CHS Black History Month Trivia Game

Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?

• Da Brat

• Foxy Brown

• Lauryn Hill

• Missy Elliot

As a student at the Baltimore School of Performing Arts, rapper Tupac Shakur took these classes.

• hip hop and poetry

• theater and modern dance

• music appreciation and film

• ballet and poetry

Which popular rap artist's real name is Nayvadius Wilburn?

• Young thug

• Future

• 6lack

• Birdman

In 1939, she wasn't able to perform at Constitution Hall because of the "white performers only" policy but first lady Eleanor Roosevelt protested and the singer eventually performed at Lincoln Memorial

• Aretha Franklin

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Marian Anderson

• Deila Reese

What was the first historically black college in America?

• Lincoln University

• Howard University

• Cheyney University

• Wiley College

What player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned Major League Baseball's Silver Slugger Award 12 times?

• Jackie Robinson

• Barry Bonds

• Hank Aaron

• Willie Mays

Taraji P Henson played Katherine G Johnson in the movie Hidden Figures. What was Johnson known for?

• secretary for the department of defense

• invented America's first clock

• Her calculations helped NASA's space program

• She was the first black female astronaut

What university did First Lady Michelle Obama Graduate from?

• Harvard

• Princeton

• Yale

• Spelman

Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?

• soccer star

• track and field star

• basketball star

• baseball star

What actor won an Academy Award for his portrayal of singer Ray Charles in the movie Ray?

• Jamie Foxx

• Will Smith

• Martin Lawrence

• Denzel Washington