Black History Quiz Bowl questions and answers

Vanessa Williams correct answer: First A. American to win Miss America--1983 W.E.B. DuBois correct answer: First A. American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University Wallace "Wally" Amos correct answer: A black entrepreneur, founder of "Famous Amos" chocolate chip cookies One Drop Rule correct answer: A person with as little as one drop of black blood in their heritage is considered "black" Oprah Winfrey correct answer: A. American TV hostess. Greatest black philanthropist in American History Oprah Winfrey correct answer: Most influential woman in the world Barack Obama correct answer: 44th President of the United States Barack Obama correct answer: first A. American president of the Harvard Law Review Ralph J. Bunche correct answer: first black to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. 1950 Worked to mediate conflict in Palestine Rickey Henderson correct answer: Baseball's all-time leader in stolen bases Robert L. Johnson correct answer: Founder of B.E.T. First black billionaire Ronald McNair correct answer: First African-American to die in spaceflight. 1986 Rosewood Massacre correct answer: a violent, racially motivated conflict that took place the first week of January 1923. The town of Rosewood, Florida disappeared off of the map. Rosewood, Florida correct answer: The first black community to receive reparations payments for the destruction fo property and murder of its citizens Malcom Little correct answer: Malcom X Wilma Rudolph correct answer: First A. American female to win three gold medals in a single Olympic game Wilt Chamberlain correct answer: Only NBA player to score 100 points in a single game Alapha Kappa Alpha Sorority AKA correct answer: Founded in 1908 at Howard University. Colors: Pink and Green