Preview (25 questions)
1 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Oprah won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant at just 17 years old, leading to her first media job at a ___________.


Radio station

School

Film industry

2 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Oprah's favorite book of all time is __________.


Memoir

Two States

To Kill a Mockingbird

3 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Oprah's first name is actually spelled Orpah on her birth certificate after a biblical figure in the Book of _______.


Jeremiah

Ruth

Genesis

4 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The unconventional clothing earned Oprah the nickname __________ among the local children.


Sack Girl

Peak girl

Local Lady

5 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Hattie Mae taught Oprah how to read by the age of _________.


Two

Three

Four

6 Question
30 seconds
Q.

September 8, 1986 marked the beginning of Oprah's monumental Emmy-winning daytime talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show.


True

False

7 Question
30 seconds
Q.

The world learned of Oprah's secret pregnancy in which year when a family member sold the story to the National Enquirer?


1888

1919

1990

8 Question
30 seconds
Q.

According to Forbes, Oprah is the first and only African American female billionaire in which country?


The United States

Australia

United Kingdom

9 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Oprah became the first Black woman to receive the Golden Globes' __________ Award which honored her impactful career in entertainment.


Beebile Dominiac

Cecile B. Demille

Brownly T. Decker

10 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Oprah's first job as a teenager was working at a _________.


Grocery store

Medical shop

School

11 Question
30 seconds
Q.

After winning Nashville's Miss Fire Prevention contest, the pageant's sponsor, offered Oprah a job reading the afternoon headlines on air.


True

False

12 Question
30 seconds
Q.

In 1972, Oprah won Miss Black __________ and went on to compete in Miss Black America.


Turkish

Greece

Tennessee

13 Question
30 seconds
Q.

President Barack Obama presented Oprah with the medal the nation's highest civilian honor in which year?


2000

2013

2018

14 Question
30 seconds
Q.

In 1986, Oprah launched her multimedia production company named __________.


Harpo Inc.

Oprah Inc.

Herley Inc

15 Question
30 seconds
Q.

For the first national episode of her show, Oprah wanted ____________ who is a star of Miami Vice as her first guest.


Ben Johnson

Gwen Johnson

Don Johnson

16 Question
30 seconds
Q.

In 1993, Oprah sat down with this celebrity for an interview that broadcast live from his Neverland Ranch.


Barack Obama

Michael Jackson

Dwayne Johnson

17 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Oprah got her ears pierced when she turned _________.


40

50

51

18 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Oprah was named the most influential woman of her generation by __________ magazine.


Times

Life

New York

19 Question
30 seconds
Q.

She has a fear of doing what that she has had since she was a little girl?


Chewing gum

Roller coaster ride

Cooking

20 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Oprah and Gayle first met while working as young ____________ at the same Baltimore television station in 1976.


Dancers

Journalists

Anchors

21 Question
30 seconds
Q.

In 2004, Oprah famously gave all 76 members of her studio audience a brand-new Pontiac G6.


True

False

22 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Winfrey was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Steven Spielberg's ___________.


The Color Purple

Ready Player One

The Terminal

23 Question
30 seconds
Q.

In 2013, Winfrey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by which President?


Joe Biden

Barack Obama

George Bush

24 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Oprah has acted in __________ feature films, with her voice appearing in another five animated features.


Two

Five

Six

25 Question
30 seconds
Q.

Oprah was the first-ever recipient of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.


True

False