1.​ What is an HBCU? (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
2.​ What did Charles Drew do and how did he die? ( He created a way to preserve blood
plasma, leading to our current blood bank system. He died from not being admitted to a
hospital where he needed a blood transfusion.)
3.​ Name two things Garrett Morgan invented. (traffic light and gas mask)
4.​ Who is known for writing “A Letter From Birmingham Jail”?(Martin Luther King, Jr,)
5.​ What African American CRHS student played in the national football league? (Jason
Winrow)
6.​ What is significant about June 19, 1865? ( The day the Emancipation Proclamation was
enforced in Texas and is celebrated as Juneteenth the most recent Federal Holiday)
7.​ Who was Elizabeth Adams? Who was her husband? ( The granddaughter of John
Fendwick; she married a Black man named Gould, They were the founders of
Gouldtown)
8.​ What African American attended Temple University, played football for the Canadian
Football League, and coached football at CRHS? ( Tex Robinson)
9.​ What do the initials MLK stand for in American history? (Martin Luther
King, Jr.)
10.​Who led many slaves to freedom and was called Moses? (Harriet Tubman)
11.​Who holds the first single-game rushing record at CRHS? (Kyon Barnes) Who held it
previously ( “AP” Andrew Pierce)
12.​What was the first graduating class at CRHS? (June 21, 1978)
13.​What happened on September 22 1862 and what did it do? (The Emancipation
Proclamation freed the slaves in the Confederate states starting on January 1, 1863)
14.​Who are the Tuskegee Airmen? ( First African American US pilots, who fought in WWII)
15.​Who was the first African American student at CRHS to score 1000 points in basketball?
(David Hadden)
16.​Who is Jesse Ownes and what did he do at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin? (He dispelled
Aldof Hilter’s Aryan athletic superiority theory when he won 4 gold medals and set world
records at the game)
17.​What did the case Brown vs Topeka Board of Education do? (Court ruled separate but
equal was unconstitutional in schools)
18.​Who built the pyramids and why? (Egyptians and to protect the tombs of their leaders
and other important people)
19.​Who is Michael Jackson? (Entertainer, singer and songwriter )
20.​Who helped to plan the layout of the District of Columbia (Washington DC)? (Benjamin
Banneker)
21.​What is associated with the term ‘Red Tail’? ( Tuskegee Airmen.. They painted the tails
of the airplanes they flew red}
22.​For what is George Washington Carver known? (He was a scientist and inventor who
developed ways to improve the soil depleted by repeated planting of cotton.
23.​What is Carter G. Woodson known for? (Historian, author, journalist, and the creator of
Black History Month).
24.​Who was the first Black vice principal at CRHS? (Carole Hursey Laster)
25.​How many Black Greek scholastic college fraternities and sororities are there? (9)
26.​Who are the brothers who attended CRHS and hold individual 1000-point records for
basketball? (Andre and Phillip Buck)
27.​What is the NAACP? (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
28.​Who is Mae C. Jemison ? (An astronaut and first Black woman in space)
29.​Who is Lupita Nyong’o (Actress who played in Black Panther)
30.​Who is the Black female news commentator on Good Morning America? (Robin Roberts)
31.​Who is Lisa Leslie? (Professional basketball player who currently coaches Tripletsin)
32.​Who is Condoleezza Rice? (First AA and first woman Secretary of State under President
George W. Bush)
33.​What organization is Huey Newton associated with? (Black Panthers)
34.​What did Ruby Bridges do at age 6 in 1960? ( She was the first black child to integrate a
white school in Louisiana. She was taught in a classroom alone for one year)
35.​Name the AA who taught tennis at CRHS. ( James Breech)
36.​Who is the first female Vice President who attended Howard University and is a member
of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority? ( Kamala Harris)
37.​Who is Quincy Jones? (Musician, songwriter, producer, arranger, and composer)
38.​Who is Barack Obama? ( The First AA President of the USA )
39.​Who is the author of the Becoming (Michelle Obama)
40.​Name the two HBCUs in Pa. (Cheyney and Lincoln)
41.​Who is the most decorated American Olympian female gymnast? ( Simone Biles)
42.​Who was the POET Laureate who wrote and read “The Hill We Climb at President Joe
Biden’s Inauguration? (Amanda Gorman)
43.​Who was the first Black woman to win a case in court against a white man and was
known for the speech “Ain't I A Woman? (Sojourner Truth)
44.​Who was the first Black woman to become an airplane pilot and where did she train and
obtain her pilot license? (Bessie Coleman was trained in France).
45.​Who was the first Black female millionaire, and what did she invent? (Madame C.J.
Walker who invented the straightening comb and developed hair products for Black
women.)
46.​Who was incarcerated from 1960 to 1990 for conspiring to overthrow the state, later
released, becoming the South African President in the 1990s? He was known as an
anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist. Nelson Mandela.
