FREE QUIZ BOWL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT BLACK

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FREE QUIZ BOWL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT BLACK

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-Guarantee passing score -183 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: A graduate of the University of Illinois in 1968, he is one of the richest and most influential figures in American media.

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Robert Johnson Question 2: In 1983 he blasted off into outer space on the space shuttle "Challenger". This was the first mission with both a night launch and landing, and it lasted six days. The crew was launching a weather satellite.

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Guion Bluford Question 3: In 1984 at the age of 33 he became the director of pediatric surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland

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Ben Carson

Question 4: In 1966 she served the state of Texas and worked for 12 years as a member of congress.

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Barbara Jordan Question 5: A well know author and poet, best know for the portion of her biography entitled, "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings", which tells the story of her growing up during the Great Depression.

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Maya Angelou Question 6: His strong black pride flows through all his work. In 1960, the NAACP declared him "Poet Laureat of the Negro Race".

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Langston Hughes Question 7: Formerly a Senator for Illinois, he was born in Hawaii and lived in Indonesia.

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Barak Obama

Question 8: Was ordained a Baptist minister.

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Martin Luther King Question 9: Drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1975, he played until 1987, and is often considered the greatest funning back in the history of football.

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Walter Payton Question 10: Nicknamed "Duke" for his flashy way of dressing, became famous as a musician, composer and band leader.

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Edward "Duke" Ellington

Question 11: 75,000 people came to the Lincoln Memorial on Easter Sunday to see this person sing.

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Marian Anderson Question 12: His band, The Washingtonians, played in Harlem's Cotton Club as well as opera houses in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.

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Edward "Duke" Ellington Question 13: After the Civil War he spoke out for education, land ownership, and civil rights for newly freed people.

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Frederick Douglas Question 14: In 1993 she was invited to speak at President Clinton's Inauguration Ceremony where she read the poem, "On the Pulse of Morning".

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Maya Angelou Question 15: A Chicago native, she received many awards for her writing including the Pulitzer Prize, The Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Endowments for the Arts, and she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.

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Gwendolyn Brooks Question 16: Later she became an instructor at Dartmouth University in New Hampshire.

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Mae Jemison

Question 17: Opened his own record store in Detroit.

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Barry Gordy

Question 18: He recorded many albums and made more than 50 movies. Best known for his 1968 hit single "What a Wonderful World".

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Louis Armstrong Question 19: Born in 1956 in Chicago, she was the first black woman to travel in space on the space shuttle Endeavor.

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Mae Jemison Question 20: She was the first African American woman inventor to ever receive a patent in 1885.

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Sarah Goode Question 21: Became the director of the Red Cross blood collection, which helps save the lives of many people.

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Charles Richard Drew Question 22: He graduated from Yale University and the University of Michigan Medical School.

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Ben Carson Question 23: First black actor to win an oscar award for his role in the 1963 film "Lillies of the Field.

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Sidney Potier Question 24: Was told at the age of 4 that she would never walk again, but in 1960 won 3 gold medals in the Olympics in Rome.

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Wilma Rudolph