Kasidee Quiz Bowl Cards

Question 1

James Brown

Answer 1

Godfather of Soul

Question 2

Lucy Hughes Brown

Answer 2

First Black female physician to practice in SC

Question 3

Chubby Checker (Spring Gully near Andrews)

Answer 3

Born Ernest Evans and re-released one of the biggest songs in the history of recorded music, “The Twist.”

Question 4

Claflin University

Answer 4

The first historically black college or university in South Carolina

Question 5

Willie Earl

Answer 5

In 1947, he was arrested in Greenville, SC, for allegedly stabbing and robbing a white taxi driver. He was taken from a Pickens jail by a mob and lynched. The last racially motivated lynching in SC

Question 6

Harvey Gantt

Answer 6

First African American to attend Clemson University.

Question 7

Jonathan Green

Answer 7

An artist whose paintings reflect an authentic historical understanding of lowcountry culture.

Question 8

Gullah

Answer 8

aka “Geechee,” describes a unique group of African Americans descended from enslaved Africans who settled in the Sea Islands and lowcountry of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina.

Question 9

Anna Short Harrington (Cheraw

Answer 9

Hired by The Quaker Oats Company to travel as “Aunt Jemima” who was once on the pancake mix box and syrup bottle.

Question 10

Isaac Samuel Leevy

Answer 10

Kershaw County native and entrepreneur of a department store, a funeral home, a service station, an automobile repair garage, a barber shop, a beauty shop, a real estate development company, a dressmaking operation, a burial association, and even a commercial hog-raising enterprise

Question 11

Dwight Woods

Answer 11

Founded the Repertory Theater for Youth at the Phyllis Wheatley Center, in Greenville, SC.

Question 12

Dr. Willis Crosby, Jr

Answer 12

Was president and CEO of Sunbelt Human Advancement Resources, SHARE, in Greenville, SC for 38 years

Question 13

Ruth Ann Butler

Answer 13

Founder and executive director of the Greenville Cultural Exchange Center, since 1987

Question 14

Peg Leg Bates (Fountain Inn, SC)

Answer 14

Lost left leg in a cotton gin accident, but danced for more than 71 years, as Mr. Bojangles.

Question 15

Willie L. Johnson

Answer 15

First black chief of police for the city of Greenville

Question 16

Wilfred J. Walker

Answer 16

Broke the color line in Greenville, broadcasting football games from Sirrine Stadium.

Question 17

Marie Y. Bates

Answer 17

First black woman to host a radio show in Greenville

Question 18

Fred Garrett

Answer 18

Former leader of Watkins, Garrett, and Woods Mortuary.

Question 19

James Bobo

Answer 19

Co-founded with spouse, The Community Informer, a newspaper spotlighting African American events in the Upstate

Question 20

Marion Beasley

Answer 20

Former owner of Beasley Funeral Home.

Question 21

Mother Emanuel AME Church (Charleston, SC

Answer 21

Church founded by 2 free men in Charleston, SC

Question 22

Dr. Thomas E. Kerns

Answer 22

first black superintendent of schools in Greenville County.

Question 23

Joseph E. Beck

Answer 23

Principal of Sterling High School for 21 years.

Question 24

Sterling High School

Answer 24

First public black high school in Greenville County

Question 25

Sara Reese

Answer 25

Opera Singer from Greenville, SC

Question 26

Chadwick Boseman

Answer 26

The Black Panther

Question 27

Willis Crosby

Answer 27

First black DJ in the Upstate