Entertainment
The Best Supporting Actress award for this 1990 thriller/fantasy film went to a comedienne who had a one-woman show on Broadway in the mid-1980s. Who is she?
Whoopi Goldberg
What artist recorded the songs, “I Will Always Love You, ”The Greatest Love of All”, and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”?
Whitney Houston
Classic blues singers, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, and Alberta Hunter, were women who came out of what performance tradition?
Vaudeville
Who is the award-winning recording/performing/video artist who recorded the platinum album called The Comfort Zone?
Vanessa Williams
In 2001, for what film did Denzel Washington become the second African American man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Training Day
Harry Belafonte became the first black to receive an Emmy for what show in 1959?
Tonight with Belafonte
The Guinness Book of World Records lists what Michael Jackson album as the best selling album of all times?
Thriller
What was Chubby Checker‟s longest running hit song on the Top 40 charts?
The Twist
Boasting twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, what female singing group was the most successful American vocal group of all time?
The Supremes
The first rap song to achieve commercial success was “Rapper‟s Delight.” What was the name of the group who recorded this single in 1979?
The Sugar Hill Gang
Name three dance steps from the Disco era?
The Hustle, the Bump, and the Bus Stop
“Boogie Wonderland” was Earth, Wind & Fire‟s only Disco song. What was the name of the group of ladies that sang with them on this record?
The Emotions
Lena Horne began her career as a singer and dancer in what New York entertainment club?
The Cotton Club
What producer/songwriter originated the New Jack Swing?
Teddy Riley
In 1941, what jazz piece performed by Duke Ellington and his orchestra became an instant hit?
Take the A Train
On the TV series Magnum, P.I., what was Roger Mosely‟s nickname?
T.C.
Who was the second black woman to be crowned Miss America?
Suzette Charles
In his role in the movie Guess Who‟s Coming to Dinner, Sidney Poitier practiced what profession?
Surgeon
What was the first record company to market rap music to the national audience?
Sugar Hill Records
Alice Walker advised what movie director during the film production of her best selling book, The Color Purple ?
Steven Spielberg
Who became Hollywood‟s first Black millionaire actor?
Stepin Fetchit
Actress Nichelle Nichols is best known for her role in what television series?
Star Trek
In 1972, Cicely Tyson was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in what film?
Sounder
What will be the longest, continuously running, first-run syndicated television program until at least 2016?
Soul Train
What TV comedy show made Eddie Murphy a household name?
Saturday Night Live
What was Louis Armstrong‟s nickname?
Satchmo
In 2003 she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Chicago. Who is she?
Queen Latifah
ill Smith and Kobe Bryant were born in “the city of brotherly love.” What is the name of the city?
Philadelphia
In what city was Louis Armstrong born?
New Orleans
Who won a Grammy Award in 1992 for “Unforgettable”, a musical tribute to her late father?
Natalie Cole
Who was the star of the 1977 movie The Greatest?
Muhammad Ali
Originally dubbed Tamla Records in 1959, what highly successful record company did Berry Gordy, Jr. incorporate in 1960?
Motown Records
Who is called the “queen of hip-hop soul?”
Mary J. Blige
What does the nickname of rapper and actor LL Cool J stand for?
Ladies Love Cool James
Who provided the voice for Darth Vader in the movie Star Wars?
James Earl Jones
His style of funk music and dance led the way for Disco and Hip Hop. Known as the “hardest working man in show business” and "the godfather of soul," who is he?
James Brown
What is the surname of singers LaToya, Janet, and Michael?
Jackson
Who was the first Black American woman to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel
In 1959, who became the first black to receive an Emmy award?
Harry Belafonte
Pianist Duke Ellington was a bandleader and a great composer who played at what famous New York City club from 1927 to 1931?
Cotton Club
Eddie Murphy played an African prince in what motion picture?
Coming to America
Eartha Kitt played what role in the Batman series?
Cat Woman
In the mid-1970s what form of dancing where the dancer flipped and spinned developed from the Disco scene in the Bronx?
Break-Dancing
B.B. King is noted for what type of music?
Blues
What New York City nightclub was named after Charlie Parker?
Birdland
Who is known as the “Queen of Soul”?
Aretha Franklin
What all-black situation comedy television show started as a radio program in the 1920s to 1950s whose actors were all white?
Amos "n‟ Andy
What is the name of B.B. King‟s guitar?
“Lucille”
What recording, performed by Count Basie and sung by Frank Sinatra, was played on the moon by US Astronauts on July 20, 1969?
“Fly Me to the Moon”
What hit song made Ella Fitzgerald a national celebrity at the age of 20?
“A Tisket, A Tasket”