47.​What was the first Black Sorority and where did it start? (Alpha Kappa Alpha was
founded at Howard University in 1908)
48.​What was the name of the cultural rebirth in Harlem NY from the 1920s to the 1930’s?
(Harlem Renaissance)
49.​What Black woman started a school with $1.50 and a packing crate that became a
four-year college in Daytona, Florida? ( Mary McLeod Bethune)
50.​What teacher taught African American Literature the longest at CRHS? (Nicole Reaves)
51.​Who was the first Black Disney princess and what was the name of her movie? ( Tiana,
The Princess and the Frog)
52.​What year was Morgan State University established and by whom? ( 1867 by Thomas
Kelsey)
53.​Who built the White House and in what years? ( Enslaved Black people 1792 -1800)
54.​Who designed the first Black Barbie doll? (Kitty Black Perkins debuted in 1980)
55.​Who was the first Black woman to refuse to give up her seat on the bus in Alabama?
(Claudette Colvin)
56.​Who was the Black woman who served in the US Congress and she also ran for the
Democratic ticket for President? ( Shirley Chisholm from NY)
57.​What is the Greenbook and who used it? ( It was a book written as a travel guide for
Black people so they could be safe while driving in the USA, especially the South. It
gave information on where it was safer to stop in various towns and what roadways to
use to avoid being attacked by whites)
58.​Who was Pennsauken High School's first black quarterback and what year did he
become quarterback? (Robert “Sweet Bobby” Jones and 1971)
59.​What does ‘Jumping the Broom’ mean? ( Slaves weren’t allowed to marry or have a
marriage ceremony. So they began to start their marriage ceremony custom by having
the couple jump over a broom to be married)
60.​Who organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first
African-American-led labor union? (A. Philip Randolph)
61.​What Black American is famous for these 3 major inventions: the Electric Railway
System, the Railway Telegraph, and the Steam Boiler Furnace? (Granville T. Woods)
62.​Who was the first Black American to receive the NAACP's Spingarn Medal? ( Ernest E.
Just)
63.​What Black American was head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Gulf War and the first
Black American to serve as Secretary of State? (Colin Powell)
64.​Who was the first African American female U.S. Senator? (Carol Mosley Braun)
65.​What Black American female scored 101 points in the first half of a high school game?
(Lisa Leslie)
66.​Who was the first Black American male to win an individual gold medal in the Winter
Olympics? (Shani Davis)
67.​What Black American won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2005 for the movie,
“Ray”. The movie was about the life of Ray Charles. (Jamie Foxx)
68.​This African American discovered the North Pole with Robert Perry. (Matthew Henson)
69.​Who were the United States Army regiments formed during the 19th century to serve on
the American frontier? (Buffalo Soldiers)
70.​What were the first African Americans trained in the Marine Corps known as? (Montford
Point Marines)
71.​Who was one of the original physicians on the staff of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in
Camden when it opened in 1950 and was admitted as the first black doctor on staff at
Bridgeton Hospital in 1958? (Dr. Leonard G. Scott)
72.​Who was the first Black Municipal Clerk in Cumberland County? (Darlene J. Richmond)
73.​Who is known for the phrase “Good Trouble” and served in the U.S. House of
Representatives from 1987 to 2020? (John Lewis)
74.​What town is known as the oldest free Black community in the United States?
(Gouldtown)
75.​This Black American said, “A people without the knowledge of their history, origin, and
culture is like a tree without roots.” (Marcus Garvey)
76.​What do the colors on the Pan-African flag also known as the Afro-American flag
represent? ( red- symbolizes the blood of the people, black represents the Black African
ancestry, and the vibrant natural wealth of Africa.)
77.​What Black American mathematician is known for her work contributing to the
development of the Global Positioning System (GPS)? (Gladys West)
78.​What African American female won the 2023 US Open Tennis championship becoming
the first American teenager to win the US Open since Serena Williams in 1999? (Coco
Gauff)
79.​What position does Ketanji Brown Jackson hold? (First African American female
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court)
80.​What was the first HBCU? (Cheyney University became the nation’s first on February
25, 1837)
81.​Who is New Jersey’s African American senator? (Cory Booker)
82.​How many countries are on the continent of Africa? (54)
83.​What was The Middle Passage? (the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions
of enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave
trade)
84.​The 2021 movie Judas and the Black Messiah depicts the life of what member of the
Black Panther Party? (Fred Hampton)
85.​Who is the godmother of Tupac Shakur? ( Assata Shakur)
86.​Who was NJ's first black poet laureate? (Amiri Baraka (born Everette Leroy Jones))
87.​ Who are the three African American women portrayed in Hidden Figures? (Katherine
Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughn)
88.​Who was the first person to die in the Revolutionary War? ( Crispus Attucks)
89.​Where did the 1997 Million Women's March take Place? (Philadelphia)
90.​Who founded the city of Chicago? (Jean Baptiste Point DuSable)
91.​Who was the first Black woman to serve as an ambassador? She became the US
Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1965-1967. (Patricia Roberts Harris)
92.​Who was the first African American Artist to receive a Caldecott Honor? He received
numerous awards for his art in children’s picture books. (Tom Feelings)
93.​Who was the African American who earned his first win on the PGA Tour at the
Monsanto Open in 1974 which gained him entry to play in the Masters Tournament?
