Inventors
Athletes
Musicians
Actors
Humanitarians
100
Who invented peanut butter?
George Washington Carver
100
Who was the first African American athlete to be allowed to play in the MLB?
Jackie Robinson
100
Who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and is considered the "Queen of Soul"?
100
Who was the first black female director to have a movie debut at No. 1 in the U.S.A. box office?
Nia DaCosta in 2021 for the movie Candyman.
100
Who is known as "The First Lady of Civil Rights," and spurred the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955?
Rosa Parks
200
Who invented the refrigerator that we use today?
Charles Drew
200
Who won six NBA titles with the Chicago Bulls and was a 14-time NBA all-star, while also leading Team USA to two Olympic gold medals.
Michael Jordan
200
What singer was nicknamed the "King of Pop"?
Michael Jackson
200
What is the name of the actor who played T'Challa in Marvel's Black Panther movie?
Chadwick Boseman
200
Who used the Underground Railroad 13 times to help free herself, family, friends, and many others from slavery in the early 1950's?
Harriet Tubman
300
Who is renowned in the medical field for her contributions that lead to the development of chemotherapy treatment?
Dr. Jane Cooke Wright
300
What female athlete is the most-decorated American gymnast in our country's history, having earned 19 Olympic and World Championship medals?
Simone Biles
300
Who was the first Black female artist inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
BONUS: When was she inducted into the Hall of Fame?
300
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar?
HINT: He is often referred to as the Godfather to Black Hollywood.
Sidney Poitier won an Oscar for his leading role in the film Lilies of the Field in 1963.
300
Who was the lead scientist of the team that developed the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine?
Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett
400
Who invented the pacemaker?
Otis Boykin
400
What is the name of the African American Boxer who won all four of his fights in his only Olympic Games appearance in 1960, when he was just 18 years old?
HINT: He went on to lead a distinguished pro career, lit the Olympic cauldron at the Atlanta 1996 Games, and was an activist when it came to race, religion and politics.
Cassius Clay
AKA Mohamed Ali
400
What female artist holds the record for most Grammy wins of all time?
BONUS: How many Grammy awards has she won?
400
Who was the first African American female to win an Oscar for a leading role?
Halle Berry won the Oscar for her leading role in Monster's Ball in 2001.
400
Who wrote If Beale Street Could Talk... a novel that was later turned into an Academy Award winning film?
James Baldwin
500
Who invented the VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) that we use for Zoom, Skype, FaceTime, etc., and is also the current VP of Google Engineering?
Dr. Marian Croak
500
Who was the first African American athlete to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics?
BONUS: What year? What event?
Shani Davis
BONUS: 2006; speed skating at the Winter Olympics in Torino.
500
Who was the first musician to ever use stereophonic phasing effects in recordings, could play the guitar upside down, behind his back, and with his teeth, AND was referred to by Rolling Stone magazine as "the greatest rock guitarist of all-time,"?
Jimi Hendrix
500
Who was the first African American actor to win EGOT (winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award) status?
Whoopi Goldberg achieved EGOT winner status in 2002.
500
Who founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to advocate nonviolent protests and voter registration drives?
HINT: He is best known for his "I have a Dream..." speech.
Martin Luther King Jr.