Black Trivia Book

By Lance D. Williams

This book has 38 rounds of wide-ranging information about Black history, sports, entertainment, business, education, politics, and many other things with African Americans and Black people worldwide. You can do the 800 multiple-choice trivia by yourself to see how much you know. Or do this activity with others to see how much they know.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lance D. Williams
• Release date: Aug 17, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223236092

Book preview

(Introduction)

In all my trivia books, I talk about the importance of learning new things. I do it daily with my kids; at the table when we're eating, the conversations are usually about what we learned. Every day, I want them to take time to research someone or something they don't know about. It could be good or bad people or things they might not like or agree with. It doesn't matter; still be open-minded and learn. At least half of the questions in this book are things I asked my teenage daughters as daily pop quiz questions, just to see what they knew, and afterward we would go deeper into more about what I asked them. I’ve mentioned this in another book that I tell them all the time (ABC): Always Be Curious. During her research about something else, my daughter Brittany saw the name June Jordan and was curious about who she was. She spent two hours learning everything she could about June. My daughter Ashley was excited about sharing what she learned about Rebecca Cole during her research. My oldest daughter A.J. wanted to read Harry Haywood books with me when she found out about him. They enjoy competing against each other, and it's one of our favorite family activities. I like to turn the questions I ask them into books, so other people can also enjoy doing this activity and learn as well. This is an important topic where there's so much to learn, and you should learn at least 400 new things you didn't know about. Feel free to email me [e-mail]

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(Round 1)

1- He established what has been called the first Black-owned and operated pharmacy in the United States.

(A)- Kenneth C. Frazier

(B)- Dr. James McCune Smith

(C)- Molefi Kete Asante

(D)- Dr. James Derham

2- She is often described as the grandmother of Juneteenth.

(A)- Olive Morris

(B)- Harriet Elizabeth Byrd

(C)- Opal Lee

(D)- Bebe Moore Campbell

3- This person was the first Nigerian neurosurgeon.

(A)- Latunde Odeku, M.D.

(B)- Dr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjel

(C)- Dr. Alexa Irene Canady

(D)- Ben Carson, M.D.

4- On February 25, 1837, this school became the first HBCU.

(A)- Ashmun Institute

(B)- Meharry Medical College

(C)- Becoming Collegiate Academy

(D)- Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

5- In 2014, this person won a Grammy Award for (Best Country Solo Performance).

(A)- Mickey Guyton

(B)- Charley Pride

(C)- Darius Rucker

(D)- Kane Brown

6- The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is in this city.

(A)- Atlanta

(B)- Birmingham

(C)- Cincinnati

(D)- Nashville

7- In 1958, she became NASA's first female engineer.

(A)- Mary Jackson

(B)- Jackie Ormes

(C)- Edna Lewis

(D)- Carol Moseley Braun

8- This head coach had a 57-11 record coaching at Purdue University and won a National Championship at 33 years old.

(A)- Konesha Rhea

(B)- John Thompson Jr.

(C)- Tony Dungy

(D)- Carolyn Peck

9- She made her fortune by developing and marketing a line of cosmetics and hair care products for Black women.

(A)- Gwendolyn Brooks

(B)- Marilyn Hughes Gaston

(C)- Madam C.J. Walker

(D)- Della Reese

10- On March 21, 2005, this music artist performed at Copacabana Beach drawing 300,000 people to the concert.

(A)- Lenny Kravitz

(B)- Count Ossie

(C)- Prince

(D)- Kenny Clarke

11- On January 15, 1908, the first African American sorority was founded by sixteen students at Howard University, led by this person.

(A)- Mary Eliza Mahoney

(B)- Ethel Hedgeman Lyle

(C)- Marian Wright Edelman

(D)- Edmonia Lewis

12- On May 17, 1875, this person won the very first Kentucky Derby aboard Aristides.

(A)- Nancy Hicks Maynard

(B)- Benjamin Banneker

(C)- Josh Gibson

(D)- Oliver Lewis

13- The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery in what year?

