Historical People
Athletes
Actors and Actresses
Black History Month Origin
Artists
100
She refused to give up her seat on a public bus which sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
This basketball player has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, and Los Angeles Lakers and recently became the NBA All Time Scorer. (Extra 100 if you can give me the number he had to beat to become the All-Time leader)
Who is LeBron James?
What is 38,387?
100
This actor is known to be born and raised in West Philadelphia and spent most of his days on the playground.
Who is Will Smith?
100
Black History Month is celebrated in the United States. These are the other three countries that celebrate Black History Month.
(100 pt per country)
Where is Canada, Ireland, and United Kingdom?
100
This singer can have you either falling "Crazy in Love" or letting all the "Single Ladies" know who "Run the World".
Who is Beyonce?
200
This person helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
This young man single handily got his country of France inches within the FIFA World Cup Trophy by scoring 3 goals in the Finals against Argentina.
Who is Kylian Mbappe?
200
This actress started her career in Disney Channel's Shake it Up, but now stars in blockbuster shows and films such as Spider Man, Euphoria, and Dune.
Who is Zendaya?
200
This is the theme for 2023 Black History Month.
What is Black Resistance?
200
This singer has recently discovered "Diamonds" in her backyard. However, it's raining raining , so she will need her "Umbrella" (ella, ella , eh ,eh) to keep her dry. And she recently performed at this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Who is Rihanna?
300
He was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
300
Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes made history by being the first two black athletes to start as quarterbacks in the same game. These quarterbacks also has the honor to start as QB in the Super Bowl. (One guess per person) (300 pt per person)
Who is Doug Williams, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb, Colin Kaepernick, Cam Newton, and Russell Wilson?
300
This actor started his career as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, before moving to the movies and starring in films such as Beverly Hills Cop as well as his animation voice as "Donkey" in Shrek or "Mushu" in Mulan.
Who is Eddie Murphy?
300
This President officially recognized Black History Month in 1976.
*Hint: SMU has a building/stadium named after him
Who is Gerald Ford?
300
This singer is a party right now. She "Wanna Dance with Somebody" but at the moment no one wants to. But she "Run to You" and asks you to dance with you. You accept and now she "Will Always Love You" !
Who is Whitney Houston?
400
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X?
400
She holds the title of the most decorated athlete, male or female in Track and Field history with a career 20 medals. She is credited for defying Nike over salary protections for its pregnant athletes and since then started her own footwear company, Saysh.
Who is Allyson Felix?
400
This actress played Olivia Pope in the ABC Drama Series "Scandal".
Who is Kerry Washington?
400
Half a century after the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States, Carter Woodson and Jesse Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), an organization dedicated to researching and promoting achievements by Black Americans and other peoples of African descent in this decade.
*Extra 100 for guessing the correct year.
What is 1915?
400
"All Eyez on Me" is what this rapper would ask his friends and family members at his birthday party. For those that would like to attend his birthday party, he likes to state that he resides from the West Side of "California Love".
Who is Tupac Shakur?
500
This author is famous for writing "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings", a story that chronicles the author's life from age 3 through age 16, recounting an unsettled and sometimes traumatic childhood that included racism.
Who is Maya Angelou?
500
He was the first black athlete to win the College Football Heisman Trophy in 1961.
*Extra 500 pts if you can name the College he won the award
Who is Ernie Davis?
Where is Syracuse?
500
Viola Davis made history as the third black woman to achieve the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) Award status. These two ladies achieved this status in 2002 and 2022 respectively.
(500 pts per person)
Who are Whoppi Goldberg, and Jennifer Hudson?
500
This University in Ohio first proposed Black History Month in February 1969 before celebrating the event a year later.
*Hint: Not a Power 5 School
Where is Kent State University?
500
It's 1980. This singer owns a "Little Red Corvette" and loves to drive it around "When Doves Cry". Afterwards, he heads home to watch the "Purple Rain".
Who is Prince?
