BLACK HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
MUSIC
FINISH THE PHRASE
MISCELLANEOUS
100
WHO WAS THE FIRST FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
BARACK OBAMA
100
WHAT FLAG IS THIS? HINT: STARTS WITH AN M
MOROCCO
100
WHICH JAZZ SINGER IS KNOWN FOR HIS UNIQLY DEEP VOICE AND ABILITY TO PLAY THE TRUMPET?
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
100
SOMETHING RARE LIKE THIS ONLY HAPPENS ONCE IN A ______ _____
BLUE MOON
100
WHAT IS THE TALLEST ANIMAL ORIGINALLY FROM AFRICA?
GIRAFFE
200
WHO WAS THE FAMOUS BLACK ACTIVIST THAT GAVE THE "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH BACK IN 1963 AND WAS ASSASINATED ON APRIL 4TH 1968?
MARTIN LUTHER KING
200
WHAT IS THE LONGEST RIVER IN THE WORLD?
THE NILE RIVER
200
CAN YOU NAME THE SINGER, SONGWRITER, AND PIANIST THAT SANG THE SONGS "GEORGIA ON MY MIND" AND "I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU"?
HINT: HE ALWAYS WORE SUNGLASSES
RAY CHARLES
200
I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN PIGS CAN ____
FLY
200
WHAT IS THE SAYING THAT ACTORS SAY TO EACH OTHER BEFORE THEY GO ON STAGE TO WISH THEM GOOD LUCK?
BREAK A LEG
300
WHAT YEAR WAS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT SIGNED INTO LAW?
1964
300
WHICH COUNTRY WILL YOU FIND THE FAMOUS PYRAMIDS OF GIZA?
EYGPT
300
WHO SANG THE SONGS "AIN'T THAT A SHAME" AND "BLUEBERRY HILL"?
FATS DOMINO
300
SHE HAD A ROUGH WEEK, LET'S CUT HER SOME ______
SLACK
300
WHO WAS KNOWN AS "THE GREAT ONE" IN HOCKEY?
WAYNE GRETSKY
400
WHO WAS THE MOST FAMOUS "CONDUCTOR" ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?
A. BESSIE COLEMAN
B. HARRIET TUBMAN
C. FRANCIS HARPER?
B. HARRIET TUBMAN
Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland, and eventually escaped. However, she soon returned to Maryland to help her family find their way to freedom, too. Over the next 10 years she went on to make 19 trips into the South, rescuing over 300 other slaves, helping them escape to freedom though the Underground Railroad.
400
WHAT IS THE LARGEST AND HOTTEST DESERT IN THE WORLD?
SAHARA DESERT IN NORTH AFRICA
400
WHO WAS NAME THE KING OF POP? HE WON 13 GRAMMYS, WAS IN A BAND WITH HIS 4 BROTHERS AND POPULARIZED THE "MOONWALK".
MICHAEL JACKSON
400
SOMEONE WHO HAS CHOSEN A SIDE IS ON THE ______
FENCE
400
WHAT IS THE MOST POPULAR CHEESE USED ON PIZZA?
MOZERELLA CHEESE
500
WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK BASEBALL PLAYER TO PLAY IN THE MLB? HIS JERSEY NUMBER, 42, IS THE ONLY ONE TO RETIRE IN ALL MLB TEAMS.
JACKIE ROBINSON
500
WHAT IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA?
ALREGIA
500
WHICH FAMOUS JAZZ SINGER WAS NAMED THE 'QUEEN OF SOUL'?
ARETHA FRANKLIN
500
HE WAS BORN WITH A _______ ______ IN HIS MOUTH
SILVER SPOON
500
IN THE GAME OF CHESS, WHICH PIECE IS THE MOST POWERFUL (MEANING IT CAN MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION ON THE BOARD)
THE QUEEN
600
WHO WAS THE FAMOUS BLACK WOMEN THAT WAS ARRESTED BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A BUS IN ALABAMA ON DECEMBER 1ST 1955?
ROSA PARKS
600
WHICH COUNTRY IN AFRICA IS THE MOST POPULATED?
NIGERIA
600
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GIRL GROUP THAT COMPRISED OF DIANA ROSS, FLORENCE BALLARD, AND MARY WILSON? THEY SANG THE SONGS "YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE" AND "BABY LOVE".
THE SUPREMES
600
CALLING FOR HELP WHEN IT IS NOT NEEDED IS CALLED "CRYING ____"
WOLF
600
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL FLOWER OF JAPAN?
CHERRY BLOSSOMS
700
WHAT WAS RUBY BRIDGES FAMOUS FOR?
Ruby Bridges was 6 years old when she was the first Black student to attend a previously all-white school in New Orleans in 1960, after schools in the South were ordered to desegregate. Even though the school was in her own neighborhood, she had to be escorted to and from school by U.S. marshals and had no other students in her classroom, because a lot of white people were angry about the school becoming integrated.
700
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF EYGPT?
CAIRO
700
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE BLIND GRAMMY-WINNING SINGER WHO IS KNOWN FOR HIS SONGS "ISN'T SHE LOVELY" AND "SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED"?
STEVIE WONDER
700
HE'S GOT AN ANSWER STRAIGHT FROM THE ______'S MOUTH
HORSE
700
HOW MANY MONTHS ARE IN 5 YEARS?
60 MONTHS