(A)- 1865

(B)- 1869

(C)- 1871

(D)- 1874

14- This player won the Heisman Trophy in 1974 and 1975.

(A)- Andre Ware

(B)- Ernie Davis

(C)- Archie Griffin

(D)- Tony Dorsett

15- The 15th Amendment granted this...

(A)- All African Americans the right to run for office.

(B)- African American women the right to own land.

(C)- African American men the right to vote.

(D)- Equal rights for African Americans in the military.

16- From 2001 to 2012, she was the first African American president of an Ivy League institution.

(A)- Ruth Simmons

(B)- Ursula Burns

(C)- Dorothy Height

(D)- Lucy Diggs Slowe 

17- She is considered the first African American author of a published book of poetry.

(A)- Phillis Wheatley

(B)- Margot Lee Shetterly

(C)- Rosie Walker

(D)- Dr. Patricia Bath

18- In 1988, this music executive was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

(A)- Sylvia Rhone

(B)- Berry Gordy

(C)- Russell Simmons

(D)- Quincy Jones

19- Frederick Douglass was the editor of this newspaper.

(A)- Freedom's Journal

(B)- Baltimore Afro-American

(C)- The Chicago Defender

(D)- The North Star

20- She was the first Black woman lawyer in Canada.

(A)- Anne Cools

(B)- Lillian Thomas Fox

(C)- Katherine Johnson

(D)- Violet King Henry

(Round 1) Answers

1- B

2- C

3- A

4- D

5- C

6- C

7- A

8- D

9- C

10- A

11- B

12- D

13- A

14- C

15- C

16- A

17- A

18- B

19- D

20- D

(Round 2)

21- This school was created in 1957 becoming the first and most successful of Florida's eleven new African American Junior Colleges.

(A)- Hampton Junior College

(B)- Gibbs Junior College

(C)- Roosevelt Junior College

(D)- Collier-Blocker Junior College

22- She was the first African American woman to become a dentist in the United States.

(A)- Ida Gray

(B)- Dr. Shirley Jeanne Allen

(C)- Ruby Bridges

(D)- Patricia Roberts Harris

23- He was the founder of the Greenwood district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, known as Black Wall Street.

(A)- P.B.S. Pinchback

(B)- O.W. Gurley

(C)- Robert F. Smith

(D)- Donald Thompson

24- The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was passed by the...

(A)- Parliament of the United Kingdom

(B)- Australian Federal Executive Council

(C)- House of Commons of Canada

(D)- Monarchy of Jamaica

25- He is author of the book Black Boy.

(A)- James Baldwin

(B)- Ralph Ellison

(C)- Victor H. Green

(D)- Richard Wright

26- In 1921, he became the first African American head coach in the NFL.

(A)- John H. Johnson

(B)- Fritz Pollard

(C)- Booker T. Washington

(D)- Louis Farrakhan

27- This actor was in television's first African American two-parent family sitcom Good Times.

(A)- Sidney Poitier

(B)- Reg E. Cathey

(C)- Richard Pryor

(D)- John Amos

28- In 2014, this golfer received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

(A)- Tiger Woods

(B)- Calvin Peete

(C)- Charlie Sifford

(D)- Lee Elder

29- On January 25, 1980, Black Entertainment Television (BET) was founded by this person.

(A)- Lewis Howard Latimer

(B)- Oprah Winfrey

(C)- Robert Johnson

(D)- Langston Hughes

30- In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress.

(A)- Angela Davis

(B)- Rosa Parks

(C)- Shirley Chisholm

(D)- Evelyn Cunningham

31- Which person is the National Organizer and spokesperson for the Black Alliance for Peace?

(A)- Ajamu Baraka

(B)- Henry Louis Gates Jr.

(C)- James Earl Jones

(D)- Dr. Claud Anderson

32- He was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event, at the 1924 Paris Summer games.

(A)- Jack Johnson

(B)- Arthur Ashe

(C)- Jesse Owens

(D)- DeHart Hubbard

33- She became the first African American woman to be nominated for a Golden Globe Award for (Best