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100
Who was the world's first black heavy weight boxing champion, in 1908?
What is Jack Johnson
100
Who was the Cario, Georgia, native who was a 4-sport star at UCLA and played for the Montreal Royals, the Dodger farm team, before becoming the first African-American in modern major league baseball? In 1962, he was the first black introduced into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
What is Jackie Robinson.
100
Who was the first black NFL coach to win the Super Bowl?
What is Tony Dungy.
100
Name the first black coach ever to win an NCAA Division 1 basketball title, on April 2, 1984, when his Georgetown University team defeated the University of Houston.
What is John Thompson.
100
Who became the first African American woman from any country to win an Olympic Gold Medal when she competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London? She was inducted into nine hall of fames including the National Track and Field Hall of Fame (1975) and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame (2004). She also became the first black woman to endorse an international product when Coca-Cola signed her as a spokesperson in 1952.
What is Alice Marie Coachman.
200
Which African American won a gold medal in boxing in 1968 and won the world heavyweight title in 1973? He then founded the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Houston, Texas. but returned to boxing to win the WBO heavyweight title in 1994.
What is George Foreman
200
Name the 1998 Trumpet Award winner who in July 1947 followed Jackie Robinson in breaking major league baseball's color barrier, as a player for the American League's Cleveland Indians.
What is Larry Doby.
200
Was the first black NFL quarterback to play in a Super Bowl and won against the Denver Broncos?
What is Doug Williams.
200
After the 1986-87 basketball season, this athlete was a starter in the All-Star game after receiving record 1.5 million votes. He is also the first player since Wilt Chamberlain to score 3000 points in a single season. Who is he?
What is Michael Jordan.
200
Known for her exceptionally long and heavily decorated fingernails this track and field star is one of the fastest starters in the world. She is a retired three time Olympic champion and her high school football and track stadium are named after her. Who is she?
What is Gail Devers.
300
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of fame in 1990, this boxer was 85-0 as an amateur with 69 of those victories being knockouts and 40 in the first round.
What is Sugar Ray Robinson.
300
Identify the first of the Negro League players to be inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971. He is known for saying, "Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you" and "Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind it don't matter."
What is Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
300
Name the first black head coach in the National Football League, in 1921, who was introduced in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
What is Fritz Pollard.
300
Who was the only player in NBA history to average more than 40 and 50 points in a season or score 100 points in a single game?
What is Wilt Chamberlain.
300
Identify the figure skater and physician that is the first African American woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics (1988) and in 2000 was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
What is Debi Thomas.
400
Name the former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world who holds the record as the youngest boxer to win the WBA, WBC, and IBF world heavyweight titles. He was 20 years, 4 months, and 22 days old.
What is Mike Tyson.
400
Identify the first black in Major League Baseball who was a catcher on the Toledo team of the American Association in 1884.
What is Moses Fleetwood Walker.
400
Who is the youngest head coach in any of the four major North American professional sports? He is the tenth African American head coach in NFL history, and the first in Steelers history.
What is Mike Tomlin.
400
At a time when universities did not typically offer financial assistance to black athletes, this African-American football star was offered more than 50 scholarships. He was also the first African-American to win the Heisman Award. Who is he?
What is Ernie Davis.
400
Name the gymnast who was a member of the gold medal winning Magnificent Seven at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She was also the first African American woman to win an individual Olympic Gold Medal in Artistic Gymnastics.
What is Dominique Dawes.
500
He was the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses and he is widely considered to be one of the best boxers of all time winning world titles in five weight divisions. He was also named boxer of the decade for the 1980's. Who was he?
What is Sugar Ray Leonard
500
Which two African-American athletes played two professional sports and what were they?
What is Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson- Football and baseball
500
This NFL player was one of only two non-kickers in NFL history to score more than 1000 career points and was inducted into the Pro Bowl Hall of Fame in 2010. He was also the first player from the 1990 NFL draft to be inducted. Who was he?
What is Emmitt Smith.
500
Who is the American body builder, powerlifting, and professional wrestler who has held multiple titles and championships in each sport? He is also known as Mr. USA and Black Superman.
What is Tony Atlas.
500
Identify the first person of African descent, male or female, to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics when she won gold in the women's bobsled event in 2002 at Salt Lake City.
What is Vonetta Flowers.