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Name that tune ♫
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
100
What month is Black History Month in Canada?
February!
100
Which of the following actresses is an EGOT recipient (Winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award)?
A) Octavia Spencer
B) Queen Latifah
C) Whoopi Goldberg
C) Whoopi Goldberg
- Emmy (Television): Won a Daytime Emmy in 2002 for Outstanding Special Class Special for Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel and later for The View.
- Grammy (Music): Won for Best Comedy Recording in 1985 for Whoopi Goldberg: Original Broadway Show Recording.
- Oscar (Film): Won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ghost (1991).
- Tony (Theater): Won as a producer for Best Musical Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002.
100
Who was the first African American U.S. president?
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
200
1. What was Whitney Houston’s greatest-selling hit?
A) I Have Nothing
B) I Will Always Love You
C) I Wanna Dance With Somebody
B) I Will Always Love You
200
In 1946, Nova Scotian businesswoman Viola Desmond challenged racial segregation by refusing to leave a "whites-only" section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow. She is now pictured on which denomination of Canadian currency?
A) $20 bill
B) $100 bill
C) $10 bill
C) $10 bill
Viola Desmond is featured on the $10 bill to honor her as a pioneering civil rights activist, becoming the first Canadian woman featured on a regularly circulating banknote and a symbol for social justice.
200
What movie tells the inspiring true story of three brilliant African-American women—Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson—who were mathematicians or "human computers" at NASA during the 1950s?
A) The Martian
B) Apollo 11
C) Hidden Figures
C) Hidden Figures
These women served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit!
200
Who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her seat?
A) Rosa Parks
B) Shirley Chisholm
C) Bessie Coleman
A) Rosa Parks
300
Which singer is remembered as the ‘queen of jazz’?
A) Nina Simone
B) Aretha Franklin
C) Ella Fitzgerald
C) Ella Fitzgerald
300
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech?
A) Memphis, Tennessee
B) Atlanta, Georgia
C) Washington, D.C
C) Washington, D.C
300
Hattie McDaniel was the first African American actor to win the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance as "Mammy" alongside Clark Gable in what 1939 film?
A) Casablanca
B) Gone with the wind
C) The Wizard of Oz
B) Gone with the wind
Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian! She has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1975, and in 2006 was honored with a U.S. postage stamp.
300
Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
A) Jackie Robinson
B) Michael Jordan
C) Jesse Owens
A) Jackie Robinson
400
Name that tune ♫
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
400
What was the name of the route used by enslaved people in American to escape to Canada?
A) Underground Railroad
B) Freedom Express
C) Emancipation Trail
A) Underground railroad
Harriet Tubman was a social activist. After escaping slavery, Tubman made 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.
400
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor?
Hint: He played the lead role in To Sir With Love.
A) Harry Belafonte
B) Sidney Poitier
C) Paul Robeson
B) Sidney Poitier
400
"I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing" is the first body of work by which world-famous writer and civil activist?
A) Maya Angelou
B) Jane Austen
C) Margaret Atwood
A) Maya Angelou
"People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
