Black History Month I
Black History Month II
Inventors
Entertainers
Sports
100
Black History Month was originally started as Black History _______?
A) Day
B) Week
C) Hour
Week (Originally the 2nd week of February)
100
The name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
A.) Rosa Parks
B.) Harriet Tubman
C.) Katherine Johnson
Harriet Tubman
100
Invented the automatic elevator doors?
A.) Alexander Miles
C.) Oscar E. Brown
D.) G. E. Becket
Alexander Miles
100
This artist did not participate in Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show?
A.) Drake
B.) Dr. Dre
C.) Snoop Dogg
D.) Mary J. Blige
Drake
100
Was known the first Black Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
200
Started Black History Month
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Stevie Wonder
C) Carter J. Woodson
Carter J. Woodson
200
The first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role?
a. Halle Berry
b. Denzel Washington
c. Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
200
Invented peanut butter ?
A.) Alexander Miles
B.) G.E. Becket
C.) George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
200
This record company was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit in 1959?
A.) Sun Records
B.) Atlantic Records
C.) Motown Records
D.) Chuck Berry
Motown Records
200
The sport Usain Bolt won gold medals in?
Track
300
The first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
A) Clarence Thomas
B) Thurgood Marshall
C) Colin Powell
Thurgood Marshall
300
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote?
A) True
B) False
False It was an executive order by the president Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.
300
Invented the Super Soaker?
A.) Garret Morgan
B.) Lonnie Johnson
C.) Oscar E. Brown
Lonnie Johnson
300
Was the star of Black Panther?
A) Chadwick Boseman
B) Denzel Washington
C) Samuel L. Jackson
Chadwick Boseman
300
The birth name of the heavyweight boxer who eventually renounced the name as a slave name and changed it to Muhammad Ali.
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
400
The name of the city where a boycott began triggered by Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in 1955?
Montgomery, Alabama
400
The location of MLK's most famous speech in Washington D.C.?
Lincoln Memorial
400
Who invented the electret microphone used is most items today?
A.) Alexander Graham Bell
B.) James E. West
C.) G.E. Becket
James E. West
400
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress in a starring role?
A) Angela Bassett
B) Halle Berry
C) Hattie McDaniel
Halle Berry
400
Was the first quarterback in National Football League history to record two 1,000 yards rushing seasons.
Lamar Jackson
500
The first African American to be appointed to a US cabinet-level position ?
A) Colin Powell
B) Robert C. Weaver
C) Patricia Roberts Harris
Robert C. Weaver. He was appointed Secretary of HUD in 1966.
500
The mathematician called upon to do work at NASA in 1962?
A.) Katherine Johnson
B.) Rosa Parks
C.) Maya Angelou
Katherine Johnson
500
Invented the traffic signal ?
A.) Garret Morgan
B,) Thomas Edison
C.) Oscar E. Brown
Garret Morgan
500
Won a gold medal this past weekend in speedskating for the USA?
Erin Jackson
500
The first African American Olympian to win the All Around Title in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas