2025 Knowledge Bowl - Arts & Literature

Known for his social and political views, who published The Souls of Black Folks in 1903?

In 1993, she became the first black to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature for six novels. She is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved which became a motion picture and in 1993 for Jazz. Name her.

What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black American entertainers began their careers?

Popularized by the 1923 musical Runnin’ Wild , what 1920s dance is believed to have started in a coastal city of South Carolina?

What musical genre emerged from three heavily populated black isolated areas: the Mississippi Delta, the Piedmont, and East Texas?

What Harlem theatre is a showcase for Black talent?

“Go Down, Moses” and “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” are known as what type of songs?

Porgy was a black musical play that had its debut in 1927. It became a film in 1959 entitled Porgy and Bess and had an all-star black cast. Name two of the actors/actresses that performed in this film?

Who wrote the song Maple Leaf Rag?

What Black American took jazz vocals to a new level and was called “The Divine One” because of her range and effortless mastery of the intricacies of music?