
What is the gas mask. He also invented the traffic light.
500
Charity Adams became the first Black woman to serve as a U.S. Army officer and lead the Six Triple Eight Battallion to England in this year.
What is 1945.
500
In 1993 this beloved novelist was the first black woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Who is Toni Morrison