Black History
Black Actors, Actresses, Athletes, Musicians
Black Music/Misc
5
What month is Black History month?
What is February
5
What American trumpeter and vocalist that was famous in jazz was nicknamed, "Satchmo" "Satch" and "Pops?
Who is Louis Armstrong?
5
Who is the American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, that released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s?
Who are the Temptations?
10
What does the NAACP stand for?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
10
Who is the famous actor that plays Shuri in Black Panther?
Who is Letitia Wright?
10
This genre of music was born in the Bronx, New York in 1973
What is Hip Hop
15
Who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
Who is Maya Angelou?
15
What 2006 movie did Will Smith and Jaden Smith star in?
What is the Pursuit of Happyness?
15
This musical artist performed with her famous father after he passed away.
Who is Natalie Cole?
20
In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat?
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
20
This professional tennis player was considered among the greatest tennis players of all time; she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association for 319 weeks
Who is Serena Williams?
20
This Renaissance man has a gift for producing, composing, arranging, and performing! His work has influenced artists like Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra and his keen ear and talents have made him the all-time most nominated Grammy artist in history.
Who is Quincy Jones?
25
Name the first historically Black University
What is Howard University
25
Name these NBA legends
Who is Shaquille "Shaq" O'neal, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James
25
This artist holds the current record for most song entries in the Billboard Top 100.
Who is Drake?
30
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall
30
Who was an African-American sculptor who played a major role in the Harlem Renaissance and fought for equality for Black artists in the 1920s and 1930s? She wanted to depict Black people in a more neutral and humane way and fought against the stereotypical art of the day.
Who is Augusta Savage?
30
What was the name of Tupac's debut album?
What is 2Pacalypse Now?
40
Who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to train black teachers?
Who is Booker T.Washington?
40
Who was the first black woman to compete on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam in 1956?
Who is Althea Gibson?
40
What was the name of Beyoncé's solo debut album?
What is Dangerously in Love
50
What was Malcolm X's birth name?
Who is Malcolm Little?
50
Disney's first black princess?
Who is Princess Tiana?
50
What was The Notorious B.I.G.'s real name?
Who is Christopher George Latore Wallace?
100
Unscramble these words to spell out an African country: a. NAYKE b. AGRINIE c. BIZAMA
A. Kenya
B. Nigeria
C. Zambia
100
This Losing Isaiah actress was the first African American actress to win an academy award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
100
Kendrick Lamar has said which rapper is his biggest influence?
Who is Tupac?
500
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
500
What basketball player honored his position as a point guard before becoming one of the first publicly HIV-positive celebrities?
Who is Magic Johnson?
500
The two all-female HBCU's
What are Bennett College and Spelman College?
1000
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmett Till?
1000
Denzil Washington played this coach in the movie Remember the Titans
Who is "Coach Herman Boone"?
1000
This HBCU had the first black fraternity to be founded at a Black college.
What is Howard University? (Omega Psi Phi, 1911)