Football
What are the two conferences in the NFL?
The AFC and the NFC.
Where is Javier Baez from?
Puerto Rico
What team this year won 7 trophies including the Champions League, Super Cup and etc., only the second to do so in the history of football? Can you name some players of color in that team?
Bayern Munich, players like Serge Gnabry, Jerome Boateng, Alphonso Davies.
Who was the first female African American volleyball player?
Flora Jean “Flo” Hyman
Which NBA team was the first to draft an African American? Who did they draft and what year did this take place?
The Boston Celtics drafted Chuck Cooper during the second round on April 15th, 1950.
Who won the first Super Bowl in the year 1967?
Green Bay Packers
The Dodgers won the World Series in 2020. When was the last time they won it all?
1988
Name 3 players of color who have won the balon dor(best player of the year) award?
George Weah, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo
What is one program in volleyball, that’s initiative is to increase diversity?
Extending Our Reach
What year was the WMBA founded?
1997
What year did Ernie Davis win the Heisman trophy?
Ernie Davis was the first in 1961. He won Syracuse’s first Heisman and ran for 686 yard his senior year.
What year did Sammy Sosa join the Chicago Cubs organization?
1992
Who was Didier Drogba? What did he do to stop the civil war in the Ivory Coast?
Striker who played for Chelsea and other clubs, his contribution in the pitch and messages across his personal life had ended the civil war.
Who founded Extending Our Reach?
John Speraw
How many teams are in the WNBA and the NBA combined?
12 in the WNBA and 30 in the NBA for a total of 42 teams.
What NFL team was the first to have an African American head coach?
The Oakland Raiders. First African American head coach was Art Shell.
Who won the Roberto Clemente Award in 2020?
Adam Wainwright
Name 3 African Champions league final scorers in the history of the competition?
Salah, Mane, Drogba
Who was labeled, best all-around player in woman’s volleyball, by Sports Illustrated?
Rita Crockett
Which WNBA player is currently on sabbatical this season trying to help free a man she believes was wrongly convicted? Sports Illustrated named her their player of the year in 2017.
Maya Morre, 31 year old player from the Minnesota Lynx.
Who was the first African American to be inducted into the NFL hall of fame?
Emlen Lewis Tunnell was the first in 1967. His nickname was “The Gremlin”
Who stole home in Game 1 of the 1955 World Series?
Jackie Robinson
Name 3 African/South American international teams as well as what year that have gone through the quarter-final stage in the history of the world cup?
Ghana, 2010, Argentina 2014 and Uruguay 2010
Who was the first African American professional beach players?
Dain Blanton
What are the names of Chicago's NBA and WNBA teams?
NBA: Chicago Bulls
WNBA: Chicago Sky