African Americans in Construction
(Past and Present)
(Past and Present)
Inventors to Remember
Famous Historical Figures
Women of Black History
Pop Culture
100
What is the name of the first black owned architectural firm in the US and the oldest black owned architectural engineering firm in the country?
What is McKissack and McKissack?
100
This inventor not only created peanut butter but he also created 518 new products from crops, such as ink, dye, soap, cosmetics, flour, vinegar, and synthetic rubber.
Who is George Washington Carver?
100
Who was a conductor on the Underground Railroad and secured the freedom of at least 300 enslaved people, making 19 trips into the South over 10 years, and served as a spy and scout for the Union Army?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
Mathematician Katherine J. Johnson, portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the film Hidden Figures, provided calculations crucial to the work of what organization?
What is NASA?
100
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
She was the first African-American woman to become a licensed architect in the states of New York (1954) and California (1962) and was known as the Rosa Parks of Architecture.
Who is Norma Merrick Sklarek?
200
What popular Nerf toy did rocket scientist Lonnie Johnson invent after a heat pump he was working on sprang a leak, shooting out a highly pressurized stream of water?
What is the Super Soaker?
200
Who said, "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
200
Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?
Who is Bessie Coleman?
200
Which basketball team did Kobe Bryant play for during his 20 year career?
What is the LA Lakers?
300
Who was the first accredited Black Architect in the U.S?
Who is Robert R. Taylor?
300
An African-American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer, and almanac author, he is known for building the first clock in America entirely out of wood, that kept precise time for decades.
Who is Benjamin Banneker? 
300
Known by the nickname “Mr. Civil Rights,” who was the first Black justice on the Supreme Court?
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
300
The 6888th Battalion, or the “Six Triple Eight,” was an all-Black, all-female unit of the U.S. Military. Their sole mission was to get something to American troops, personnel, and volunteers stationed around England during World War II. What was it?
What is the mail?
300
Soul Train was created and hosted by which TV presenter?
Who is Don Cornelius?
400
What prominent Black American Architect contributed to the design of more than 400 buildings, including the Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University, Philadelphia's Central Library, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art?
Who is Julian Abele?
400
He was an engineer and game designer who helped develop Fairchild Channel F, which was the first cartridge-based video game console released for commercial sale.
Who is Gerald Lawson aka Jerry Lawson?
400
He was an historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and is known as the "Father of Black History", who is he?
Who is Carter G. Woodson? 
400
Who became a self-made millionaire philanthropist after creating a hair product sold house-to-house, and later held what may be the first national meeting of businesswomen in the U.S. in 1917?
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
400
In 1989, what now-actor won the first Grammy Award for a rap performance—but boycotted the awards because they wouldn’t show the rap category on TV?
Who is Will Smith?
He and DJ Jazzy Jeff won the Grammy for their hit “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” 
500
He was the first black registered architect in New York state. He went on to establish what we know today as 20th century Harlem and the surrounding areas.
Who is Vertner Woodson Tandy?
500
This self-taught African American inventor was the first mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil war. Most of his work was focused on trains and street cars, and he held more than 50 patents in the U.S. One of his most notable inventions was the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph device which was used to send messages between train stations and moving trains.
Who is Granville Woods?
500
The birthdays of these two historical figures take place during February and as a result is the reason Black History Month is celebrated in February. One was the 16th President of the US and the other paved the way for the abolition of slavery. Who were they?
Who are Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass?
500
Who helped black artists and disadvantaged children while winning 13 Grammys and being honored as the "First Lady of Song"?
Who is Ella Jane Fitzgerald?
500
Who was the first African American to be an EGOT recipient? (EGOT= Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony)
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?