Who was the Black figure skater who was a 1986 World champion and two-time US champion?
1. Dominque Dawes
2. Debi Thomas
3. Lia Neal
4. Vonetta Flowers
Debi Thomas
Debi Thomas was a renowned figure skater becoming the 1986 World champion, the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion; she later became an orthopedic surgeon.
Who was the first black player in the National Hockey League?
1. Waymon Simmonds
2. Willie O’Ree
3. Mike Grier
4. Mike Marson
Willie O’Ree
Willie Eldon O'Ree, a Black Canadian former professional ice hockey player, in 1957, became the first Black player in the National Hockey League; he played a winger for the Boston Bruins.
Who was the first woman to dunk in a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) game?
1. Sheryl Swoopes
2. Tina Charles
3. Lisa Leslie
4. Candace Parker
Lisa Leslie
In 2002, Lisa Leslie, 6'5" center playing for the Los Angeles Sparks, was the first player to dunk in a WNBA game.
Who was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal?
1. Louise Stokes
2. Wilma Rudolph
3. Alice Coachman
4. Jackie Joyner Kersee
Alice Coachman
Alice Marie Coachman specialized in high jump and was the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, in the 1948 Olympics in London.
Who was the baseball manager responsible for stopping Blacks from playing in the big leagues in the 1880s?
1. Frank Grant
2. Charlie Morton
3. Hop Fields
4. Cap Anson
Cap Anson
In 1887, Adrian Constantine "Cap" Anson, manager for the Chicago White Stockings, refused to play against a Newark Black pitcher and began a crusade against all Black players, which resulted in team owners finally voting to ban Black players from all major leagues.
Joe Lewis became the champ in the unforgettable fight of 1938 with what fighter?
1. Max Weber
2. Max Schmidt
3. Max Schmeling
4. Max Schneider
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling fought in two separate fights; Schmeling won the first match by a knockout in round twelve, but in 1938 Louis won through a knockout in the first round.
Who was the very first player to be signed with the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)?
1. Lisa Leslie
2. Sheryl Snipes
3. Sheryl Swoopes
4. Gloria Banks
Sheryl Swoopes
On October 23, 1996 Houston Comets forward Sheryl Swoopes became the first player to sign with the WNBA.
What was the name of the boxer, born into slavery in New York but fought most of his fights in England?
1. Bill Richmond
2. George Dixon
3. Tom Molyneys
4. George Godfrey
Bill Richmond
Bill Richmond, often called “The Terror”, was a self-taught boxer who excelled in the sport both in New York and in England.
Many believe that Jackie Robinson was the first big league baseball player, but the actual pioneer was a player named _______.
1. Bud Fowler
2. Moses Fleetwood Walker
3. Abner Doubleday
4. Alexander Cartwright
Moses Fleetwood Walker
In 1884, Moses Fleetwood Walker broke through barriers of racism to become the first Black man to play in the Major League fifty years before Jackie Robinson signed with the Dodgers.
What was the first “white” team that Jackie Robinson played for?
1. Montreal Royals
2. St. Louis Cardinals
3. Chicago White Sox
4. Brooklyn Dodgers
Montreal Royals
Before moving to the big leagues, Jackie Robison played for one season in the Minor Leagues and led the International League in hitting and guiding the Montreal Royals to a championship in 1946.
Who, in 2014, was named America’s Greatest Athlete by The New Yorker?
1. Serena Williams
2. James LeBron
3. Lisa Leslie
4. Kobe Bryant
Serena Williams
After earning her eighteenth Grand Slam singles title, tying her with Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams was named America’s Greatest Athlete by The New Yorker and referred to as the “Queen of the Court” by much of the media.
What was the name of the Black Jockey that won the first Kentucky Derby?
1. Pompey
2. Oliver Lewis
3. Johnny Mendez
4. Cato
Oliver Lewis
The first Kentucky Derby was held in 1875 and 13 of the 15 participating jockeys were Black. Oliver Lewis was the winner and rode a three year-old horse named Aristides.
Who was the first Black starting quarterback in the NFL?
