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In what year did Jim Brown lead professional football in rushing? | 1957 |
What professional baseball player finished his career with 755 home runs, the highest total in major league history? | Hank Aaron |
Before his automobile accident, for what team did Roy Campanella play? | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Name the Black athlete who won the Olympic decathlon in 1960. | Rafer Johnson |
Willie O'Rhee was the first Black player in the National Hockey League. On what team did he play? | The Boston Bruins |
Who was known as the “Brown Bomber?” | Joe Louis |
In what Olympic games did Rafer Johnson win his gold medal? | The 1960 Rome Olympics |
Name the Black baseball player who hit more homers in one season than Roger Maris. | Sammy Sosa |
Who was the first African American baseball umpire? | Emmett Ashford |
What prizefighter won the middleweight title a total of five times during his career? | Sugar Ray Robinson |
Name the track and field event for which Jackie Joyner-Kersee is most noted. | The Heptathlon |
Who was the first African American to coach a professional sports team? | Bill Russell |
In 1968, Bob Beamon set an Olympic record in what track event? | Long Jump |
Who is called the "Clown Prince of Basketball?" | "Goose" Tatum |
Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Doby was inducted in what year? | 1998 |
Who was the first Black woman All-American basketball player? | Missouri "Big Mo" Arledge |
Name the first African American to play in the Rose Bowl. | Fritz Pollard |
In 1980, Willie Davenport and Jeff Gadley were the first two Blacks to participate in the Winter Olympics. Name the sport. | Bobsledding |
Who was the first Black quarterback to play professional football? | Willie Thrower |
What is Michael Jordan's nickname? | Air Jordan |
Who was named coach of the Minnesota Vikings in 1992? | Dennis Green |
With what professional baseball team did Hank Aaron begin his career? | Milwaukee Braves |
Who was the first African American to win baseball's Most Valuable Player award? | Jackie Robinson |
Who was the youngest prizefighter ever to win the heavyweight championship of the world? | Mike Tyson |
In 1992, Dominique Dawes and Elizabeth Okino became the first Black athletes to compete in what Olympic sport? | Gymnastics |
Jackie Robinson's middle name was that of a U.S. President. What is his middle name? | Roosevelt |
In the 1996 Olympic Games, who became the first athlete to win both the 200-and-400 meter races? | Michael Johnson |
Samuel Jones was the first Black pitcher to perform what feat? | Pitch a no-hitter |
Who was the first Black golfer to compete in the South African PGA Open? | Lee Elder |
How many years did Wilt Chamberlain play basketball in the NBA? | Fourteen |
Who was the first African American inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame? | Emlen Tunnell |
In what sport did Bill Picket excel? | He was a rodeo cowboy |
Who was the first Black coach in the major leagues? | Buck O'Neil |
What is Tiger Woods given first name? | Eldrick |
What is Charles Barkley's nickname? | Sir Charles |
For what professional football team did Walter Payton play? | Chicago Bears |
Which former Boston Celtic Center was voted the NBA's MVP four times? | Bill Russell |
Who was the first Black tennis player at the U.S. Open? | Althea Gibson |
How many gold medals did runner Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin? | Four |
How many U.S. Junior Amateur titles did Tiger Woods win? | Three |
Who was the first Black golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament? | Tiger Woods |
What boxer was known as the "Louisville Lip?" | Muhammad Ali |
What year did Jackie Robinson join the Brooklyn Dodgers? | 1947 |
Where is the Negro League Baseball Museum? | Kansas City, Missouri |
Whom did Joe Louis defeat to become heavyweight champion in 1937? | James J. Braddock |
What was the margin of victory in Tiger Woods’ Masters win in 1997? | Twelve |
Where was Reginald Lewis born? | Baltimore, Maryland |
Where was Muhammad Ali born? | Louisville, Kentucky |
Lee Elder was famous in what sport? | Golf |
Who was known as the fastest bicycle rider in the world? | Marshall "Major" Taylor |
What sport did Paul Robeson play in college? | Football |
Who was the first Black pitcher to pitch in a World Series Game? | Satchel Paige |
How old was Tiger Woods when he won the Masters? | Twenty One |
What professional basketball team did Dennis Rodman play for before the Chicago Bulls? | Detroit Pistons |
What female athlete won the Junior Tennis title in 1981 at the U.S. Open? | Zina Garrison |
