Around the World in 5 Sports
These ancient games were held in Greece as part of a festival honoring Zeus.
What are the Ancient Olympics?
He broke MLB's modern-era color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This football position was used as the main example of a position historically associated with leadership and intelligence.
What is the quarterback?
This quarterback began protesting racial inequality during the national anthem in 2016.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
This sport developed from Indigenous stickball traditions in North America.
What is lacrosse?
*DAILY DOUBLE* The Negro National League was founded in what decade?
What are the 1920s?
This athlete starred at Carlisle and won two Olympic events in 1912.
Who is Jim Thorpe?
This word means the concentration of racial groups in particular playing positions.
What is stacking?
This heavyweight champion refused induction into the U.S. military in 1967.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
James Naismith created this indoor winter sport in 1891.
What is basketball?
Kenny Washington and Woody Strode reintegrated what league in 1946?
What is the NFL?
Jackie Robinson played for this Negro League team before joining the Dodgers organization.
What are the Kansas City Monarchs?
This term describes pressure to adopt the culture of a dominant society.
What is assimilation?
These two Americans raised black-gloved fists on the 1968 Olympic medal podium.
Who are Tommie Smith and John Carlos?
Modern association football was codified in this city in 1863.
What is London?
Texas Western defeated what team 72–65 in the 1966 NCAA championship with five Black starters.
What is Kentucky?
Jackie Robinson won this award during his first MLB season in 1947.
What is Rookie of the Year?
This school, founded in 1879, used sports as part of a forced-assimilation system.
What is Carlisle Indian Industrial School?
Peter Norman was a silver medalist and stood beside civil rights icons at the Olympics wearing a human-rights badge, and was from this country.
What is Australia?
British colonial influence helped make this sport especially popular in South Asia and the Caribbean.
What is cricket?
This player became the first Black athlete to appear in an NBA game in 1950.
Who is Earl Lloyd?
This 2012 New York Knicks breakout became known as “Linsanity.”
Who is Jeremy Lin?
This World War II campaign called for victory against fascism abroad and racism at home. Jackie Robinson embodied this.
What is the Double V campaign?
In this year, the Supreme Court reversed Muhammad Ali's draft-refusal conviction.
What is 1971?