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Quiz Bowl - SS
Question | Answer |
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What was the name given to the men‟s basketball team that won a Gold Medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain? | The Dream Team |
What year did the team compete in the Summer Olympics? | 1992 |
Of the team members, which athlete started in all 6 games? | Micheal Jordan |
What country did the Dream Team defeat for the Gold Medal? | Croatia |
In 2021, Tishaura Jones became the first Black woman to be elected mayor of what American city? | St. Louis |
In 1994, he became Albany, Georgia’s first Black federal district judge. | Louis Sands |
In 2004, he became Albany, Georgia’s first black mayor. He served eight years. | Wille Adams |
In 2008, he became Albany,. Georgia’s first black district attorney. | Greg Edwards |
In what year were Albany’s Freedom singers invited to The White House during their celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement concert. | 2010 |
What profession was held by Garrett Morgan and Lloyd Hall? | Inventors |
Name the black inventors of these everyday household items. dough roller pencil sharpener lawn mower refrigerator | J.W. Reed J.L. Love J.A. Burr J. Standard |
What TV show theme song did this lyric come from? "Now we're up in the big leagues, getting our turn at bat..." | The Jeffersons |
This African American family sitcom aired for six seasons and featured the Evans Family? | Good Times |
School Daze, He Got Game, Crooklyn, and Bamboozled, Do the Right Thing were famous films of what director/actor? | Spike Lee |
An American sitcom television series created by Kenya Barris that features a black family man struggling to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood. | Blackish |
Name the title of Booker T. Washington’s autobiography. | “Up From Slavery”, |
What HBCU did he establish? | Tuskegee Institute or University |
What date was it founded? | July 4, 1881 |
What state was the HBCU located in? | Alabama |
In what year was the 13 amendment ratified? | 1865 |
In 2013, which state ratified the 13th amendment after 148 years? | Mississippi |
What U.S. holiday commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States? | Juneteenth (June 19th) |
Which U.S. president declared a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S.? What year did this take place? | Joe Biden, 2021 |
How many Historically Black Universities and Colleges does Georgia have? | Ten (10) |
Dr. Benjamin Mays, mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served as the 6th president of which Georgia HBCU? | Morehouse College |
Founded by Joseph Winthrope Holley in 1903, this Georgia HBCUs original mission was to provide religious and basic education, as well as teacher training to the local black population. | Albany State University |
This Atlanta, Georgia HBCU opened its doors 149 years ago and recently in 2021 regained its accreditation after having it revoked 20 years ago. | Morris Brown College |
What was the nickname of the first location of Motown? | “Hitsville” |
"I've got sunshine on a cloudy day. When it's cold outside I've got the month of May" These are the opening lines of which Temptations Classic? | My Girl |
Diana Ross was a member of which Motown music group? | The Supremes |
Who is the only artist from the glory days of Motown still signed to the | Stevie Wonder |
In what year was the Black Panther Party founded? | 1966 |
Who were the founding members? | Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale |
In what city was it founded? | Oakland, California |
Why was it originally founded? | Self defense (to patrol the black community and protect residents from police brutality) |
Who was the first rap group ever featured on MTV? | Run DMC |
What video was featured? | Rock Box |
What year did the video debut on MTV and the names of the group members. | 1984 and Rev Run, Jam Master Jay, DMC |
What Alex Haley novel was made into a television mini-series in 1977 and 1979? | Roots |
In 1953, Ralph Ellison received the National Book Award for what book? | Invisible Man |
This multifaceted author started her career as an entertainer. | Maya Angelou |
She is also a poet who delivered her poem “On the Pulse of Morning” at President Bill Clinton‟s inauguration in 1993. What is her name? | Toni Morrison |
This influential author became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature? | |
What group launched Freedom Rides in 1961? | CORE-Congress of Racial Equality |
How many members were a part of the original group? | 13 |
What were they protesting? | Segregation in interstate bus terminals |
What original member was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1986? | John Lewis |
How many of the divine nine were founded at HBCU, Howard University? | Five |
This divine nine was the first sorority was founded in 1908 and currently has over 1,026 chapters and nearly 300,000 members in more than 55 nations and all 50 states | Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) |
Crimson and Cream are the colors of which of the divine nine sororities? | Delta Sigma Theta (DST) |
This Sigma Gamma Rho was the first African American to to win an Academy Award for her supporting role in the 1939 classic 'Gone With The Wind' | Hattie McDaniel |
Which city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip Hop? | Bronx, New York |
What Harlem theater is a showcase for African American talent? | The Apollo |
Created and hosted by Don Cornelius, this show launched in 1970 and became the longest, continuously running syndicated television program until at least 2016? | Soul Train |
This legendary band Parliament Funkadelic helped usher in a revolutionary decade of Funk music | Doo Wop Group |