Harlem facts & stats

Question 1

Harlem was named by Dutch settlers after which city in the Netherlands?

Accepted Answer

Haarlem. Dutch colonists called the village Nieuw Haarlem after the city of Haarlem.

Question 2

The Harlem Renaissance was a flowering of what?

Accepted Answer

African American art, literature and music. In the 1920s and 1930s Harlem became a center of Black writing, music, theater and visual art.

Question 3

Which energetic swing dance developed at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom?

Accepted Answer

Lindy Hop. The Lindy Hop grew up among dancers at the Savoy Ballroom in the late 1920s.

Question 4

The Apollo Theater, famous for its Amateur Night, stands on which street?

Accepted Answer

125th Street. The Apollo is at 253 West 125th Street, Harlem's main commercial street.

Question 5

Harlem's classic row houses are called brownstones. What is brownstone?

Accepted Answer

A reddish-brown sandstone. Brownstone is a reddish-brown sandstone that was widely used to face 19th-century row houses.

Question 6

Which author of 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' was part of the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Zora Neale Hurston. Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist and folklorist active in Harlem's literary circles in the 1920s.

Question 7

The 'Harlem Hellfighters' of World War I were which US Army regiment?

Accepted Answer

369th Infantry Regiment. The 369th was a Black regiment from New York that won fame fighting alongside French forces in World War I.

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