6.08.2010

Tuesday Night Trivia: African-American history


In recent months, my roommates, K, and assorted friends have begun a daily trivia contest. Each of us creates quizzes for dedicated days of the week (I have Tuesday), and then we e-mail them to each other. It's a great way to kill time at work, or to realize how dumb you are.

The rules:

1.) You must know the knowledge off the top of your head.
2.) Ten questions
3.) As many bonus questions as you want.
4.) New theme every week (i.e. food, sailing terminology, Harry Potter)
5.) No looking up the answers when you're taking the quiz.


1. What African-American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin?

2. In what city was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?

3. Match the author to their work:

Zora Neale Hurston a. Black Boy
Richard Wright b. Their Eyes Were Watching God
Langston Hughes c. Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin d. I, Too, Sing America

4. Who was the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

5. Which U.S. amendment abolished slavery?

6. Jackie Robinson was the first African-American player to play in the National League. Who was the first to play in the American League? (One point bonus for the team he played on initially.)

7. Briefly explain the term "40 acres and a mule."

8. Where was John Brown's Raid held?

9. Briefly explain the Dred Scott Decision.

10. In what U.S. city was Motown Records originally based?

Bonus 1: Name as many Miles Davis albums as you can (One point each).

Bonus 2: Spike Lee has directed 35 movies/television movies. Name them (.5 points each)

Bonus 3: Who is Crispus Attucks?

Bonus 4: In what city was Rosa Parks asked to get up her seat to a white man?

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Posted by Bradford Pearson at 2:55 PM

4 comments:

  1. 2. Memphis
    3. Hurston b
    Wright c
    Hughes d
    Baldwin a
    4.Clarence Thomas
    5. 13th
    6.
    7. Suggested(promised?) reparations for freed slaves
    8.Harper's Ferry
    9. Slave ownership still applied even if master and slave traveled to an area where slavery was illegal.
    10.Detroit

    B2: Higher Learning, Get on the Bus
    B4: Birmingham

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  2. 1. Jesse Owens

    2. Memphis

    3. Match the author to their work:
    Zora Neale Hurston -- B
    Richard Wright -- C
    Langston Hughes -- D
    James Baldwin -- A

    4. Thurgood Marshall

    5. 13

    6. Larry Doby, Cleveland Indians

    7. That was what a black sharecropper got from the government in the mid-19th century

    8. Harper's Ferry, W.Va.

    9. Established legal segregation with the "separate but equal" standard.

    10. Detroit

    Bonus 1: Birth of the Cool, Workin' With the Miles Davis Quintet, Relaxin' ..., Cookin' ..., Kind of Blue, In a Silent Way, On the Corner, Bitches Brew

    Bonus 2: Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Crooklyn, 25th Hour, Summer of Sam, Bamboozled, Get on the Bus, He Got Game

    Bonus 3: The first man to be killed in the Boston Massacre

    Bonus 4: Birmingham, Ala.

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  3. 1. Jesse Owens
    2. Memphis
    3. Zora (b), Wright (a), Hughes (d), Baldwin (c) I knew B and D, guesses on the other two
    4. Thurgood Marshall
    5. 13th
    6. Lary Doby, Cleveland Indians
    7. This was the reparations paid to freed slaves
    8. Virginia
    9. Decision said slaves weren't citizens
    10. Detroit

    B1- ______________________
    B2- Do the Right Thing, Malcom X, When the Levees Broke, He Got Game, Summer of Sam, Love & Basketball, Kobe Doin Work, 25th Hour, Original Kings of Comedy?
    B3- The lawyer from To Kill a Mockingbird?
    B4- Montgomery, Alabama

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  4. 1. What African-American athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin?
    Jesse Owens
    2. In what city was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
    Memphis
    3. Match the author to their work:
    Zora Neale Hurston b. Their Eyes were Watching God
    Richard Wright c. Notes of a native Son
    Langston Hughes d. I, Too, Sing America
    James Baldwin a. Black Boy

    4. Who was the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
    Thurgood Marshall
    5. Which U.S. amendment abolished slavery?
    13th
    6. Jackie Robinson was the first African-American player to play in the National League. Who was the first to play in the American League? (One point bonus for the team he played on initially.)
    Fleet Walker, Toledo
    7. Briefly explain the term "40 acres and a mule."
    After the Emancipation Proclamation, freed slaves were supposed to be granted 40 acres and a mule each. They never got it.
    8. Where was John Brown's Raid held?

    9. Briefly explain the Dred Scott Decision.
    Dred Scott was a former slave who gained freedom legally, but was forced to return to his owner. The decision set a precedent that blacks were not people, but property.
    10. In what U.S. city was Motown Records originally based?
    Detroit-- The Motor city at Hitsville, U.S.A. By Berry Gordy
    Bonus 1: Name as many Miles Davis albums as you can (One point each).

    Bonus 2: Spike Lee has directed 35 movies/television movies. Name them (.5 points each)
    Kobe Doin Work, He Got Game, Crooklyn, Bamboozled, Inside Man, Summer of Sam
    Bonus 3: Who is Crispus Attucks?
    Character in To Kill a Mocking Bird
    Bonus 4: In what city was Rosa Parks asked to get up her seat to a white man?
    Mobile, Alabama

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