Famous African-Americans Trivia Game
(Questions)
1. Militant black leader who formed the Muslim Mosque, Inc.
2. One of the richest women in the world who is very big in the New Age Movement
3. 1st African-American male to reach prominence in tennis
4. 1st African-American Supreme Court Justice
5. 1st African-American mayor of Chicago
6. Our current Secretary of State (2008)
7. Founded Operation PUSH
8. U.S. Army general and former Secretary of State
9. 1st black mayor of Los Angeles
10. Was a spy for the Americans during the American Revolution
11. Discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut, sweet potato, and soybean
12. Pulitzer Prize winning author who wrote Roots
13. 1st African-American to star on a dramatic TV series (I Spy)
14. The devil made him do it
15. 1st African-American to have leading man status
16. 1st African-American to receive an Academy Award
17. American jazz trumpet soloist, singer, and band leader
18. Singer and 1st African-American to host a network TV show
19. One of the “Rat Pack”
20. The “Queen of Soul”
21. 1st African-American woman to sign a long-term movie contract with a major studio
22. NFL’s oldest-ever wide receiver and one of its greatest players
23. 1st star of the Negro Baseball League to be inducted into the Hall of Fame
24. 1st African-American to play in modern Major League Baseball
25. Considered the greatest basketball player ever
(Answers)
1. Malcolm X
2. Oprah Winfrey
3. Arthur Ashe
4. Thurgood Marshall
5. Harold Washington
6. Condoleezza Rice
7. Jesse Jackson
8. Colin Powell
9. Tom Bradley
10. James Armistead
11. George Washington Carver
12. Alex Haley
13. Bill Cosby
14. Flip Wilson
15. Sidney Poitier
16. Hattie McDaniel
17. Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong
18. Nat “King” Cole
19. Sammy Davis, Jr.
20. Aretha Franklin
21. Lena Horne
22. Jerry Rice
23. Satchel Paige
24. Jackie Robinson
25. Michael Jordan