Head2Head Trivia

Black History Month trivia

There's a car around town with a bumper sticker of an upraised fist and the words, "Not Just in February." This month, we celebrate Black History Month, but really the achievements and sacrifices made by African-Americans past and present can be honored throughout the year.

This week, current trivia champ Theresa Bradley is being challenged by Charleston newcomer Kyle Hogan.

QUESTIONS

• Who was the first American to die fighting for American independence at the Boston Massacre in 1770?
• What was the nickname for the all-black 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps, which escorted Allied bombers through European airspace on 1,578 missions during World War II?
• Who holds the record for 100 points scored in a single NBA game?
• Who was the first black actress to win an Academy Award?
• Name the first black-owned business to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
• This jazz musician's nickname was Satchmo.
• The semiautobiographical novel "Go Tell It on the Mountain," published in 1953, was this writer's first book.
• Who was the first African-American to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
• This man was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
• Isabella Baumfree was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights advocate, but she was better known by what name?

THERESA'S ANSWERS

• I know this. It was Crispus Attucks.
• They were called Airmen. ... Tuskegee?
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
• Was it Whoopi? I know she won one.
• Really no clue.
• I feel like I should probably know this.
• Richard Wright.
• Oh, another one I know. Thurgood Marshall.
• Booker T. Washington.
• Harriet Tubman.

KYLE'S ANSWERS

• OK if I give short answers? Crispus Attucks.
• Not sure.
• Wilt Chamberlain.
• Halle Berry. She's hot.
• Pass.
• Louis Armstrong.
• James Baldwin. Read it in school.
• Thurgood Marshall.
• Frederick Douglass.
• Sojourner Truth.

CONCLUSION

Once again, Head2Head trivia has a new champ. Demonstrating a greater knowledge of black history, Kyle comes out on top. He'll be back next week to defend his title.

CORRECT ANSWERS

• Crispus Attucks.
• Tuskegee Airmen.
• Wilt Chamberlain.
• Hattie McDaniel.
• BET.
• Louis Armstrong.
• James Baldwin.
• Thurgood Marshall.
• W.E.B. DuBois.
• Sojourner Truth.