MLK
Oprah Winfrey
Muhammad Ali
General:
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General Knowledge
100
What public places were segregated by law?
What are restaurants, public transportation, and schools?
100
At what age did Oprah became the first African-American news anchor in Nashville history?
What is 19?
100
What event led Ali to start boxing training?
What is "his bike was stolen"?
100
I am a brilliant mathematician whose orbital mechanics calculations were critical to the success of NASA's first crewed spaceflights, including the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
100
Shaq O'Neal became first player in the NBA to be named the.......
What is the "Player of the week" in his first week in the league?
200
MLK led the bus boycott in_________?
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
200
What was the name of the movie in which Oprah landed her first major role?
What is The Color Purple?
200
In 1974, Ali fought George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle." Even when people thought he might lose, he used a specific strategy to win the title back. What is the specific strategy called?
What is the "Rope-a-Dope" strategy to win the title back?
200
Known as the "Moses of her people," I made 19 trips back into the South to lead over 300 enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
In his 2017 jersey retirement speech, Kobe said that those times you stay up late or wake up early to work are "not the dream," but "the" this.
What is "the dream"? (The work is the dream)
300
King led _______ protest against segregation and racial discrimination.
What is nonviolent?
300
What University did Oprah attend with the scholarship she received from winning a speech contest in high school?
What is Tennessee State University?
300
What year did Ali first become the light heavyweight champion of the world?
What is 1964?
300
I am a scientist and educator who discovered over 300 uses for the peanut, helping to revolutionize the economy of the American South.
Who is George Washington Carver?
300
Kobe Bryant famously ended his final post-game speech at the Staples Center with these two words.
What is "Mamba out"?
400
Over _______ Americans peacefully marched in the March on Washington, where King made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
What is 200,000?
400
Oprah Winfrey started her own TV network in 2009. What was the name of the network?
What is OWN?
400
Ali famously explained his ring style using these two insects to represent his movement and his power.
What are a butterfly and a bee? (Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee).
400
I am the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire, having built an international empire through my line of specialized hair care products.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
400
At Kobe's 2020 memorial, Shaq brought the house down by promising to teach Kobe’s daughters all his moves—but not this specific skill.
What is free-throw shooting?
500
King is remembered as an important part of ______?
What is the "American civil rights movement"?
500
What was the name of the talk show Oprah was on before they renamed it "The Oprah Winfrey Show"?
What is A.M Chicago?
500
What was the name of Ali's charity foundation?
What is The Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center?
500
I was a track and field legend who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, single-handedly crushing Adolf Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy.
Who is Jesse Owens?
500
Which famous Lakers player's jersey was it used to be?
What is Kobe Bryant?