
Black History Jeopardy 2
6 Categories
30 Questions
Vice President Kamala Harris, actor Chadwick Boseman, and music mogul Sean Combs all graduated from this HBCU in Washington D.C.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novel, “The Color Purple”, Alice Walker and actress Keisha Knight Pulliam both graduated from this HBCU located in Atlanta, Georgia.





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Category 1

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Vice President Kamala Harris, actor Chadwick Boseman, and music mogul Sean Combs all graduated from this HBCU in Washington D.C.
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What is Howard University?

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novel, “The Color Purple”, Alice Walker and actress Keisha Knight Pulliam both graduated from this HBCU located in Atlanta, Georgia.
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What is Spelman College ?

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This organization was established in 1944 to provide financial support to students attending HBCU(s).
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What is the United Negro College Fund?

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Congress officially defined an HBCU as a school of higher learning that was accredited and established before this year.
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What is 1964?

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These two colleges played each other in the first college football game between two HBCU(s) in 1892.
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What are Biddle University and Livingstone College?
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What is Johnson C. Smith University and Livingstone College?

Category 2

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This American botanist and inventor developed methods to prevent soil depletion and invented over 300 uses for peanuts.
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Who is
George Washington Carver?

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This inventor and Tuskegee University alum invented the bestselling toy the Super Soaker water gun 1989.
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Who is
Lonnie Johnson?

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This American surgeon developed a way of separating blood plasma and convinced doctors to use his method for transfusions.
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Who is
Dr. Charles Drew?

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This American inventor helped Thomas Edison develop the electric light bulb.
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Who is
Lewis Latimer?

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The first black female neurosurgeon in the United States specializing in neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital.
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Who is
Percy Julian?

Category 3

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This comedian executively produced the hit show “Everybody Hates Chris”.
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Who is
Chris Rock?

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Redd Foxx was the star of this 1970s television series.
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What is
“Stanford and Son”?

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This comedian’s first TV role was on the series “The Parkers”. She played the part of Nikki Parker.
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Who is
Mo’Nique?

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Fox Network won an Emmy for outstanding writing and a Peabody award for excellence in broadcasting.
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Who is
Bernie Mac?

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He was one of the first black comedians to successfully perform in major all-white nightclubs. His performance at the Chicago Playboy Club in 1961 earned him a profile in Time magazine.
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Who is Dick Gregory?

Category 4

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This man is known as “the Godfather of Soul” and “the hardest working man in show business”. He inspired the disco and hip-hop genres.
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Who is
James Brown?

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The first black woman to win 5 Grammy awards in one year.
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Who is
Lauryn Hill?

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Keenan Ivory Wayans produced this TV comedy show.
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What is “In Living Color”?

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This “Get Out” film director became the first black American to win an academy award for best original screenplay in 2017.
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Who is Jordan Peele?

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This is song by The Sugar Hill Gang released in 1979 is widely considered the first hip-hop song.
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What is Rapper’s Delight?

Category 5

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This black American woman sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she refused to give up her seat to a white man.
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Who is Rosa Parks?

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This attorney argued the case Brown vs. Board of Education leading to the desegregation of public schools. He also became the first black supreme court justice.
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Who is Thurgood Marshall?

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The anti-slavery newspaper founded by abolitionist Fredrick Douglas.
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What is
“The North Star”?

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He was one of the “Big Six” leaders of the 1960s civil rights movement. He organized protests and served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Georgia’s 5 congressional district.
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Who is John Lewis?

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She encouraged thousands of black Americas to register to vote in Mississippi. She was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?

Category 6

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This river has spiritual significance in Christianity and Islam. It is the longest river in Africa.
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What is the Nile River?

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Warrior-queens who led confrontations against Alexander the Great and Emperor Augustus, belonged to this African kingdom.
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What s the Kingdom of Kush?

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The largest lake in Africa.
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What is Lake Victoria?

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The Orapa Diamond Mine, the largest diamond mine in the world by area, is located in this country.
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What is Botswana?

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This ancient African empire grew its wealth by controlling the trans-Saharan gold, salt and ivory trade between the 8th and 9th century, around the time the Vikings invaded England.
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What is the Ghana Empire?

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