This world famous boxer coined the phrase "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
A)Muhammad Ali B)James Brown C)LL Cool J
Who is Muhammad Ali?
100
The first Black President of the United States.
A)Barack Obama B)Jesse Jackson C)Cory Booker
Who is Barack Obama?
100
This director, producer, and actor is the mind behind he character of Madea.
A)Tyler Perry B)Denzel Washington C)Eddie Murphy
Who is Tyler Perry?
100
This prominent Black leader delivered the famous "I have a dream" speech.
A)Jay Z B)Martin Luther King, Jr. C)Marcus Garvey
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
100
This professional baseball player broke the MLB color barrier.
A)Jackie Robinson B)Barry Bonds C)Derek Jeter
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
The woman is a phenomenal singer and is also the wife of Jay Z.
A)Angela Bassett B)Rihanna C)Beyonce
Who is Beyonce?
200
This man was the first Black President of South Africa.
A)Clarence Thomas B)Tavis Smiley C)Nelson Mandela
Who is Nelson Mandela?
200
This movie featured the story of a well-known debate team from Wiley College.
A)Freedom Writers B)The Great Debaters C)Like Mike
What is The Great Debaters?
200
This infamous slave ship at one point docked in the New Haven Harbor.
A)Amistad B)Santa Maria C)U.S.S. Black Bear
What is the Amistad?
200
This Hall of Fame basketball player also played professional baseball.
A)Allen Iverson B)Kobe Bryant C)Michael Jordan
Who is Michael Jordan?
300
This woman is known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" because she refused to give up her seat on the bus.
A)Rosa Parks B)Michelle Obama C)Shirley Chisholm
Who is Rosa Parks?
300
The first African American to serve on the US Supreme Court.
A)Barack Obama B)Thurgood Marshall C)Al Sharpton
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
This book which deals with slavery by Alex Haley was released as a television show in the 1980s, and was recently remastered by the History Channel.
A)Roots B)Selma C)Remember the Titans
What is Roots?
300
This is the decade that the Harlem Renaissance occurred.
A)1850s B)2000s C)1920s
What is the 1920s?
300
In the prime of his career he was considered one of the best golfers of all time.
A)Hank Aaron B)Calvin Johnson C)Tiger Woods
Who is Tiger Woods?
400
She was the first Black woman to host a daytime television show and now owns her own television network
A)Oprah B)Lauryn Hill C)Keke Palmer
Who is Oprah?
400
First Black millionaire.
A)Bob Johnson B)Madam C.J. Walker C)Will Smith
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
400
This movie featured the first all-Black starting five in an NCAA championship basketball game.
A)Stomp the Yard B)Drumline C)Glory Road
What is Glory Road?
400
The war known for ending slavery was called.
What is the Civil War?
400
These two sisters have won numerous tennis championships.
A)Venus and Serena
B)Tia and Tamera
C)MaryKate and Ashley
Who are the Venus and Serena?
500
This woman is well known for her work in freeing slave along the underground railroad.
A)Madam C.J. Walker
B)Harriet Tubman
C)Coretta Scott King
Who is Harriet Tubman?
500
Known as the "King of Pop", this man and his song "Billie Jean" was one of the first Black faces to receive significant airplay on MTV
A)Michael Jackson B)R.Kelly C)Chris Brown
Who is Michael Jackson?
500
Kerry Washington has won numerous awards for her role as a political consultant on the ABC show...
A)Blackish B)Scandal C)Grey's Anatomy
What is Scandal?
500
This amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery.
A)10th B)13th C)22nd
What is the 13th amendment?
500
This New Haven native once held multiple light heavyweight world boxing tities.
A)Chad Dawson B)Jack Johnson C)Jesse Owens