Black History Scholars Bowl Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge with our Black History Scholars Bowl trivia questions

How many of these Black history trivia questions can you answer? UA’s Black History Scholars Bowl team offers a glimpse into what the competition will be like Feb. 5.

In 1988, Black American author Toni Morrison was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for what novel?

Beloved. Set after the American Civil War, it tells the story of a family of former slaves whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit.

What Black artist holds the record for the longest running No. 1 album of all time?

Michael Jackson. The King of Pop created dozens of hit records, dance moves and more.

In 1950, what U.N. diplomat was the first African American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his peacekeeping efforts in the Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa?

Ralph Bunch. Bunche was an American political scientist, diplomat and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and U.S. civil rights movement. He received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel.

Ralph Bunche. Bunche was an American political scientist, diplomat and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and U.S. civil rights movement. He received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel.

The first Black astronaut in space flew on the space shuttle in 1983. What is his name?

Guion Bluford. Bluford is an American aerospace engineer, retired U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot, and former NASA astronaut, who is the first African American to enter space.

Arthur Shores and Thurgood Marshall served as the lawyers of which UA student’s desegregation fight in 1956?

Autherine Lucy Foster. Foster was one of the first Black students at the University in 1956.

Autherine Lucy Foster. Foster was the first African American student to enroll at UA. She helped open the door for future Black students.

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