1. Cam Newton
2. Randall Cunningham
3. Doug Williams
4. Marlin Briscoe
Marlin Briscoe
Although he played for only the last 10 minutes of his first game, Denver Bronco rookie quarterback Marlin Briscoe, made history in 1968 by becoming the first African-American to play quarterback in the NFL and again by directing plays that led to the first touchdown by a Black quarterback. The following week, he was the starting quarterback
Who was the first woman to play for the Harlem Globetrotters?
1. Lisa Leslie
2. Ora Mae Washington
3. Sheryl Swoopes
4. Lynette Woodard
Lynette Woodard
Of the nine women who have played with the Harlem Globetrotters, Lynette Woodward was the first. After a stellar college career at the University of Kansas, she joined the Globetrotters in 1985, after which she started a career in the WNBA.
Who was the first Black athlete to break the color line in international tennis, winning the French Open, followed by the Wimbledon and the U.S. Open?
1. Venus Williams
2. Arthur Ashe
3. James Blake
4. Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson, who was both a professional tennis player and golfer, was the first Black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first African-American to win a Grand Slam title.
Which of the following players was NOT among the first three Black football players at the University of California at Los Angeles?
1. Bernie Jefferson
2. Kenny Washington
3. Jackie Robinson
4. Willie Strode
Bernie Jefferson
Yes, Jackie Robinson was a football and track star before he was a professional big league baseball player and played football with Willie Strode and Kenny Washington beginning in 1939. Bernie Jefferson played for Northwestern University in the 1930s.
Which Black Olympic athlete was the only one to match Jesse Owens’ record of four gold medals in a single Olympics?
1. Florence Griffith Joyner
2. Jackie Joyner Kersee
3. Carl Lewis
4. Michael Johnson
Carl Lewis
Over his career, Carl Lewis was voted "World Athlete of the Century" by the International Association of Athletics Federations; "Sportsman of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee; "Olympian of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and "Athlete of the Year" by Track & Field News, but it was in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, that he matched Jesse Owens’ record and earned four gold medals.
Who was the first Black player to be named captain of a team in the Big Ten?
1. Willis Ward at University of Michigan
2. Homer Harris at University of Iowa
3. Archie Harris at University of Indiana
4. Bernie Jefferson at Northwestern
Homer Harris at University of Iowa
Homer Harris, playing for the University of Iowa football team in 1937, became the team's Most Valuable Player and the first black player to captain a Big Ten team. He was named an All-Big Ten End three years in a row.
Which of the following was NEVER a player in the Negro League?
1. Jackie Robinson
2. Satchel Paige
3. Dizzy Dean
4. Josh Gibson
Dizzy Dean
Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean also known as Jerome Herman Dean, was a white professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball as a pitcher for several teams.
What woman boxer had an undefeated record of 24 of 24 matches won, including 21 knockouts?
1. Gloria Patterson
2. Rasheda Ali
3. Sonya Liston
4. Laila Ali
Laila Ali
Laila Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali, remained undefeated throughout her career and was inducted into the International Women's Boxing Hall of Fame in 2015.
Who was the Black jockey who won three Kentucky Derby Titles?
1. Raleigh Colston
2. James Wilson
3. Isaac Murphy
4. Garrison Lewis
Isaac Murphy
Isaac Burns Murphy was one of the best jockeys of all time having earned three Kentucky Derby titles, a record that stood for forty years.
Whom did Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, beat in the 1964 heavyweight fight?
1. Joe Erskine
2. Sonny Liston
3. Floyd Patterson
4. Karl Mildenberger
Sonny Liston
Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali) stripped Sonny Liston of the World Heavyweight Champion Title in Miami Beach on February 25, 1964.
Black colleges played football as early as 1890. Which were two of the first?
1. Biddle and Livingston
2. Lincoln and Shaw
3. Howard and Lincoln
4. Tuskegee and Atlanta
Biddle and Livingston
In 1892 HBCUs entered the collegiate football arena with the historic game between Livingston College and Biddle College, which later became Johnson C. Smith. The game ended with a 5-0 victory for Biddle.
One of the first boxers and the first African-American boxer to be installed into Boxing’s Hall of Fame was who?
1. Jim Flynn
2. Jackie Robinson
3. Jack Johnson
4. John Jackson
Jack Johnson
Often called the “Galveston Giant”, Jack Johnson was the first Black Heavyweight Champion and the first Black Boxing Hall of Fame recipient.
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