Black History Month
Who was the first African American Women to run for congress?
A) Shirley Chisholm
B) Fannie Lou Hamer
C) Maxine Waters
D) Angela Davis
Shirley Chisholm
What corporation coined the catch phrase " Can you hear me now?"
A.) T-Mobile
B.) Cricket
C.) Boost
D) Verizon
D) Verizon
Who invented peanut butter ?
A.) Alexander Miles
B.) G.E. Becket
C.) George Washington Carver
Who is George Washington Carver
Both Prairie View & Morgan State are among the 10 HBCU awarded R2 (spell out abbreviation)
A) True
B) False
A) True
Won the first MEAC championship in football.
A.) Delaware State
B.) North Carolina A&T
D.) Morgan State
Who is Morgan State
Who started Black History Month
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Stevie Wonder
C) Carter G. Woodson
D) Frederick Douglas
C) Carter G. Woodson (Negro History Week) 1926
There is over 1 million miles of global fiber optic cabling, which is enough to wrap around the earth 40 times.
True
Robert Johnson became America's first Black billionaire. He is the co-founder of this network that was acquired by Viacom.
What is Black Entertainment Television (BET)?
PVAM electrical engineer grad turned comedian and now co-host of The Real?
A) Sheryl Underwood
B) Loni Love
C) Whoopi Goldberg
D) Tamar Braxton
B) Loni Love
This State has the most HBCUs leading the country with 14?
A.Georgia
B. Alabama
C. Virginia
Who is Alabama
She is the founder and Chairperson of Urban One, the largest African-American owned and operated broadcast company in the nation.
A) Oprah Winfrey
B) Robin Quivers
C) Cathy Hughes
D) Whoopi Goldberg
C) Cathy Hughes
What is the name of Verizon’s High Speed Wireless Internet?
A. 4G LTE
B. 1x
C. 5G Ultra Wide Band
D) FiOS
What is 5G Ultra Wide Band
Who invented the Super Soaker?
A.) Garret Morgan
B.) Lonnie Johnson
C.) Oscar E. Robinson
Who is Lonnie Johnson.
This radio personality is a graduate of PVAM and can be heard co-hosting the nationally syndicated Steve Morning Show.
A) Rickey Smiley
B) Tom Joyner
C) Shirley Strawberry
D) Carla Ferrell
C) Shirley Strawberry
In 2020 these three queens changed the course of America politics, all are products of HBCUs.
Who is Who are Stacey Abrams (Spelman), Keisha Lance Bottoms (FAMU) and Kamala Harris (Howard)
Who invented the traffic signal ?
A.) Garret Morgan
B,) Thomas Edison
C.) Oscar E. Brown
D) Eli Whitney
Who is Garret Morgan
Who is the current CEO for Verizon?
A) Alexander Graham Bell
B) Ivan G. Seidenberg
C) Hans Vestberg
D) Lowell McAdam
C) Hans Vestberg
Who invented the electret microphone used is most items today?
A.) Alexander Graham Bell
B.) James E. West
C.) G.E. Becket
Who is James E. West
What plantation was Prairie View A&M Founded on?
A) Alta Vista
B) Candieland
C) Oak Valley
D) Sugarland
A) Alta Vista
Who was the 1st athlete to win three Olympic gold medals?
Wilma Rudolph
Which record company was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit in 1959?
A.) Sun Records
B.) Atlantic Records
C.) Motown Records
D.) Death Row Records
Who is Motown Records
This Verizon spokesperson overcame a debilitating speech disorder that left him functionally mute for eight years. We hear his booming voice in Star Wars as Darth Vader, and Lion King, as Mufasa .
A. Forest Whitaker
B.
C. James Earl Jones
Who is James Earl Jones
This actress from A Different World also did voice over in animations including Penny from Inspector Gadget.
A) Jasmine Guy
B) Cree Summer
C) Lisa Bonet
D) Dawnn Lewis
Who is Cree Summer
What American playwright, author, and filmmaker wrote, produced, and directed the movie First Sunday. ( graduated from Morgan State University?)
A) Tyler Perry
B) August Wilson
C) David E. Talbert
D) James Baldwin
C) David E. Talbert
How many HBCU Alum was awarded the Super Bowl MVP?
3,
Richard Dent - Tennessee State
Richard Dent - Tennessee State
Jerry Rice - Mississippi Valley State