Black History Trivia Bowl (Politics)

What was the first war in which blacks served in every branch of the U.S armed forces?

World War II

President Jimmy Carter honored the 761st Tank Battalion, an all black unit, for fighting in what war?

World War II

In May 1941, the 758th Tank Battalion was the first African American tank Battalion to fight in which war?

World War II

After his service in what war was Christian Count native Elder Watson Diggs instrumental in having the Indiana constitution amended to permit Negro enlistment in the Indiana National Guard?

World War I

What war led Colin Powell to conclude that an army should not enter into combat unless it had a clear objective?

Vietnam War

In 1942, which branch of the U.S armed forces became the last to admit blacks?

U.S Marine Corps

Inducted in the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Hall of Fame in 2005, Robert Coleman was a veteran of what branch of the U.S armed services?

U.S Air Force

Many civil rights leaders were opposed to the war in Vietnam for what reason?

They were distress over the high casualties among the black troops.

The NAACP pressured President Woodrow Wilson’s administration to establish what officer’s training school for blacks at Fort Dodge, in Des Moises, Iowa

The Colored Officers Training Camp (COTC)

What was the only African American military women’s unit to go overseas during World War II?

The 6888th Postal Unit

Commissioned in 1943, what first group of black naval officers were known as what?

The Golden Thirteen

What did Pompey Lamb do to help aid the American Revolutionary War Effort?

Spy

William H. Carney received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his participation in what war?

The Spanish American War

Who was the first Black American admiral in the US Navy?

Samuel L Gravely Jr

During the civil war, he was the black pilot who sailed a Confederate steamer out of Charleston and delivered it to the Union Navy in 1862

Robert Smalls

Born in Kentucky, who was the first African American to die in World War II, during the bombing of Clark Field in the Philippines?

Robert H. Brooks

Who was the only accredited Black American war correspondent in World War I?

Ralph Waldo Tyler

The last units of U.S troops came home from Vietnam in the spring of 1973. Who was the president of the United States at the time?

Richard Nixon

Born in 1900, for how many years did Hopkinsville native J. Daniel Massie serve as a magistrate of the First Magisterial District in Christian County?

27 years

For how many years did F.E Whitney serve as member of Hopkinsville City Council?

21 years

Bernice Dickerson, the oldest elected and serving official in Kentucky, won how many city council elections?

11

For how many terms was the T.H Moore elected to serve as magistrate of the First Magisterial District in Christian County

3 terms

Who invented a patent for his invention of a mass release mechanism for satellites?

Wilson Hull

In 1803 the Lewis Clark expedition explored the Louisiana Territory. Which of the two brought along his slave? Name the slave.

Willaim Clark brought his slave, York

What scientist experimented with injections of Vitamin C in cats and dogs to find a cure for epilepsy?

Wendell Belfield

What system did Robert Shurney develop that was used aboard a Skylab space mission?

A waste management system

Who invented the riding saddle for horses?

W.D David

What Black American physician was referred to as “The principal historian of the Negro in medicine” in 1970?

W. Montague Cobb