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bkhist. quiz by: hollis hite> Calhoon University Black History Quiz Q-1 #d i was the oldest man to hold a world boxing title at the age of 44. * sonny liston joe frazier melvin van peebles archie moore Q-2 #b i was the first black person to be placed on a u.s. postage stamp. * carter g woodson booker t washington whitney young harriet tubman Q-3 #c i destroyed adolph hitler's plans by winning four gold medals at the 1936 olympic games. * julius erving roy wilson jesse owens john lewis Q-4 #a as a result of my not moving to the back of the bus, martin luther king jr. became world famous. * rosa parks althea gibson maggie l walker alice walker Q-5 #d i was the first african-american appointed to the u.s. supreme court. * charles young clarence thomas marcus garvey thurgood marshall Q-6 #c i was a spanish explorer who accompanied cabeza de voca to mexico city in 1536. * pedro anthony estevanico ra nehesi Q-7 #b i was able to trace my ancestry all the way back to gambia, and produce an award winning television series about it. * richard roundtree alex haley marki bey raymond st jacques Q-8 #a i was one of the first american colonists to die in the american revolution. * crispus attucks richard allen prince whipple prince hall Q-9 #c i was the first black male actor to win an oscar. * * clifton r wharton bill cosby sidney poitier paul robeson Q-10 #b i wrote the song @lift every voice and sing,@ some call it the black national anthem. * stevie wonder james weldon johnson david ruffin bud scott Q-11 #d i'm responsible for the atlanta compromise speech where i told both blacks & whites to @cast down your bucket where you are.@ * w e b dubois martin luther king john hope franklin booker t washington Q-12 #a i became the first black mayor of the richest city in the united states. * david dinkins richard hatcher andrew young carl stokes Q-13 #c i organized the first black masonic lodge in the u.s. * * absalom jones prince hall richard allen james forten Q-14 #d jamaican born marcus garvey felt that american blacks should return to .... * latin america the south canada africa Q-15 #b the street people called me detroit red, but i became nationally known as.... * huey newton malcolm x dirty harry bobby seale Q-16 #a the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution were all passed after.... * the civil war world war ii world war i the war of 1812 Q-17 #a although it was controversial, i was appointed the second black u.s. supreme court justice. * clarence thomas william h hastie zora neale hurston lemuel haynes Q-18 #c i'm a black jockey who not only won the kentucky derby, but also the russian derby, and the polish derby in 1902. * eddie rogers isaac lewis jimmy winkfield oliver lewis Q-19 #d i performed the world's first successful open heart surgery. * * charles drew ernest e just lewis latimer daniel hale williams Q-20 #b my real name was walker smith, but most of my fight fans knew me as.... * jack armstrong sugar ray robinson walter cooper sugar ray leonard Q-21 #a virginia thought enough of me to make me the nation's first and only african-american governor. * l douglas wilder david dinkins richard hatcher david duke Q-22 #c i served as acting governor of louisiana from december 9, 1872 to january 13, 1873. * blanche kelso bruce john r lynch p b s pinchback oscar c brown Q-23 #d i was one of the two writers who wrote the song @i'm just wild about harry.@ * jerry butler miles davis ethel waters eubie blake Q-24 #b i invented the stop-and-go traffic signal in 1923. * * henry blair garrett a morgan norbert rillieux lewis temple Q-25 #c as a professional baseball player, i won the cy young award. * * henry aaron willie mays bob gibson ernie banks Q-26 #d i won an oscar in 1940, making me the first black to do so. * * billie holiday gordon parks paul warfield hattie mcdaniel Q-27 #a i was the first black american to have his own network radio show, and his own network television show. * nat king cole red foxx paul robeson bert williams Q-28 #b the most prolific black film-maker was.... * * bill foster oscar micheaux sidney poitier garland anderson Q-29 #d in 1972 i was the first black elected to congress from the south in the 20th century. * mary terrel geraldine mccollough lorraine williams barbara jordan Q-30 #b i became the first black female ambassador of the united states when i was appointed ambassador to luxembourg in 1966. * edmonia j davidson patricia r harris elizabeth hartman shirley chisholm Q-31 #c i was known as the @voice of the century@ and was the first black operatic star to sing a leading role on television. * marian anderson hildred roach leontyne price clara ward Q-32 #a as a washington security guard, i was the first person to become aware of the watergate conspiracy. * frank wills wilson good maury wills frank thomas Q-33 #c my @i have a dream@ speech has become world famous. * * john f kennedy w e b dubois martin luther king jesse jackson Q-34 #d they called me the @say-hey kid.@ * * ernie banks hank aaron maury wills willie mays Q-35 #b i was the first black tennis player to win at wimbledon. * * arthur ashe althea gibson mike morris fritz pollard Q-36 #a i was the first black american to command a u.s. warship. * * samuel l gravely john h johnson bobby seale henry mcneal turner Q-37 #d president bush appointed me as the first black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the u.s. armed services. * louis sullivan t j jemison jr john h voorhees colin powell Q-38 #c they called me cherokee bill. i was a notorious outlaw, hanged march 9, 1896. what was my real name? * harold washington ned huddleston crawford goldsby daniel w wallace Q-39 #b @if there is no struggle, there is no progress@ was said by.... * * malcolm x frederick douglass mike tyson stokely carmichael Q-40 #b who said @injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere?@ * * adam clayton powell martin luther king thurgood marshall thomas jefferson Q-41 #c i performed the @jumpin' jive@ in the 1928 film hit @stormy weather.@ * sammy davis jr ossie davis cab calloway lincoln stephen Q-42 #a i was confirmed as the united states first black federal judge. * william hastie thurgood marshall spotswood robinson richard steele Q-43 #d i was the first black recipient of a ph.d degree from an american university. * frederick douglass isom dart hiram r revels edward a bouchet Q-44 #d nearly an hour ahead of admiral robert peary, i was the first man in history to reach the north pole. * st clair drake james w johnson whitney young matthew henson Q-45 #a this disease killed five times as many blacks as whites in 1931. * * tuberculosis small pox hyper tension syphilis Q-46 #b as chubby checker, i was the father of the @twist.@ but what's my real name? * claude mckay emest evans spike lee mansa musa Q-47 #c i was the first black contestant in the miss america pageant. * * cheryl a browne leslie uggams vanessa williams debbie allen Q-48 #d my name was caesar. i was freed from slavery for developing a cure for.... * sun burn aching muscles insolence snakebite Q-49 #a i was one of france's greatest romantic writers, and i'm also black. * alexander dumas jean baptiste labot oruno lara paul niger Q-50 #c i was born and educated in new orleans and became one of this country's greatest gospel singers. * alberta hunter hilda simms mahalia jackson sadie t mossell <