Music and Dance
Whitney Houston's best-selling hit
What is I Will Always Love You?
Elijah McCoy's invention that made ironing easier.
What is the portable ironing board?
LeBron James has played for these three teams. Name one.
What are the Cleveland Cavaliers, the LA Lakers, and the Miami Heat?
Barack Obama became the first Black president of the United States in this year.
What is 2008?
There are about 19 countries in West Africa. Name 2 of them. Name 4 for double points.
What are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Michael Jackson's first solo album
What is Off the Wall?
The agricultural scientist who is known for inventing peanut butter. In reality, he didn't, but he did develop techniques to improve soil, and hundreds of uses for sweet potatoes, soybeans, cowpeas, and, of course, peanuts. Theodore Roosevelt publicly admired his work.
Who is George Washington Carver?
The first Black player allowed to play in Major League Baseball. He later became the first Black television sports analyst.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The first independent Black country whose Revolutions inspired many others, including the US?
What is Haiti?
The acronym for the dialect or version of English with its own vocabulary, grammatical structure, and accent features spoken by most Black Americans. It shares a large portion of its grammar and phonology with the regional dialects of the Southern United States.
What is AAVE (African American Vernacular English)?
Also accepted: AAL; AAE
Irish and West African dance
Tap dancing
Frederick McKinley Jones' automatic refrigeration used in long-haul trucks was used to transport perishable food in the 1940s, but it also transported this during World War II.
What is blood?
This singer co-produced the famous movie The Princess Diaries.
Who is Whitney Houston?
The city wherre one of the wealthiest and most successful Black communities in the US, featuring over 100 Black-owned businesses, including banks, hotels, and restaurants, was in. Also known as Black Wall Street, also known as the Greenwood district.
It was burned to the ground in the 1921, but a hiistorical site was rebuilt in its place that people still tour today.
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
The country outside of Africa with the most Black citizens. Name the country with the second most Black citizens for double points.
What is Brazil? For double, what is the United States?
The genre created in New Orleans, Louisiana, originated from blues, African rhythmic music, European harmonies, dance music, and other genres.
What is Jazz?
Garrett Morgan's "safety hood" breathing device became the prototype for this device used in World War I.
What is the gas mask?
Tiger Woods' given name.
What is Eldrick?
Gerald Ford became the first U.S. president to officially recognize Black History Month in this year.
What is 1976?
The African country that has three capitals
What is South Africa?
The female lead activist whose music has influenced many artists, including Kanye West, Sade, etc.
Who is Nina Simone?
The product Madame CJ Walker used to treat her own ailment and become the first black woman to be a self-made millionaire.
What are hair care products for scalp treatment?
The first Black EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards) recipient.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
The colony, not yet part of the United States, becomes the first to abolish slavery in its constitution in 1777.
What is Vermont?
The approximate number of languages spoken on the continent of Africa. Name 3 official languages for double points that are not originally European (English, Spanish Portugese, Dutch, etc.).
What is 1000 to 2000 languages? Twi, Akan, Igbo, Yoruba, Swahili, Fula, Pidgin, Oromo, Egyptian Arabic, Somali, Ewe/Togolese, and more.
(Afrikaans is technically a Germanic language)