2009
AFRICAN HERITAGE MONTH
YOUTH QUIZ  Practice
Quiz
RULES
 Each team: 4 players + 1 back-up/alternate player.
 Players must buzz in and wait to be called upon by
the Host. If the first team to buzz cannot answer the
question, the opposing team will be given the
opportunity to answer the question.
 Questions are in two categories: OPEN and TEAM.
Open questions must be answered by the team
member who rings in first. Team questions can be
discussed by all the team members, but only one
team member can provide the answer.
RULES
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 If a player buzzes in before the question is completely read,
the host will stop and the player must provide an answer. If
a player is unable to provide an answer, then the question is
read in its entirety for the opposite team.
 If an audience member reveals the answer of a question before the
players answer the question, the question is VO I D.
 In case of a disputed answer, the judge will determine the
correct answer. The judge's decision will be final.
 If no team is able to answer the question, audience members
will be given an opportunity to answer the question.
DURING THE QUIZ ...
 Remember: This is a team event, but only one person can
answer each question.
 Don't interrupt the Host. Wait until they finish the
question before you start to answer.
 Remember: Each new question is a fresh start for you and
for your team. Let the old one go. Don't get flustered. If
your team is down by a large number of points, it is
possible to make up the difference in a few minutes, so
don’t get discouraged.
REMEMBER, DURING THE QUIZ ...
 If an audience member shouts out an answer, no points
will be awarded to either team.
 Each team will have five players; however, only four
can participate at a time. A substitution can be made at
the request of the coach/teacher.
 Have fun and practice positive sportsmanship!
Category: SPORTS
Question #1:
In 1964 Muhammad Ali changed
his name. What was his previous
name?
Cassius Clay
Category: SPORTS
Question #2:
What sport did the tennis great
Althea Gibson play, after tennis?
Golf
Category: SPORTS
Question #3:
In 1975 who became the first
African American to manage a
major league baseball team?
Cito Gaston
Category: SPORTS
Question #4:
In 1991 who became the first
African American ever to qualify
for the Indianapolis 500 car race?
Willie T. Ribbs
Category: SPORTS
Question #5:
In 1947, Jackie John Roosevelt
Robinson joined what team as a
third baseman to become the first
African American in Major Leagues
in the modern era?
Brooklyn Dodgers
Category: AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN
HISTORY & COMMUNITIES
Question #1:
When the Black Loyalists left
Nova Scotia, where did they go?
Sierra Leone
Category: AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN
HISTORY & COMMUNITIES
Question #2:
Who was the first African Nova
Scotian to become a lawyer?
James R. Johnson
Category: AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN
HISTORY & COMMUNITIES
Question #3:
Name two Black communities in
Digby
Southville
Weymouth Falls
Conway
Danvers
Acaciaville
Hassett
Jordantown
Category: AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN
HISTORY & COMMUNITIES
Question #4:
Sam Langford was born in what
African Nova Scotian community?
Weymouth Falls
Category: AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN
HISTORY & COMMUNITIES
Question #5:
What year did the Black Cultural
Centre for Nova Scotia open?
A. 1983
B. 1984
C. 1982
A. 1983
Category: AFRICAN NOVA SCOTIAN
HISTORY & COMMUNITIES
Question #6:
Name the community that was
removed by the City of Halifax in
the 1960s.
Africville
Category: FILM & TELEVISION
Question #1:
Who won an Oscar for playing
the Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin,
in the 2007 film The Last King of
Scotland?
Forest Whittaker
Category: FILM & TELEVISION
Question #2:
Which African American Actor
played in American
Gangster?
Denzel Washington
Category: FILM & TELEVISION
Question #3:
Who directed the film The Planet of
Junior Brown?
A. Stephen Williams
C. Cameron Bailey
B. Fil Fraser
D. Clement Virgo
Clement Virgo
Category: FILM & TELEVISION
Question #4:
Who received the first Oscar for a
Black actress for her role in
Monster's Ball  in 2001?
Halle Berry
Category: FILM & TELEVISION
Question #5:
What African Canadian producer has
worked on the TV shows Lost,
PSI Factor, and Earth: the Final
Conflict?
A. Dionne Brand
C. Clement Virgo
B. Stephen Williams
D. Roger McTair
Stephen Williams
Category: Black Political Leaders
Question #1:
Who was the first African Canadian
woman to be appointed as Governor
General of Canada?
A. Daurene Lewis
C. Michaelle Jean
B. Yvonne Atwell
D. Mayann Francis
Michaelle Jean
Category: Black Political Leaders
Question #2:
Who wrote The Audacity of Hope?
A. Colin Powell
C. Martin Luther King, Jr.
B. Barak Obama
D. Rev. Jessie Jackson
Barak Obama
Category: Black Political Leaders
Question #3:
Who was the first African Nova
Scotian to be elected to the
Halifax County Council?
Thomas Johnson
Category: Black Political Leaders
Question #4:
What Amendment to the United
States Constitution ended slavery?
A. 12th Amendment
C. 15th Amendment
B. 14th Amendment
D. 13th Amendment
D. 13th Amendment
Category: Black Political Leaders
Question #5:
Who is the Lieutenant Governor
of Nova Scotia?
The Right Honorable Mayann Francis
Category: The Harlem Renaissance
Question #1:
Who is pictured
here?
Duke Ellington
Category: The Harlem Renaissance
Question #2:
Which Harlem Renaissance author
wrote Their Eyes Were Watching
God ?
Zora Neale Hurston
Category: The Harlem Renaissance
Question #3:
What is the name of this song?
Louis Armstrong;
“Hello Dolly!”
Category: The Harlem Renaissance
Question #4:
What is the name of this song?
Bessie Smith; “High Society ”
Category: The Harlem Renaissance
Question #5:
The NAACP was founded by W.E.B. Du
Bois. What does NAACP stand for??
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
Category: Popular Black Music
Question #1:
Name the artist.
Beyonce; “Single Ladies (Put a Ring
on It)”
Category: Popular Black Music
Question #2:
Name the artist.
Ashanti; “The Way that I Love You”
Category: Popular Black Music
Question #3:
Name the artist.
50 Cent; “Get Up”
Category: Popular Black Music
Question #4:
Name the artist.
Shawty Lo; “Dey Know”
Category: Popular Black Music
Question #5:
Name the artist.
Mariah Carey; “Bye Bye”
Category: Popular Black Music
Question #6:
Name the artist.
Pleasure P; “Did You Wrong”