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Extra Credit
100

What college did the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King attend?

What is Morehouse College

100

What college did Oprah Winfrey attend?

What is Tennessee State University
100

I am an African-American who worked at NASA and U.S. Air Force as an engineer. I invented the Super Soaker, the best-selling water gun of all time. Who am I?

Who is Lonnie Johnson

100

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

Who is President Barack Obama
100

Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Who is the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
200

Where was Dr. Martin Luther King born?

What is Atlanta Georgia

200

What famous group of singers from a Historically Black College and University gave Nashville its nickname “ The Music City”?

What is Fisk Jubilee Singers

200

I am a computer engineer who holds three of the original nine IBM PC patents. I developed the ISA bus and led the team that created the first 1-gigahertz computer processor chip. I was the first African American to be named an IBM Fellow Who am I?

 

Who is Dr. Mark Dean

200

Who was the first African American self-made millionaire?

Madame CJ Walker

200

Who is considered the father of Black History Month?

Who is Carter G Woodson

300

Who did Dr. Martin Luther King marry?

Who is Corretta Scott King

300

What is the name of the Historically Black College in Nashville where future religious leaders attend?

What is American Baptist College

300

I am a pioneer in the field of digital cellular communication (2G). I was the first African American to be named Director of AT&T’s Cellular Telecommunication Lab and led the team that developed the first digital cellular base station. Who am I?

 

Who is Jesse Russell

300

Who was the first African American to travel into space?

Who is Guion "Guy" Bluford Jr

300

Who was the first Black woman to be arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 2, 1955, nine months before Rosa Parks' famous1955 protest?

Claudette Colvin

400

What is the name of the famous speech Dr. King made?

What is I Have A Dream

400

What is the name of the first medical school in the South for African Americans?

What is Meharry Medical College

400

I am A Tennessee State University alumna who became the first African American woman to contribute to the discovery of a chemical element, Tennessine (atomic number 117). Who am I?

 

Who is Clarice Phelps

400

Who was the first African American to reach the North Pole?

Who is Matthew Henson

400

Which abolitionist helped lead enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad?

Harriet Tubman

500

What is the name of one of the churches the Rev. Dr. King serve as pastor?

 What is Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama (1954–1960), where he began his civil rights activism, and Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he served as co-pastor with his father from 1960 until his assassination in 1968.

500

What was the name of the first park and amusement venue for the African American community in Nashville, Tennessee?

What is Greenwood Park

500

I am an inventor and was a member of Edison’s team. He improved Thomas Edison's light bulb by inventing and patenting a durable carbon filament in 1882.  Who am I?

 

Who is Lewis Howard Latimer

500

Who was the first African American (and first Black athlete from any country) to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, achieving this milestone in bobsled at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games?

Vonetta Flowers

500

Which legendary boxer was known as “The Greatest”?

Muhammad Ali

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