BSU/YD Game Night Trivia

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In 2024, who became the first ever Black woman elected to the KY Supreme Court?

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Pamela Goodwine

Answer explanation

Justice Pamela Goodwine was elected and made history in November 2024!

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What group was formed in 1909 by various civil rights activists to advance justice for African-Americans?

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NAACP

Answer explanation

The NAACP!

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What did George Crum invent?

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Potato Chips

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Who is known as the "father of Black History Month"?

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Dr. Carter G. Woodson

Answer explanation

Carter Godwin Woodson (1875 – 1950) was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African diaspora, including African-American history.

A founder of The Journal of Negro History in 1916, Woodson has been called the "father of black history."

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Who was the first black person in space?

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Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez

Answer explanation

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (b. 1942) is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut and the first person of African heritage in space.^[1][2] In 1980, as a member of the crew of Soyuz 38, he became the first Cuban citizen, the first Latin American, the first person of African descent, and the first person from a country in the Western Hemisphere other than the United States to travel into Earth orbit.

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Who is the current KY House Minority Leader, who recently announced that they are running for Mitch McConnel's Senate Seat in the 2026 election?

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Pamela Stevenson

Answer explanation

Pamela D. Stevenson (b. 1959) is the KY House Democratic Minority Leader since 2025, an attorney, and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. She represents District 43. In 2023, she unsuccessfully ran as the Democratic nominee in the 2023 Kentucky Attorney General election losing to Republican nominee Russell Coleman.

She just announced her 2026 run to replace Mitch McConnell in the U.S. Senate Seat for Kentucky!

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Who was the first black democrat to take office in the United States?

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Arthur W. Mitchell

Answer explanation

Arthur Wergs Mitchell, Sr., was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and civil rights activist. Representing Illinois's 1st congressional district, for his entire congressional career from 1935 to 1943, he was the only African American in Congress.Arthur W. Mitchell

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Who was the first female self-made millionaire in the US?

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Mary Ellen Pleasant

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Who is the current and first Black mayor of Richmond, KY?

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Robert R. Blythe

Answer explanation

Mayor Robert R. Blythe!

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Who created "the North Star" newspaper?

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Frederick Douglass

Answer explanation

Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895) Douglass founded the North Star, a weekly publication with the motto "Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren."

He was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.