Black Jeopardy

Music

100

Say it LOUD...

• A) "I'm strong and I'm proud"

• B) "I'm black and I'm proud"

• C) "I'm free and I'm proud"

• D) "I'm living and I'm proud"

What is "I'm Black and I'm Proud!"

200

This artist holds the current record for most song entries in the Billboard Top 100.

• A) Drake

• B) Kanye West

• C) Taylor Swift

• D) Post Malone

Who is Drake?

300

Singer Lauryn Hill was a part of this group.

• A) Destiny's Child

• B) TLC

• C) The Fugees

• D) En Vogue

Who are The Fugees?

400

Jay-Z's legal name

• A) Shawn Carter
• B) Sean Combs
• C) James Smith
• D) Robert Williams

What is Shawn Carter?

500

This black rapper has made millions from several multi-platinum albums and has also stared on the famous television show Power.

• A) Jay-Z

• B) Snoop Dogg

• C) 50 Cent

• D) Nas

Who is 50 Cent?

Black History

100

This inventor developed about 100 products made from peanuts

• A) George Washington Carver

• B) Thomas Edison

• C) Elijah McCoy

• D) Garrett Morgan

Who is George Washington Carver?

200

The first African American millionaire.

• A) Booker T. Washington

• B) Madam C.J. Walker

• C) George Washington Carver

• D) Robert F. Smith

Who is Madame C.J. Walker?

300

This is the name of the first HBCU in America.

• A) Howard University

• B) Fisk University

• C) Cheyney University

• D) Hampton University

What is Cheyney University?

400

Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of this educational institution.

• A) Tuskegee University
• B) Morehouse College
• C) Spelman College
• D) Hampton University

What is Tuskegee Institute?

500

This was the year the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.

• A) 1861

• B) 1863

• C) 1865

• D) 1870

What is 1863?

Black History II

100

The acronym NAACP stands for this.

• A) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• B) National Alliance for African-American Cultural Progress

• C) National Association for African-American Civil Rights and Protection

• D) National Advocacy for the Advancement of Cultural People

What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?

200

This South African leader spent 27 years in prison for fighting against apartheid (which is South Africa’s institutionalized system of white supremacy and racial segregation).

• A) Desmond Tutu

• B) Nelson Mandela

• C) Steve Biko

• D) Thabo Mbeki

Who is Nelson Mandela?

300

The author of "Still I Rise."

• A) Maya Angelou

• B) Toni Morrison

• C) Langston Hughes

• D) Audre Lorde

Who is Maya Angelou?

400

This was America's first African American supreme court justice.

• A) Thurgood Marshall
• B) Clarence Thomas
• C) Constance Baker Motley
• D) William H. Hastie

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

500

Barack Obama served in this position before being elected President of the United States.

• A) Governor of Illinois
• B) U.S. Senator from Illinois
• C) Mayor of Chicago
• D) U.S. Representative from Illinois

What is a U.S. Senator?

For 200 bonus points: Which state was he a representative for?

Black Culture/Pop Culture

100

T'Challa, known as the Black Panther was played by this famous actor.

• A) Michael B. Jordan

• B) Chadwick Boseman

• C) Idris Elba

• D) Will Smith

Who is Chadwick Boseman?

200

Cardi B rose to fame after starring in what reality TV show on VH1.

• A) Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta
• B) Love & Hip Hop: New York
• C) Real Housewives of Atlanta
• D) Bad Girls Club

What is Love and Hip Hop?

300

This term originated from the movie Friday which is used to dismiss someone.

• A) "Bye Felicia"

• B) "What’s up?"

• C) "You trippin'"

• D) "Get outta here"

What is "Bye Felicia!"

400

This cultural phenomenon featured the character of Kunta Kinte?

• A) Roots

• B) The Cosby Show

• C) The Jeffersons

• D) A Different World

What is Roots?

500

The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.

• A) Halle Berry
• B) Dorothy Dandridge
• C) Viola Davis
• D) Sidney Poitier

Who is Halle Berry?

Everything Black

100

This fraternity and sorority are constitutionally bound to be brothers and sisters.

• A) Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Kappa Alpha
• B) Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta
• C) Omega Psi Phi and Delta Sigma Theta
• D) Kappa Alpha Psi and Sigma Gamma Rho

Who are Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta?

200

This song is widely known as the Black National Anthem.

• A) Lift Every Voice and Sing

• B) We Shall Overcome

• C) A Change Is Gonna Come

• D) Fight the Power

What is Lift Every Voice?

For 200 bonus points: Who wrote this anthem?

300

Approximately how long did Sofia have to fight?

• A) 5 year
• B) 10 years
• C) 20 years
• D) all her life 

What is "all her life"?

400

This city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of hip hop

• A) Los Angeles
• B) Atlanta
• C) Bronx
• D) Chicago

What is the Bronx, NY?

500

This Black comedian holds the record for the longest run on Saturday Night Live.

• A) Kevin Hart

• B) Eddie Murphy

• C) Tracy Morgan

• D) Kenan Thompson

Who is Eddie Murphy?