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100

What is the name of the pseudoscientific belief that believes "scientific evidence" can be used to support or justify slavery, South African apartheid, eugenics, and the creation of IQ and standardized testing?


Scientific racism
100

What colloquial name describes the house of worship of Black Christians?


100

Name this distinguished civil rights lawyer and first African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court after being nominated by LBJ in 1967.


100

What's my middle name?

I don't have one !

200

Black women are how many more likely to die in childbirth compared to white women? (Bonus: why?)


200

What is the name of this (anti-semitic, anti-gay) Black separatist religious movement and organization founded in 1930 by Elijah Muhammad?

200

Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican-born Black nationalist was leader of what movement that believed, "African people, both on the continent and in the diaspora, share not merely a common history, but a common destiny"


Pan-Africanism

https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/pan-africanism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Africanism

Fun fact: The flags of numerous states in Africa and of pan-African groups use green, yellow and red. This colour combination was originally adopted from the 1897 flag of Ethiopia, and was inspired by the fact that Ethiopia is the continent's oldest independent nation, thus making the Ethiopian green, yellow, and red the closest visual representation of pan-Africanism. 

https://www.csusm.edu/bsc/pan-afflag.html


200

Where did I study abroad in my junior year of high school? (Bonus: name the city)

Zaragoza, Spain

El Pilar


300

This freestyle dance move that emerged during the 1980s Chicago house scene shares the name of this popular (four-word) American Fast Food chain?

300

What infamous (**racist) biomedical research study was conducted on a group of 600 impoverished sharecroppers between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) and the CDC?

Tuskegee Syphilis Study / Tuskegee Experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study


300

What spiritual hymn was Harriet Tubman known for singing to fellow enslaved people to help safely guide them in their passage towards freedom?

300

Name any fact that you know about the origins of Black History Month (e.g., date started, who started it, what president made it into an officially recognized celebration, why February, this year's theme)

Carter G. Woodson, 1926, Negro History Week on 2nd week of Feb. (birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass) = weeklong celebration to encourage the coordinated teaching of Black history in public schools, President Gerald R. Ford officially recognized Black History Month during the country's 1976 bicentennial, 2022 theme = Black Health & Wellness

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1075623826/why-is-february-black-history-month

https://asalh.org/black-history-themes/

300

Name any bad / good habit of mine

Biting nails, doing stuff at the last minute/late, overthinking, forgetful, locking myself out of car 7x times (1x w/keys in ignition)

Plan

400

Name the famous (Seattle-born) guitarist featured on the cover of this album and/or the title of this album, his most famous.


400

Who is the woman on the right (American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights)?


Katherine Johnson (right), Taraji P. Henson (left, who played her in Hidden Figures

https://www.nasa.gov/content/katherine-johnson-biography

400

Name any of the regions that influenced the African diasporic religion known as Louisiana or New Orleans Voodoo.

https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/people-places/the-truth-about-louisiana-voodoo-vodou/


West Africa (early 18th century, enslaved, ~80% Bambara & ~20% Kongo peoples) 

France (early 18th century, Roman Catholic)

Haiti (early 19th century migrants fleeing Haitian Revolution brought Haitian Vodou)

400

Who is this newly-nominated judge who, if confirmed, will serve as the Supreme Court's first Black woman justice?



400

Who is/are my current favorite musical artists? (pts for every1 named)

J Dilla, Nujabes (all-time)

KAYTRANADA, Lil Uzi, Dijon, Aster Aweke

500

What is the name of this Philly-based annual celebration (film festival) of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of color?

500

What famous viral immunologist led the team that worked with Moderna to develop the COVID-19 vaccine?

500

What is the name of this Afro-Cuban men's initiatory fraternity/secret society which originated from the Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon?


500

This teacher and civil rights activist, dubbed Philly's "Rosa Parks", defiantly rode street cars and filed petitions to have a law against black riders repealed


500

What was my favorite childhood book series?

Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Rainbow Fairies, Magic Tree House

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