1. Who invented the automatic traffic signal and the gas mask?
2. Who invented the first wooden clock and wrote the first American Almanac?
3. A tisket, a tasket, who lost her yellow basket?
4. Who wrote the National Black Anthem?
5. Who performed the first successful open heart surgery?
6. Who popularized Bebop?
7. Who is famous for developing over 300 uses for the peanut?
8. Name the first Black female Astronaut.
9. Who coined the phrase "I have a dream?"
10. Who was considered the first Black settler in Chicago?
11. Who was the second Black man to play Baseball in the majors?
12. What famous woman was known as "Queen of Gospel?"
13. Who is the successful publisher of Ebony and Jet Magazines?
14. Who wrote "I know why the Caged Bird Sings?"
15. Name the singer who sings "Happy Birthday" to Dr. King.
16. What song is know as the "National Black Anthem?"
17. Who succeeded in shattering Babe Ruth's home run record?
18. Who was the first Black Heavyweight Champion?
19. Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
20. Who was a famous conductor for the Underground Railroad?
21. Who was the first Black Woman to sing with the Metropolitan Opera Company?
22. Who was the first president to name a Black person to his Presidential Cabinet?
23. Name the founder of the Dance Theater of Harlem?
24. Name the first Black Mayor of Chicago.
25. Name the first Black to attain the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Army.
26. Name the first Black person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
27. Who started the first blood bank?
28. What do the letters N.A.A.C.P stand for?
29. Name the person known as the King of Calypso.
30. Who was the first Black American to win a Rhodes Scholarship?
31. Who was Bojangles?
32. In what city was the N.A.A.C.P founded?
33. Who wrote the song "St. Louis Blues" and is known as "Father of the Blues?"
34. What Shakespearean play has a Black man as its main character?
35. Name the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Judge.
36. Who wrote the book "Roots" that was made into a T.V. series?
37. Who was the first Black Congresswoman from New York?
38. Who was the first Black man to star in a weekly dramatic series?
39. Who was the first Black candidate for the Democratic nomination for the President of the United States?
40. Who was the pop superstar who won 8 Grammy Awards in January of 1984?
41. Who was the first Black Miss America?
42. Who was the first Black Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia?
43. Who was the Black man who went to Syria to help free Lt. Goodman?
44. Who were the people involved in the first interracial kiss on T.V.?
45. What was the first Black Sorority?
46. Name the weekly Black series that began broadcasting live in 1992.
47. What do the letters P.U.S.H stand for?
48. Who invented Black History Week and is known as the Father of Black History?
49. What Black woman had a book of poetry published in 1773?
50. Who was the first Black person elected mayor of a major U.S city?
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