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100

Who is best known for: Building and Constructing America's first clock that struck hourly?

 Benjamin Banneker 

100

He is famous for many inventions including a number of uses for the peanut.

George Washington Carver

100

He was the first African American president of the United States. 

Barack Obama

100

This book is about Harriet Tubman

The Underground Railroad

100

What boxer's original name is Cassius Clay?

Muhammad Ali

200

What time is a quarter to three?

2:45

200

Peanut butter, bananas, squash and sweet potatoes

What is Solid?

200

What year did slavery end in the United States?

1863

200

She is a fictional superhero, with the power of weather, appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Storm

200

Who is the greatest basketball player of all time in the NBA?

Michael Jordan

300

 In 1992, she became the first African American woman to visit space when she went into orbit aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Mae Carol Jemison

300

She was an African-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a political and social activist. She made her fortune by developing and marketing a line of cosmetics and hair care products for black women. 

Madam C. J. Walker

300

He was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968

Martin Luther King Jr.

300

What former slave published the newspaper "The North Star"?

Frederick Douglass

300

U.S. gymnast, _______ made history at as the first woman of color to win gold in the all-around competition at 16 years old.

Gabby Douglas

400

Mrs. Jemison is a astronaut. She flew 3,008,456 miles in 2009 and 278,990 in 2010. How much more did she drive in 2009 then 2010?

2,729,466

400

What product is used for baby hairs?

What is Gel?

400

What right does the 15th amendment guarantee?

The U.S. Constitution granted African American men the right to vote

400

Who wrote the quote "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome" 

Booker T. Washington

400

Arthur Ashe stadium is known for hosting what sport?

Tennis

500

Who invented the first cartridge-based video game console and console with a microprocessor?

Gerald Lawson

500

He was an African-American scientist who made valuable contributions in the fields of medicine, philanthropy, food science, and Astrochemistry.

Emmett Chappelle

500

After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.

Sojourner Truth

500

Whose autobiography is entitled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

Maya Angelou

500

What professional baseball player finished his career with 755 home runs, the highest total in major league history?

Hank Aaron