Greenville Facts
Greenville is located in what county?
Pitt County
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s first name was originally ____.
Michael
Song 1
The Sugarhill Gang sampled Chics ‘Good Times’ for hit ‘Rapper’s Delight’,
What city is the film Cooley High set in?
Chicago
This show featured Dre Johnson (an advertising executive), his wife Rainbow (an anesthesiologist), and their four kids.
Blackish
True or False
As of 2007, the street that bears King's name only passes through a predominantly black neighborhood.
True
What student lead movement did Marion Barry serve as its first Chairman?
The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Song 2
In Touch the Sky Kanye West sampled Curtis Mayfield's ‘Move On Up’
The film Color Purple is based on the novel written by this person.
Alice Walker
On Sanford and Son, what was Lamont's best friend's name?
Rollo
What year was East Carolina University founded.
1907
Where was the birth of hip hop?
Double points if you can give the address.
The Bronx
1520 Sedgwick Avenue
Song 3
"It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube sampled The Isley Brothers's "Footsteps in the Dark"
The first Black person to win an oscar was?
Hattie McDaniel
What show did the Jeffersons spin off of?
All in the Family
What year was Greenville founded?
1771
She was the first Black tennis player to win a Grand Slam.
Althea Gibson
Song 4
"Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child sampled Stevie Nicks "Edge of Seventeen"
This film highlights the real life story of Solomon Northrup.
Double points if you can tell us what city he was kidnapped in.
12 Years a Slave
Washington, DC
This show starred Khadijah, Synclaire Maxine, and Regine
Living Single
What Indigenous group initially peopled what is now Greenville, North Carolina?
Tuscarora Indians
I will let you get away with Iroquoian
He was the first Black artist to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Stevie Wonder
Song 5
Coolio's ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ sampled Stevie Wonders' ‘Pastime Paradise’
He directed Boyz in the Hood, Poetic Justice, Baby Boy, and Higher Learning
John Singleton
This Tyler Perry TV Show featured Curtis and Ella and their son Calvin.
House of Payne