Black History
Canada’s vertical $10 bill, introduced in 2018, features this Black Canadian civil rights pioneer
What is Viola Desmond?
A juke joint in 1930s Mississippi becomes the centre of a supernatural threat in this film
What is Sinners?
African team who tied with last year's winners during this year's World Cup
What is Cabo Verde?
Instrument you hear when things go wrong
What are saxophones?
This African president is known for governing his country from afar while residing in Switzerland
Who is Paul Biya?
Who was the first black Governor General in Canada
Who is Michaëlle Jean?
Name of the male protagonist in Netflix's new series about a serial cheater
Who is Jonasi?
A French athlete whose behaviour bears a resemblance to a Congolese Dictator
Who is Kylian Mbappé?
What options might a black and/or immigrant parent present to their child when asked "what should I be when I grow up"?
What is a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer?
Nigerian President who said "We may be hungry but we can manage our hunger"
Who is Bola Tinubu?
Victory at Vertières in 1803 helped secure the independence of this nation the following year
What is Haiti?
Selma, Judas and the Black Messiah, and Harriet continue Hollywood’s running habit of casting actors from this country as Black American historical figures
What is the United Kingdom?
NBA player whose name was a meme in 2014-2015
What is LeBron James?
If you have arrived to heaven, and I am not there, where are you?
What is hell?
President known for his leopard-skin hats
Who is Mobutu Sese Seko?
Known as the “Year of Africa,” this year saw 17 African countries gain independence
Bonus: For 100 points, name 10 of the 17 countries that gained independence that year
What is 1960?
Bonus: What is Cameroon, Senegal, Togo, Madagascar, DRC, Somalia, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Mali, Nigeria, and Mauritania.
This movie produced by Michel Ocelot tells the story of a boy in a West African village
What is Kirikou & la Sorcière?
This world-renowned athlete was famously struck by his own sporting equipment after a massive scandal
Who is Tiger Woods?
If a man's outfit includes an extravagant suit, leopard print, a large hat (often red), elf-like shoes, and many accessories, chances are he belongs to which African fashion movement?
What is la sape / la sapologie?
He was the 5th Minister of Upper Volta
Who is Thomas Sankara ?
The first prime minister and elected leader of an independent sub-Saharan African nation
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
Cite at least 3 iconic Nollywood lines
100 Extra points for originality
2 female athletes with the most olympic medals (11)
Who are Allyson Felix & Simone Biles?
If francophone R&B were graded on style, this Rwandan-Canadian singer would pass “Avec classe"
Who is Corneille?
This president claimed to have used voodoo to kill American president John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Who is François “Papa Doc” Duvalier?