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Question 1

Most decorated gymnast in World Championship history

Answer 1

Simone Biles

Question 2

First Black woman to win Olympic all-around gold (gymnastics)

Answer 2

Gabby Douglas

Question 3

Won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics

Answer 3

Jesse Owens

Question 4

Overcame polio and won three Olympic gold medals

Answer 4

Wilma Rudolph

Question 5

First Black woman to win Olympic gold medal

Answer 5

Alice Coachman

Question 6

Olympians who raised a Black Power fist in 1968

Answer 6

Tommie Smith and John Carlos

Question 7

First Black athlete to win a Winter Olympic medal

Answer 7

Debi Thomas

Question 8

Sprinter whose world records still stand (Flo-Jo)

Answer 8

Florence Griffith-Joyner

Question 9

First Black American gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal

Answer 9

Dominique Dawes

Question 10

Boxer known as “The Greatest”

Answer 10

Muhammad Ali

Question 11

Tennis legend with 23 Grand Slam titles

Answer 11

Serena Williams

Question 12

NBA star nicknamed “King James”

Answer 12

LeBron James

Question 13

Broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier

Answer 13

Jackie Robinson

Question 14

First Black person to win an Academy Award

Answer 14

Hattie McDaniel

Question 15

First Black man to win Best Actor Oscar

Answer 15

Sidney Poitier

Question 16

EGOT winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) and entertainer

Answer 16

Whoopi Goldberg

Question 17

Creator of Grey’s Anatomy

Answer 17

Shonda Rhimes

Question 18

“Queen of Soul”

Answer 18

Aretha Franklin

Question 19

Director of Black Panther

Answer 19

Ryan Coogler

Question 20

Director of Get Out

Answer 20

Jordan Peele

Question 21

Artist behind the album Renaissance

Answer 21

Beyoncé

Question 22

Founder of Roc Nation

Answer 22

Jay-Z

Question 23

Wrote Beloved

Answer 23

Toni Morrison

Question 24

Poet who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Answer 24

Maya Angelou

Question 25

Jazz singer “Lady Day”

Answer 25

Billie Holiday

Question 26

Jazz trumpeter “Satchmo”

Answer 26

Louis Armstrong

Question 27

“King of Pop”

Answer 27

Michael Jackson

Question 28

Media mogul and talk show icon

Answer 28

Oprah Winfrey

Question 29

First Black woman to win Grammy Album of the Year

Answer 29

Natalie Cole

Question 30

Painter known for “The Sugar Shack” and NFL-inspired Black life imagery

Answer 30

Ernie Barnes

Question 31

Contemporary fiber artist known for quilted Black portraiture

Answer 31

Bisa Butler

Question 32

Harlem Renaissance painter known for silhouette-style murals

Answer 32

Aaron Douglas

Question 33

Harlem Renaissance poet and cultural leader

Answer 33

Langston Hughes

Question 34

Harlem Renaissance novelist and anthropologist

Answer 34

Zora Neale Hurston

Question 35

NASA mathematician featured in Hidden Figures

Answer 35

Katherine Johnson

Question 36

First Black woman astronaut

Answer 36

Mae Jemison

Question 37

First Black man in space

Answer 37

Guion Bluford

Question 38

First Black female NASA engineer (Hidden Figures)

Answer 38

Mary Jackson

Question 39

Inventor of traffic signal improvement and gas mask

Answer 39

Garrett Morgan

Question 40

Inventor of the Super Soaker

Answer 40

Lonnie Johnson

Question 41

Pioneer of blood bank storage systems

Answer 41

Charles Drew

Question 42

Inventor of early home security system

Answer 42

Marie Van Brittan Brown

Question 43

Early open-heart surgery pioneer

Answer 43

Daniel Hale Williams

Question 44

NASA mathematician and supervisor (Hidden Figures)

Answer 44

Dorothy Vaughan

Question 45

Computer engineer who helped create the IBM PC

Answer 45

Mark Dean

Question 46

What does HBCU stand for?

Answer 46

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Question 47

HBCU known as “The Mecca”

Answer 47

Howard University

Question 48

All-women’s HBCU in Atlanta

Answer 48

Spelman College

Question 49

MLK Jr.’s alma mater

Answer 49

Morehouse College

Question 50

HBCU in Tallahassee

Answer 50

Florida A&M University

Question 51

Oldest HBCU in the United States

Answer 51

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Question 52

Famous HBCU marching band “The Marching 100”

Answer 52

Florida A&M University

Question 53

First Black U.S. President

Answer 53

Barack Obama

Question 54

First Black female Vice President

Answer 54

Kamala Harris

Question 55

First Black Supreme Court Justice

Answer 55

Thurgood Marshall

Question 56

First Black woman elected to Congress

Answer 56

Shirley Chisholm

Question 57

Gave the “I Have a Dream” speech

Answer 57

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 58

Refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery

Answer 58

Rosa Parks

Question 59

Leader of the Underground Railroad

Answer 59

Harriet Tubman

Question 60

Abolitionist speaker and writer

Answer 60

Frederick Douglass

Question 61

Nation of Islam leader and activist

Answer 61

Malcolm X

Question 62

Founder of Black History Month / “Father of Black History”

Answer 62

Carter G. Woodson

Question 63

First Black woman bank president in U.S.

Answer 63

Maggie Lena Walker

Question 64

NAACP co-founder and scholar-activist

Answer 64

W.E.B. Du Bois

Question 65

First Black U.S. Secretary of State

Answer 65

Colin Powell

Question 66

Co-founder of Black Lives Matter

Answer 66

Alicia Garza

Question 67

Young poet at a presidential inauguration (2021)

Answer 67

Amanda Gorman

Question 68

Actor who portrayed Black Panther (T’Challa)

Answer 68

Chadwick Boseman

Question 69

TV show featuring the Huxtable family

Answer 69

The Cosby Show (likely test question)