Black History/Culture
Black Athletes
Black Holiday's & Traditions
Black Music
Black Movies
100

What year did Dr. King deliver his “I have a dream” speech?

a. 1960

b.2020

c.1963

What is 1963?

100

Who has the most Olympic medals ?

a. Simone Biles

b. Serena Williams

c. Michael Jordan 

Who is Simone Biles

100

What cultural movement spanned the 1920s that included African American cultural expressions of music, art, and literature?

a. Jim Crow

b. Harlem Renaissance

c. Def Jam 

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

100

What is the earliest form of musical expression? 

a. Rap

b. Spirituals/Negro Spirituals 

c. Gospel 

What is Spirituals/Negro Spirituals 

*Traced back to slavery-earliest form of musical expression (1619-1865)*

100

Who is the famous actor, director and producer who coined "Madea" ?

a. Tyler Perry

b. Denzel Washington

c. Nick Cannon 

Who is Tyler Perry?

200

What is the original name for the celebration of Black History. When was it created and what was the week called? 

a. Negro History Week, 1926

b. Black Week, 1925

c. Negro Spirituals, 1920

What is Negro History Week, 1926. 

Started by Carter G Woodson. He was a historian, scholar and educator. 

200

In 1997, what man became the first person to hold all four professional major golf championships at the same time?

a. Michael Jordan

b. Tiger Woods

c. Jack Nicklaus

Who is Tiger Woods?

200

Which soul food item is believed to bring good luck on New Years?

a. Candy Yams

b. Dressing

c. Black Eye Peas

What is black eyed peas?

200

This R&B legend was killed by his father over a dispute about money.

a. Rick James

b. Michael Jackson

c. Marvin Gaye

Who is Marvin Gaye?

200

Which classic movie tells the story of a neighborhood's simmering racial tension, which comes to a head and culminates in tragedy on the hottest day of the summer.

a. Set It OFF

b. Do the Right Thing

c. Get Out

What is Do The Right Thing?

300

What is the name of the theatre that housed an armature night that was the springboard for famous Black entertainers?

a. Barclays Center

b. Fox Theatre

c. Apollo Theatre

What is the Apollo Theatre?

300

Who was the first Black player to win Major League Baseball’s Rookie of the Year Award?

a. Jackie Robinson

b. Hank Thompson

c. Ken Griffey Jr. 

Who is Jackie Robinson?

300

Which holiday honors African heritage in African American culture?

a. Christmas

b. Halloween

c. Kwanzaa

What is Kwanzaa?

300

Which African American singer won Season Three of American Idol?

a. Whitney Houston

b. Cardi B

c. Fantasia Barrino

Who is Fantasia Barrino?

300

Who is the creator of Power, BMF, Power II: Ghost, Hip Hop Homicides?

a. Jay Z

b. 50 cent

c. Lil Baby

Who is 50 cent?

400

This poet is famous for her book "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"

a. Maya Angelou

b. Lauryn Hill

c. Oprah Winfrey

Who is Maya Angelou?

400

Who is the first father and son duo to play in the NBA at the same time?

a. Carmelo Anthony and Kiyan Anthony 

b. Lebron James and Bronny James

c. Dell Curry and Stephan Curry 

Who is LeBron and Bronny James

400

Which holiday is celebrated to commemorate the emancipation from slavery in Texas on that day in 1865?

a. Black History

b. Mardi Gras

c. Juneteenth

What is Juneteenth?

400

This style of R & B was popularized in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s by artists such as BabyFace and Boys2Men.

a. R&B

b. Hip Hop

c. New Jack Swing

What is New Jack Swing?

400

Which movie that portrays a woman's life of hardship in the rural south receive 11 Oscar Nominations?

a. What's Love Got to do With it

b. The Color Purple

c. Big Momma's House

What is the Color Purple?

500

Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?

a. Seattle, WA

b. Montgomery, AL

c. Greensboro, NC

Where is Greensboro, NC?

500

Who was the first African American to hold #1 rank in Tennis?

A. Venus Williams

B. Serena Williams

C. Arthur Ashe 

Who is Venus Williams

500

What year did February officially become a US holiday for Black History Month?

a.1976

b.2014

c.1960

What is 1976?

500

Who is the first black artist to win a Grammy?

a. Jasmine Sullivan

b. Ella Fitzgerald

c. Aretha Franklin

Who is Ella Fitzgerald?

Jazz singer-1958

500

Who created Insecure?

a. Issa Rae

b. Rhianna

c. KeKe Palmer

Who is Sidney Poitier?