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Here are the trivia questions and multiple-choice answers from our 2022 Black History Quiz.
What was Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu most famous for in the Eighties?
Photo: the University of Mount Union, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
He was the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Photo: National Archives at College Park, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, colorized.
Who's the producer behind Netflix's "Harder They Fall"?
Screenshot: The Harder They Fall / Netflix
What flag is this?
Why does Grammy-winning artist India Arie want to #DeleteSpotify?
Photo: Texas A&M University-Commerce Marketing Communications Photography, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What was The Emancipator?
Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first what?
Photo: White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
LeBron James became the only NBA player to hit which milestone?
Screenshot: NBA on YouTube
When did lynching become a federal crime in the US?
Screenshot: The White House on YouTube
Who are Silk Sonic?
Screenshot: Recording Academy / 64th GRAMMYs / CBS
Karine Jean-Pierre is the first White House Press Secretary to be what?
Photo: Erin Scott, The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Jennifer Hudson won which awards during her career?
Screenshot: Late Show with Stephen Colbert / CBS
Who is the youngest NBA player to reach 3,000 3-Point Field Goals?
Screenshot: NBA on ESPN
Who's this?
Screenshot: 2022 BET Awards / BET Network
Who was the first Black host of a US network television game show?
Screenshot: CBS
Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball (MLB)?
Photo: Bob Sandberg Look photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, colorized
Who was the NBA's first Black coach?
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, colorized
Which TV show featured the first kiss between a white man and a Black woman to be broadcast in a US series?
Screenshot: Paramount Pictures.
What's the most-watched tennis match in ESPN history?
Screenshot: US Open Tennis Championships on YouTube
What did Kanye West wear to his surprise 2022 Yeezy Season 9 fashion show in Paris?
Screenshot: Yeezy Season 9 / Paris Fashion Week via SWGRUS on YouTube
According to Kanye West's Oct. 2022 Instagram post, who is "controlled by shadowy, powerful Jewish people"?
Screenshot: Kanye West at Tucker Carlson / FOX News - YouTube
A little over a week after Twitter and Instagram restricted Ye's accounts in response to antisemitic remarks in Oct. 2022, he did what?
Screenshot: Piers Morgan Uncensored - YouTube
Our Black History 2021 Quiz Questions and Answers

How many US states recognize Juneteenth as either a state holiday or a ceremonial holiday?
Answer: • Juneteenth is a federal holiday. It is celebrated in all 50 states.
Eric Adams is the second elected Black mayor of New York City. Who was the first?
Answer: • David Dinkins.
Who is the first Black woman buried at the Pantheon monument in Paris?
Answer: • Josephine Baker.
What is Colorism?
Answer: • Prejudice against individuals with darker skin among people of the same ethnic group.
What was Old Aunt Jemima originally?
Answer: • A song of field enslaved people.
What’s historic about Georgia’s Jan. 6, 2021 vote?
Answer: • It’s the first time a Black senator represents Georgia. • It’s the first time an African-American Democrat from a Southern state has been elected to the Senate. • And, it’s the first time a Millennial senator has been elected.
Who was Maya Angelou?
Answer: • An American poet.
What was the occasion for which Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing got its tune?
Answer: • The anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in 1905.
Who is Jessica Watkins?
Answer: • The first Black woman to live on the International Space Station.
Who is Terence Blanchard?
Answer: • The first Black composer whose work was performed by the New York Metropolitan Opera.
Black Pop Culture Video Quiz (Black History Month 2022)
Our Black Pop Culture Quiz for Black History Month Questions and Answers
Who is the most honored woman in the history of the Grammy awards?
Answer: • Beyoncé.
Who was the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor?
Answer: • Sidney Poitier.
Which artist had the most songs ever on the Billboard Hot 100 chart?
Answer: • Drake.
Mary Wilson was a member of which 60’s sensation?
Answer: • The Supremes.
Who is the most-awarded Black artist in Emmys history?
Answer: • RuPaul.
Which soul queen is responsible for the classic hit “Respect”?
Answer: • Aretha Franklin.
The 2021 Golden Globes best-animated movie, “Soul,” made history as what?
Answer: • The first Pixar movie with a Black character in the lead.
What is Blackfishing?
Answer: • Pretending to be of darker skin on social media.
What’s “New Day’s Lyric”?
Answer: • Amanda Gorman’s poem to mark the end of 2021.
Which awards did late actress Cicely Tyson receive in her lifetime?
Answer: • Honorary Oscar. • Emmy. • Medal of Freedom. • And more.
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