Africa
Civil Rights Movement
Inventions/ Firsts
Music
Film & Cinema
100

Which river flows through West Africa?

Niger River

100

What did Rosa Parks refuse to do in 1955?

Give up her seta for a white man in 1955

100

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball Player?

Jackie Robinson

100

Name the R&B legend who was killed by his father over a dispute about money.

Marvin Gaye

100

Which famous boxer did Will Smith portray in a movie?

Muhammad Ali

200

Nelson Mandela was the President of which country?

South Africa

200

Whose iconic speech included the words ‘I have a dream'?

Martin Luther King Jr.

200

Who is the agricultural scientists and inventor known for developing hundreds of products using peanuts?

George Washington Carver

200

What is “Lift Ev’ry Voice & Sing commonly referred to as?

Black National Anthem

200

Who played Malcolm X in Spike Lee’s film "Malcom X"?

Denzel Washington

300

Unscramble these words to spell out an African country: NAYKE/ AGRINIE

Kenya/ Nigeria

300

Which young boy was murdered for accusations of offending a white woman?

Emmett Till

300

Who is responsible for inventing the method of converting gas into electricity?

Meredith Gourdine

300

What city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip Hop?

The Bronx, NYC

300

Jamie Foxx won an Academy Award for his portrayal of which famous singer? 

Ray Charles

400

What is the longest river in the world called and in which continent can it be found?

Nile, Africa

400

What was the largest Civil Rights Protest in America?

March on Washington 1963

400

Who invented the lawn mower?

Edwin Beard Budding in 1830

400

Who are the most Grammy nominated artist in the history of the awards?

Jay Z & Quincy Jones

400

Which African-American comedian holds the record for the longest run as a cast member of Saturday Night Live?

Eddie Murphy

500

The highest peak in Africa is:

Mount Kilimanjaro

500
One of the original "five and dime" stores that became the site of some of the first counter sit-ins during the 1960s Civil RIghts Movement in Nashville.

Woolworth

500

First Black Supreme Court Justice.

Thurgood Marshall

500

Which has the most Grammy nominations of any artist from Chicago?

Kanye West

500

Who sings the famous song 'A Change is Gonna Come'?

Sam Cooke