((Lee Elder)
94.​What African American chemical engineer served as the administrator of the US
Environmental Protection Agency, the EPA, from 2009 to 2013? (Lisa Perez Jackson)
95.​Who was the first African American to hold the post of commissioner on the Federal
Trade Commission? (Leon Higginbotham)
96.​Who owned and operated the largest beauty parlor for African American women? She
was also one of the founders of New York’s only black-owned commercial bank. (Rose
Meta Morgan)
97.​Who holds the distinction of having been the highest-ranking Black American in the
global automobile industry? (Edward Thomas Welburn Jr.)
98.​Who was the first syndicated African American cartoonist? (Jackie Ormes)
99.​Who was the first African American woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?
(Toni Morrison)
100.​ Who was known as ”the father of gospel music”? (Thomas Dorsey)
101.​ Who was the first Black Woman employed as a mail carrier in the US and the second
woman to work for the US postal service? (Mary Fields aka Stagecoach Mary)
102.​ Who co-founded the Institute for Journalism Education, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to training journalists of color and providing accurate representation of
minorities in the news media? (Robert Clyve Maynard)
103.​ Who rose to prominence in the 1950s as one of the first Black actresses to achieve
mainstream success in Hollywood? (Dorothy Dandridge)
104.​ Who was the first boxer in history to win the heavyweight title 3 times? (Muhammad
Ali)
105.​ In 2000 who was elected as the first female bishop of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church? (Bishop Vashti M. McKenzie)
106.​ What did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution grant? (abolished slavery and
involuntary servitude except as a punishment for a crime)
107.​ What enslaved person freed himself, his crew, and their families from slavery by
commandeering a Confederate transport ship and sailing it to freedom beyond the
Federal blockade? (Robert Smalls)
108.​ Who was the Black man who was working for the Air Force and NASA when he
created the toy, that changed the ‘water gunfight’ for kids, the Super Soaker? (Lommie
Johnson)
109.​ Who was the first African American woman elected to the US Congress and also the
first woman to make a serious run for President of the US? (Shirley Chisholm)
110.​ Who is the new head football coach at Norfolk State University? (Michael Vick)
111.​ Who is the new head coach at Delaware State University? (DeSean Jackson)
112.​ What African American woman was a pioneering cancer researcher and surgeon
noted for her contributions to chemotherapy? She also pioneered the use of a drug to
treat breast cancer and skin cancer. (Jane Cooke Wright)
113.​ Who is the 1st Black Woman to headline Coachella? (Beyoncé)
114.​ What Black inventor revolutionized the sugar industry by inventing a refining process
used in producing soap, gelatin, condensed milk, and glue? ( Norbert Rillieux)
115.​ What African American group was the first to debut with four consecutive
number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart? (the Jackson 5)
116.​ What African American humanitarian founded the Hale House Center, a home for
disadvantaged children and children who were born addicted to drugs? ( Clara McBride
Hale)
117.​ How many head black NFL coaches are entering the 2025 season? (6)
118.​ Who is the all-time leading scorer in NBA history? (Lebron James Sr.)
119.​ Who founded the African Methodist Episcopal church, the first independent Black
denomination in the United States? (Richard Allen)
120.​ What song is referred to as “The Black National Anthem”? (Lift Every Voice and
Sing)
121.​ What 2017 film, directed by Jordan Peele, addresses issues of race in America
through a horror-thriller narrative? (Get Out)
122.​ What was Virgil Abloh’s brand? (Off-White)
123.​ What was the first black show on Disney Channel? (The Proud Family)
124.​ Who was the first African American female principle dancer with the American Ballet
Theatre? (Misty Copeland)
125.​ How many grammys does Michael Jackson have? (13)
126.​ Who has the most Grammys? (Beyoncé)
127.​ How many HBCUs are there? (107)
128.​ What was the Underground Railroad? ( A secret network in the United Stated that
helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom.)
129.​ Who was Dr. James Still? ( known as “The Black Doctor of the Pines” an AA
herbalist and homeopathic healer from NJ.)
130.​ What two African American women are currently serving in the United States
Senate? (Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester.)
131.​ Who currently holds the NFL record for two 70+ yard rushing TDs in the second half
of a single game? (Saquon Barkley)
132.​ What is the Rooney Rule? (It mandates that NFL teams interview ethnic minority
candidates for head coaching and senior football operations roles. )
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