Who was the first Black football player? | Charles Follis |
Name the heavyweight boxing champion with the initials J. J. | Jack Johnson |
Who was the first Black to play baseball in the American League? | Larry Doby |
Who was the first Black pitcher to pitch in the major leagues? | Dan Bankhead |
What is Dennis Rodman's nickname? | The Worm |
What boxer was known as the “Easton Assassin?” | Larry Holmes |
What sport did Berry Gordy participate in before founding Motown Records? | Boxing |
Which Black baseball player often had to dress in a separate locker room, sleep in a different hotel, and dine apart from his teammates while traveling? | Jackie Robinson |
Name the Scholar, actor and performer that was an All-American football star, Valedictorian of his class at Rutgers, and earned a law degree from Columbia University. | Paul Robeson |
During the 1968 Summer Olympics, who were the two Black athletes suspended from the United States team? | Tommie Smith and John Carlos |
When did Jackie Robinson become the first Black man to play in the National League? | 1947 |
Which African American Olympic track and field star was told by doctors that she would never walk again? | Wilma Rudolph |
Who were the Kansas City Monarchs? | A Negro Baseball League Team |
"Thrilla in Manila" refers to what sporting event? | Championship fight between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali |
Name the player from the Negro baseball league who was known as the “Black Babe Ruth" | Josh Gibson |
How many gold medals did Wilma Rudolph win at the 1960 Olympic games? | Three |
The Globetrotters were a famous sports team of the 1960’s. Name the sport. | Basketball |
Who was the first professional Black golfer to reach one million dollars in earnings? | Lee Elder |
Debi Thomas is known as a champion in what sport? | Figure skating |
Who was the first African American NBA basketball general manager? | Wayne Embry |
Name the Harlem Globetrotters theme song. | Sweet Georgia Brown |
From what college did Michael Jordan graduate? | University of North Carolina |
In what year did Blacks first compete in the Olympic Games? | 1904 |
Oscar Robertson was a Hall of fame player in what sport? | Basketball |
Name Hall of Famer Marques Haynes’ former basketball team. | The Harlem Globetrotters |
How many times did the boxer Sugar Ray Robinson win the Middleweight championship? | Five |
Which major league baseball team was the last to sign a Black player? | Boston Red Sox |
Roy Campanella was the first Black player to play for what team? | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Name the track star that won two gold medals at the Olympics in Melbourne. | Charles Jenkins |
When was the Negro National League formed? | February 1920 |
Which team did outfielder Jim Rice play for: the Dodgers or the Boston Red Sox? | The Red Sox and the Dodgers |
What style of jump rope was made popular on the streets of American cities and employs two ropes, rapidly turning at once? | Double Dutch |
Henry Armstrong held three boxing titles at the same time. Name them. | Featherweight, lightweight and welterweight |
Who was called "Mr. October?" | Reggie Jackson |
The movie When We Were Kings depicts the life of this heavyweight champion. | Muhammad Ali |
Jack Blackburn was a trainer for what Black boxing champion? | Joe Louis |
Which Black football player became the first Assistant Attorney General in the United States? | William H. Lewis |
This pugilist lost more heavyweight title bouts than any other fighter | "Jersey" Joe Walcott |
Name the first Black quarterback to start in a Super Bowl Game. | Doug Williams |
Boxing champion Walker Smith, Jr., is better known by what name? | "Sugar Ray" Robinson |
Who was the first Black chosen as president of the National Baseball League? | Bill White |
What Black football player won the Heisman Trophy twice? | Archie Griffin |
Roberto Duran won his title from what boxing champion? | Sugar Ray Leonard |
Who did Arthur Ashe beat in 1975 to become the first African American to win the singles title at Wimbledon? | Jimmy Connors |
Ken Norton, the heavyweight boxer, played the title role in this movie. | Mandingo |
Name the movie that depicted the life of football star Gale Sayers. | Brian's Song |
In the 1988 Olympics, which female athlete won the gold medal in the heptathlon? | Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
Who was known as the "Father of Black Baseball?" | Andrew "Rube" Foster |
Who was the first Black All-American basketball player? | Missouri Arledge |
Who broke the long-standing stolen base record of Maury Wills? | Lou Brock |