African American Television
What is the name of the actor who portrayed Steve Urkel in the tv show "Family Matters"?
A. Jaleel White
B. Malcolm Jamal Warner
C. Darius McCray
D. Will Smith
A. Jaleel White
Who was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
A. Huey Freeman
B. Clarence Thomas
C. Annalise Keating
D. Thurgood Marshall
D. Thurgood Marshall
Which inventor invented the electric traffic light and created an early gas mask?
A. Garrett Morgan
B. George Washington Carver
C. Morgan Freeman
D. Granville T. Woods
A. Garrett Morgan
Who refused to give up her bus seat in 1955, thus sparking the Montgomery Bus boycott?
A. Harriet Tubman
B. Rosa Parks
C. Corretta Scott King
D. Sojourner Truth
B. Rosa Parks
Which of these 3 characters did Martin Lawrence portray in the tv show "Martin"?
A. Hussle Man, Ms. Geri, Mama Payne
B. Otis, Tommy, Pam
C. Sheneneh, Roscoe, Jerome
D. Stan, Dragonfly Jones, Cole
C. Sheneneh, Roscoe, Jerome
The first African American musical artist to win album of the year:
A. Beyonce
B. Michael Jackson
C. Stevie Wonder
D. Aretha Franklin
C. Stevie Wonder
The Inventor of the "Super Soaker":
A. Daniel Hale Williams
B. Lonnie Johnson
C. Virgil Hawkins
D. Frederick McKinley Jones
B. Lonnie Johnson
What was the name of the movement that sought to end racial segregation and discrimination in the 1950s?
A. The Civil Rights movement
B. The Reconstruction movement
C. The Harlem Renaissance
D. The B2K movement
A. The Civil Rights movement
Soul Train was created and hosted by which Tv presenter?
A. Flava Flav
B. Arsenio Hall
C. Montel Williams
D. Don Cornelius
D. Don Cornelius
The first African American author to win a Pulitzer Prize:
A. Maya Angelou
B. Gwendolyn Brooks
C. Terry McMillan
D. Susan Taylor
B. Gwendolyn Brooks
Inventor of carbon filaments for light bulbs:
A. Lewis Latimer
B. Dr. Charles Drew
C. Ororo Munroe
D. Vivian Theodore Thomas
A. Lewis Latimer
I "Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" is the debut work of which author?
A. Gil-Scott Heron
B. Maya Angelou
C. James Baldwin
D. Chinua Achebe
B. Maya Angelou
Longest running African American sitcom:
A. House of Payne
B. A Different World
C. The Chi
D. The Cosby Show
A. House of Payne
In 1983, this astronaut became the first African American to travel to space:
A. Mae Jemison
B. Ronald E. McNair
C. Guion "Guy" Bluford Jr.
D. Lonnie Johnson
C. Guion "Guy" Bluford Jr.
Who created electronic resistors? (used in computers, radios and pacemakers)
A. John Stewart
B. Lonnie Johnson
C. Otis Boykin
D. Marie Van Brittan Brown
C. Otis Boykin
The first black republic to declare independence from it's colonizer:
A. Haiti
B. Liberia
C. Ethiopia
D. Ghana
A. Haiti
When was the cable channel BET launched?
A. December 8, 1990
B. January 25, 1980
C. April 15, 1979
D. July 30, 1985
B. January 25, 1980
First African American actress to win an Academy Award for "Best Supporting Actress"?
A. Halle Berry
B. Cicely Tyson
C. Octavia Spencer
D. Hattie McDaniel
D. Hattie McDaniel
Co-founder of Ai-Ris, a device utilizing artificial intelligence to diagnose diabetic eye disease:
A. Patricia Bath
B. Anthony Ruto
C. Luke Cage
D. TJ Falohun
D. TJ Falohun
Which African Nation is known for never being colonized during the Scramble for Africa and for the discovery of some of the worlds oldest human ancestors at Hadar?
A. Nigeria
B. Ghana
C. Ethiopia
D. Kenya
C. Ethiopia