ALABAMA HISTORY
YMCA
AFRICA
FAMOUS BLACK ACTRESSES
SPORTS
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He became the first black man to have a weekly television series "St. Louis Blues".
Who is Nat King Cole
100
What year was the Dearborn YMCA opened?
What is 1975
100
This phrase was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of Africans were shipped to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade.
What is the Middle Passage
100
Angela Bassett is best known for playing a superstar singer, in a film biography of the singer's life. The movie was "What's Love Got To Do With It?" Who was the famous woman Angela portrayed?
Who is Tina Turner
100
US Figure Skater Tonya Harding won the National Figure Skating championship in 1994 but was stripped of her title for attacking who?
Who is Nancy Kerrigan
200
Alabama became a state in what year?
What is 1819
200
What does YMCA Stand for?
What is Young Men's Christian Association
200
This river is the longest river in Africa.
What is the Nile River
200
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting actress, for her work in the famous 1939 film'Gone with the Wind'. She was the first African American to win an Oscar.
Who is Hattie McDaniel
200
He made this phrase popular famous: "Float like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee."
Who is Muhammad Ali
300
She is best known for her role as Minny Jackson in the 2011 film "The Help"
Who is Octavia Spencer
300
How many programs currently do the Dearborn YMCA have on the website?
What is 6
300
Who was the Egyptian president who was assassinated on October 6, 1981?
Who is Anwar Sadat
300
She was the first African American woman to star in her own TV series. She played a widowed nurse, raising a son on her own. The series' name was "Julia".
Who is Diahann Carroll
300
She became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Summer Games in Rome, Italy in 1960
Who is Wilmer Rudolph
400
This city is the home of Mardi Gras
Where is Mobile
400
Who is the current INTERIM board president for the Dearborn YMCA?
Who is Vice President Wilbert Merriweather
400
What is the capital of Kenya?
Where is Nairobi
400
In the 1970s, she portrayed "Foxy Brown" (1973) and "Coffy" (1974), and appeared in many action films. She also played the title role in Quentin Tarantino's "Jackie Brown". Who is this popular actress?
Who is Pam Greer
400
He owns a nationwide chain of movie theaters; and a film studio.
Who is Ervin "Magic" Johnson
500
They were the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces
Who are the Tuskegee Airman
500
How many current members serve on the board of directors?
What is 13
500
She emerged as a leading opponent of apartheid during the later years of her husband's imprisonment from August 1963 – February 1990.
Who is Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
500
She's a legend as a singer, but also worked in movies. Her best known film is probably "Cabin in the Sky" (1943). "Stormy Weather" was her signature song, and nobody sang it better.
Who is Lena Horne
500
She holds the most major titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles among active players, male or female.
Who is Serena Williams
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