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S.T.E.M.
100
John Lewis, former U.S. Congressman and legendary civil rights activist won the National Book Award for which graphic novel biographical trilogy?
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What is March?
100
Mazahir Salih, Mazen's mom, was the first Sudanese-American person elected to public office when she was elected to this city's City Council in 2017.
What is Iowa City?
100
American singer, actress, and dancer who sang at President Biden's inauguration & recited part of the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish.
Who is Jennifer Lopez?
100
Broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record for most points scored in his career.
Who is Lebron James?
100
Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green founded the non-profit Ora Lee Smith Cancer Research Foundation, named in honor of her aunt who raised her and died of cancer.
Green has developed cancer treatments that use "light-activated nanoparticles to heat up and kill cancerous cells." This treatment is called Particle Target ____________ Therapy.
What is Laser?
200
The youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, she survived being shot in the head after she spoke up about equal education for girls in Pakistan.
Who is Malala?
200
Andre' Wright is a fashion designer, activist, entrepreneur, and community-builder who recently started the nonprofit Wright House of Fashion in Iowa City. He co-founded Humanize My _______________.
What is Hoodie?
200
Yara Shahidi, an American actress who is of Iranian, African-American, and Choctaw descent, was cast as this iconic fairytale character who's from Neverland.
Who is Tinkerbell?
200
This is the most decorated American gymnast, with more than two dozen Olympic and World Championship medals to her name.
Who is Simone Biles?
200
Kimberly Bryant, an electrical engineer working in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, started the nonprofit Black Girls ____________ in 2011 which has programs in robotics, web design, game and app design.
What is CODE?
300
Madame C.J. Walker was one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire by selling this type of product.
What are haircare products?
300
Originally from Waterloo, Iowa, Nikole Hannah-Jones, professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, created The ________ Project for The New York Times to place "slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of the country's national narrative" (IPR).
This is named after the year a ship called the White Lion landed near Jamestown, bringing with it more than 20 enslaved people from Africa.
What is 1619?
300
Playwright, composer, lyricist, and actor known for his hip-hop–infused musicals "In the Heights" and "Hamilton."
Who is Lin Manuel Miranda?
300
Known as the “Greatest Winner in Sports”
Led the University of San Francisco to consecutive NCAA titles
Won 11 NBA titles in the 13 seasons that he played with the Boston Celtics
Who was Bill Russell?
400
She was the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history, nominated by President Obama in 2009 and she wrote a children's book about being different.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
400
Janiah's dad! Executive director and founder of Dream City (formerly known as The Dream Center), a non-profit organization that strengthens and empowers families through programs aimed at fathers and youth. DREAM, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE
Who is Fred Newell?
400
This legendary jazz and blues singer, born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, trained in classical piano at Julliard before developing her career as a singer and changing her name to this.
Who is Nina Simone?
400
This Mexican-American professional wrestler is known for the nickname "Latino Heat" and battle-cry of “Viva La Raza.”
Who is Eddie Guerrero?
400
She became the first Latina to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993.
Who is Ellen Ochoa?
500
Shirley Chisholm made history in 1972 as the first woman and first Black American to seek a major party (Democrat) nomination for this political position.
What is the presidency?
500
Also known as "The Negro Artist" this slam poet was named Best Poet/Spoken Word Performer in Cedar Rapids & Iowa City in 2020 & 2021.
Who is Caleb Rainey?
500
This Chinese American who dropped out of high school to become a full-time actress, opened her own production company in 1924 because she was restricted in roles due to racism.
Who is Anna May Wong?
500
Predominantly of American Indian (Sauk and Fox) descent
In the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, he won the decathlon and the pentathlon by wide margins -- First Native American to win Olympic Gold
Played pro baseball, basketball, and football
Who is Jim Thorpe?
500
This was the first cartridge-based video game console (like N64) invented by Jerry Lawson in 1976.
What is the Fairchild Channel F?