African American Sports
African American Women
African American Inventors/Inventions
Significant Moments In History
African American Arts and Entertainment
100
A dance move that was popularized by Carolina Panther's quarterback Cam Newton during the 2016 NFL season.
What is the Dab?
100
America’s first self-made woman to become a millionaire?
Who is Madam CJ Walker?
100
A salty tasty treat created by George Crum, an African American/Native American chef at the moon lake lodge resort.
What is the potato chip?
100
He is the first Black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
100
The King of Pop.
Who is Michael Jackson?
200
Jackie Robinson wore this number while playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African American to play in pre-color line Major League Baseball.
What is the number 42?
200
...Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise
Who is Dr. Maya Angelou?
200
A device created by Garret Morgan that improved the safety of both miners and soldiers.
What is the gas mask?
200
DAILY DOUBLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMXbodjsUpg
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
200
The musical genre from which rock, pop, rap, and hip hop was derived.
What is the blues?
300
Gold medalist Tommie Smith and silver medalist John Carlos each raised a gloved fist during the 200 meter award ceremony in this international sporting event as a "human rights salute" (Tommie Smith).
What are the 1968 Olympic Games?
300
She is an Ivy league graduate, Lawyer, advocate for military families and healthy eating to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity. She is a mother, fashion icon and the first African-American first lady?
Who is First Lady Michelle Obama?
300
Greatly improved agricultural conditions in the south by training farmers in crop rotation. Also invented a variety of products including adhesives, dyes, pigments, etc. (hint:most well known for his products created from the peanut)
Who is George Washington Carver?
300
He was the founder and first non-native settler of the area that is now the City of Chicago.
Who is Jean Baptiste Point DuSable?
300
The first African American to win an Academy Award in a Best Actor Category.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
400
In 1958 this woman became the first person of color to win a Grand Slam title.
Who is Althea Gibson?
400
She is the first American gymnast to win a gold medal in both the individual all-around event and team competitions in a single Olympic game?
Who is Gabriella Douglas?
400
On July 6th, 1971, Dr. Henry T. Sampson invented the “gamma-electric cell”, which pertains to Nuclear Reactor use. On April 3rd, 1973, Motorola engineer Marty Cooper placed the first public call from a portable device.
What is a cell phone?
400
He was the first and only Black mayor of the City of Chicago and was elected in 1983.
Who is Harold Washington?
400
Gwendolyn Books, a Chicago poet, was the first African American to win this prestigious award in 1950 for her writings- which were technically accomplished and written in a variety of forms including free verse, ballads, and sonnets, and deal with the experience of being black and female in America.
What is The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?
500
A movie about the first all black starting line-up in college sports that explores racism, discrimination, and student athletics during the 1966 NCAA Men's Division 1 National Championship.
What is Glory Road?
500
She was the first African American woman to enter space when she served on the crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavor in September 1992?
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
500
Anyone who owns a PlayStation, Wii or Xbox should know Gerald A. Lawson’s name.
What is The Modern Home-Video Gaming Console.
500
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How many organizations are a part of the National Panhellenic Council?
500
The first African American to be appointed to principal dancer (highest ranking) at the American Ballet Theatre
Who is Misty Copeland?
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