Question 1

Which singer is remembered as the ‘Queen of Jazz’?

Accepted Answer

Ella Fitzgerald

Question 2

What was Whitney Houston’s greatest-selling hit?

Accepted Answer

I Will Always Love You

Question 3

Jon Batiste attended which college for his Bachelors degree in Jazz studies?

Accepted Answer

Julliard

Question 4

What is the history and significance of Juneteenth?

Accepted Answer

Celebrates the end of Slavery in the US

Question 5

Which singer headlined the Super Bowl LVII (2023) halftime show?

Accepted Answer

Rhianna

Question 6

Virgil Abloh was best known for being the artistic director of which brand?

Accepted Answer

Louis Vuitton

Question 7

Which of the following actresses is an EGOT recipient (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)?

Accepted Answer

Whoopi Goldberg

Question 8

Who was the first African American woman to win 5 GRAMMYs in one year?

Accepted Answer

Lauryn Hill

Question 9

Which of the following is one of Morgan Freeman’s most iconic roles?

Accepted Answer

The Shawshank Redemption

Question 10

Which of the following is Maya Angelou's first body of work?

Accepted Answer

I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing

Question 11

Who was the youngest African American to win a Nobel Prize?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King

Question 12

Who's cells were used to test the polio vaccine that protected millions?

Accepted Answer

Henrietta Lacks

Question 13

What is the name of Michelle Obama’s debut memoir?

Accepted Answer

Becoming

Question 14

Which president officially recognized Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

Gerald Ford

Question 15

Stevie Wonder wrote his version of Happy Birthday because:

Accepted Answer

He wanted to highlight MLK Day becoming a national holiday

Question 16

Who was the first Black woman to host her own TV show?

Accepted Answer

Della Reese

Question 17

Who was the youngest poet to read at a presidential inauguration in United States history?

Accepted Answer

Amanda Gorman

Question 18

Who is the acclaimed poet behind “The Weary Blues” and was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 19

The first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was:

Accepted Answer

Toni Morrison

Question 20

Who was the first African-American NBA player?

Accepted Answer

Earl Llyod

Question 21

Who was the first African American woman to go to space?

Accepted Answer

Mae Jemison

Question 22

What day did the Greensboro 4 conduct their sit in?

Accepted Answer

February 1, 1960

Question 23

What is the name of this building?

Accepted Answer

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Question 24

Who was the creater of Negro History week currently known as Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

Question 25

What was the last space flight Ronald Mcnair was that claimed him and with six other NASA astronauts lives?

Accepted Answer

Challenger

Question 26

What year did Negro History Week Start?

Accepted Answer

1926

Question 27

True or False: Valerie Thomas invented the laserphaco, a device used to assist with cataract.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 28

What resitance did Marsha P Johnson assist in?

Accepted Answer

Stonewall

Question 29

Who was first Black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize?

Accepted Answer

Gwendolyn Brook

Question 30

What college did both Ronald McNair and the Greensboro 4 attend?

Accepted Answer

North Carolina A&T State University

Question 31

True or False: National Museum of African American History and Culture is located in New York City?

Accepted Answer

false

Black History Month Trivia

2) What was Whitney Houston’s greatest-selling hit?

3) Jon Batiste attended which college for his Bachelors degree in Jazz studies?

4) What is the history and significance of Juneteenth?

5) Which singer headlined the Super Bowl LVII (2023) halftime show?

6) Virgil Abloh was best known for being the artistic director of which brand?

7) Which of the following actresses is an EGOT recipient (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)?

8) Who was the first African American woman to win 5 GRAMMYs in one year?

9) Which of the following is one of Morgan Freeman’s most iconic roles?

10) Which of the following is Maya Angelou's first body of work?

11) Who was the youngest African American to win a Nobel Prize?

12) Who's cells were used to test the polio vaccine that protected millions?

13) What is the name of Michelle Obama’s debut memoir?

14) Which president officially recognized Black History Month?

15) Stevie Wonder wrote his version of Happy Birthday because:

16) Who was the first Black woman to host her own TV show?

17) Who was the youngest poet to read at a presidential inauguration in United States history?

18) Who is the acclaimed poet behind “The Weary Blues” and was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance?

19) The first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature was:

20) Who was the first African-American NBA player?

21) Who was the first African American woman to go to space?

22) What day did the Greensboro 4 conduct their sit in?

23) What is the name of this building?

24) Who was the creater of Negro History week currently known as Black History Month?

25) What was the last space flight Ronald Mcnair was that claimed him and with six other NASA astronauts lives?

26) What year did Negro History Week Start?

27) True or False: Valerie Thomas invented the laserphaco, a device used to assist with cataract.

28) What resitance did Marsha P Johnson assist in?

29) Who was first Black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize?

30) What college did both Ronald McNair and the Greensboro 4 attend?

31) True or False: National Museum of African American History and Culture is located in New York City?