BHM Athlete Trivia

Question 1

In what year did Jim Brown lead professional football in rushing?

Answer 1

1957

Question 2

What professional baseball player finished his career with 755 home runs, the highest total in major league history?

Answer 2

Hank Aaron

Question 3

Before his automobile accident, for what team did Roy Campanella play?

Answer 3

Brooklyn Dodgers

Question 4

Name the Black athlete who won the Olympic decathlon in 1960.

Answer 4

Rafer Johnson

Question 5

Willie O’Rhee was the first Black player in the National Hockey League. On what team did he play?

Answer 5

The Boston Bruins

Question 6

Who was known as the “Brown Bomber?”

Answer 6

Joe Louis

Question 7

In what Olympic games did Rafer Johnson win his gold medal?

Answer 7

The 1960 Rome Olympics

Question 8

Name the Black baseball player who hit more homers in one season than Roger Maris.

Answer 8

Sammy Sosa

Question 9

How many UFC Champions are currently from Africa?

Answer 9

3

Question 10

Who was the first African American baseball umpire?

Answer 10

Emmett Ashford

Question 11

What prizefighter won the middleweight title a total of five times during his career?

Answer 11

Sugar Ray Robinson

Question 12

Name the track and field event for which Jackie Joyner-Kersee is most noted.

Answer 12

The Heptathlon

Question 13

Who was the first African American to coach a professional sports team?

Answer 13

Bill Russell

Question 14

In 1968, Bob Beamon set an Olympic record in what track event?

Answer 14

Long Jump

Question 15

Who is called the “Clown Prince of Basketball?”

Answer 15

“Goose” Tatum

Question 16

Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Doby was inducted in what year?

Answer 16

1998

Question 17

Who was the first Black woman All-American basketball player?

Answer 17

Missouri “Big Mo” Arledge

Question 18

Name the first African American to play in the Rose Bowl.

Answer 18

Fritz Pollard

Question 19

In 1980, Willie Davenport and Jeff Gadley were the first two Blacks to participate in the Winter Olympics. Name the sport.

Answer 19

Bobsledding

Question 20

Who was the first Black quarterback to play professional football?

Answer 20

Willie Thrower

Question 21

What is Michael Jordan’s nickname?

Answer 21

Air Jordan

Question 22

Who was named coach of the Minnesota Vikings in 1992?

Answer 22

Dennis Green

Question 23

With what professional baseball team did Hank Aaron begin his career?

Answer 23

Milwaukee Braves

Question 24

Who was the first African American to win baseball’s Most Valuable Player award?

Answer 24

Jackie Robinson

Question 25

Who was the youngest prizefighter ever to win the heavyweight championship of the world?

Answer 25

Mike Tyson

Question 26

In 1992, Dominique Dawes and Elizabeth Okino became the first Black athletes to compete in what Olympic sport?

Answer 26

Gymnastics

Question 27

Jackie Robinson’s middle name was that of a U.S. President. What is his middle name?

Answer 27

Roosevelt