Black History Month Jeopardy!

Finish the Line

100

A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly and is also known as a what?

busta

200

I get so..

Weak in the knees 

300

I know that when that...

Hot line bling

400

cotton candy sweet as gold...

let me see you tootsie roll

500

How did... 

you get here?

True/False

100

Go Go music originated in Atlanta

false

200

In the famous 1994 song Juicy by The Notorious B.I.G., Lil Kim and Junior Mafia were in the limousine

false; Salt and Papa and Heavy D were in the limousine

300

Good Times was the first African American family sitcom.

True; the show first aired in 1974 and centered around a working class family in Chicago

400

4.Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg made Hollywood history in 2001 when they became the first blacks to win the Academy Awards for best actor and best actress in the same year.

a.False. Washington and Halle Berry won the awards in 2001. Goldberg won for best supporting actress in 1990.

500

Will Smith's real name is William

a.False. His real name is Willard

The G.O.A.T.

100

She is known as the Queen of Soul

Aretha Franklin

200

This artist currently holds the record for the most Grammy wins

Beyoncé

300

He is one of the best selling artist of all time with 400 million records sold world wide. 

Michael Jackson

400

In 2019, this rap mogul became the first billionaire to come out of hip-hop

Jay-z

500

This recording artist broke The Beatles’ longstanding record for the most top five career Hot 100 hit.

Drake

African Americans in Entertainment

100

1. Who was the first female African American network television show host?

a. Oprah Winfrey became the first black woman television host in 1986, "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

200

2. Who was the first African American star of a network television show?

a. Bill Cosby, 1965, "I Spy"

300

3. Who is the most Grammy-nominated artist in the history of the awards with 76 nominations and 26 awards?

a. Music composer and producer, Quincy Jones

400

4. Who was the first African American to win Miss America?

a. Vanessa Williams, 1984, representing New York. When controversial photos surfaced and Williams resigned, Suzette Charles, the runner-up and also an African American, assumed the title. She represented New Jersey.

500

5.This Hip-Hop group was the first to have a gold album, be nominated for a Grammy Award, earn a platinum record, have videos on MTV, appear on American Bandstand and the cover of Rolling Stone.

a. Run-D.M.C.

Grab Bag

100

This Black woman was a civil rights activist, poet and award-winning author known for her acclaimed 1969 memoir, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' as well as 'And Still I Rise.

Maya Angelou

200

2. This African-American trumpeter, called the Picasso of Jazz, has won dozens of awards, including eight Grammies, and also released the best-selling album in the history of jazz music.

a. Who is Miles Davis?

300

3. This writer and sociologist was co-founder of the NAACP, and was one of the most famous social activists during the Harlem Renaissance.

a. Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?

400

A writer during the Harlem Renaissance, she is the author of Their Eyes were Watching God

Zora Neal Hurston 

500

He was a photographer, writer and director. He directed Shaft and is know for this iconic photo.

Gordon Parks