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100
Who was the first black to perform at the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House in 1966?
Leontyne Price
100
“Go Down, Moses” and “Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen” are known as what type of songs?
Negro Spirituals
100
Roots, the miniseries, aired eight nights in 1977 with nearly 130 million viewers. Its 1979 sequel was named what?
Roots: The Next Generation
100
The Harlem theatre which is a showcase for Black talent.
The Apollo
100
The newsletter which was originally edited by W.E.B. Du Bois, and published by the NAACP in 1910.
The Crisis
200
Whose sales of innovative beauty products sold throughout the United States and the Caribbean led her to become the first African American female millionaire?
Madam C. J. Walker
200
Scott Joplin played his ragtime music on what instrument?
Piano
200
Match These Spin-offs with their Original TV Show?
The Parkers
A Different World
The Game
Grown-ish
Raven's Home
Moesha
The Cosby Show
Girlfriends
Black-ish
That's So Raven
200
Coming to America
200
True or False:
The 1863 Emancipation Proclamation freed all U.S. slaves.
False
300
What was the first Intercollegiate Fraternity, and first Intercollegiate Sorority founded for African American Students?
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated (1906)
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (1908)
300
These two artists are tied for the most AMA (American Music Awards) ever won in a single year by a single artist, with 8 awards each.
Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson
300
This show was cable's #1 original series among Black households, and for Blacks 18–34 years of age 2007.
College Hill
300
This popular dance was popularized by traditional African ceremonial dances, and is now widely seen on television and YouTube.
Twerking
300
Toussaint L'Overture led a revolt that led to the founding of which independent nation in 1804?
The Republic of Haiti
400
This HBCU was the first to be created after the American Civil War in 1865.
Shaw University
400
What is the name of the mother of the voice actress of The Hormone Monstress?
Minnie Riperton
400
What television program has received over 25 Emmy awards and has been the highest-rated talk show in television history?
The Oprah Winfrey Show
400
With $1,346,913,161 in sales, this movie was the second-highest grossing film of 2018.
Black Panther
400
What is the name of the famous Black college in Washington, D.C. where Dr. Charles Drew taught medicine?
Howard University
500
Who is the only Black woman and only Black man to have an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony?
Whoopi Goldberg and John Legend
500
This song, popularized by Fantasia, was featured in Porgy & Bess (1935)
"Summertime"
500
"America's Favorite Dance Show" aired from 1971-2006.
Soul Train
500
What popular magazine did John H. Johnson begin in 1945?
Ebony Magazine
500
Who was the wealthiest man in world history?
Mansa Musa, or Musa I of Mali