1. Famous Men
2. Famous Women
3. Writers, Poets, Scholars, & Inventors
4. Musicians
5. Modern Musicians
100

Name this man:

1. Barrack Obama

2. Former president

3. Bartholomew

1. Barrack Obama or 2. Former president

100

Who is this woman?

1. Michelle Michelle

2. Michelle Williams

3. Michelle Obama

3. Michelle Obama

100

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is one of this woman's most famous works.

1. Maya Angelou

2. Zora Neale Hurston

3. Toni Morrison

1. Maya Angelou


100

Name this famous trumpet player.

1. Freddie Hubbard

2. Louis Armstrong

3. Miles Davis
















2. Louis Armstrong


100

Who is this?

1. Michael Jackson

2. Usher

3. Bruno Mars




















1. Michael Jackson


200

This reverend took a note from Gandhi and protested without violence. Who is it?

1. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

2. Malcolm X

3. Denzel Washington

1. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


200

Oprah Winfrey is the first black woman billionaire and the richest African-American woman.

1. True

2. False

1. True


200

This is...

1. Cab Calloway

2. Langston Hughes

2. Langston Hughes

200

Who is this gentleman?

1. Cab Calloway

2. Kanye West

1. Cab Calloway


200

This woman is known to have one of the greatest voices. Can you recognize her?

1. Ella Fitzgerald

2. Whitney Houston

3. Aretha Franklin





















2. Whitney Houston


300

What was Jackie Robinson's jersey number?

A. 11

B. 42

C. 00

B. 42


300

This woman is credited with freeing approximately 70 slaves using the Underground Railroad. Who is it?

1. Sojourner Truth

2. Oda Mae Brown

3. Harriet Tubman

3. Harriet Tubman


300

This woman was a writer and spoke out about lynchings.

1. Shirley Chisholm

2. Ida B. Wells

3. Claudette Colven

2. Ida B. Wells


300

Muddy Waters did the original. The song is originally called "You Need Love". This band covered it and got into some legal trouble. What is the name of the band?

1. Jimi Hendrix 

2. The Doors

3. Led Zepplin


3. Led Zepplin

300

Name the artist that sings this song.

1. Aretha Franklin

2. Beyonce

3. Janet Jackson




















1. Aretha Franklin


400

Name this man:

1. Thurgood Marshall

2. Frederick Douglass

3. Booker T. Washington

1. Thurgood Marshall

400

Mae Jemison is the first black to woman to travel...

1. into space

2. through time

3. by plane

1. into space


400

What did Garrett Morgan invent?

1. traffic light

2. car

3. air conditioner

1. traffic light


400

Big Mama Thorton did the original. Elvis Presley covered her song. What is the name of the song?

1. Hound Dog

2. Bye Bye Love

3. Breaking Up is Hard to Do

1. Hound Dog

400

This artist wasn't born blind, but lost his sight as a baby. Who is it?

1. Stevie Wonder

2. Ray Charles

3. Art Tatum

4. Blind Lemon Jefferson





















1. Stevie Wonder


500

Daniel Hale Williams was the first man to do this.

1. run across America

2. invent the traffic light

3. successful open heart surgery

3. successful open heart surgery

500

This woman is the FIRST female self-made millionaire in America.

1. Bea Arthur

2. Oprah Winfrey

3. Madame C.J. Walker

3. Madame C.J. Walker

500

Guess what?

Free Points!

500

Sister Rosetta Tharpe is the Godmother of Rock 'N Roll. Who did she influence?

1. Little Richard

2. Elvis Presley

3. Johnny Cash

4. All of the above

4. All of the above


500

Who is this woman?

1. Missy Elliot

2. Lil' Kim

3. Da Brat

4. Lauryn Hill

4. Missy Elliot