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EXTRA
100
After the murder of George Floyd, this activist group led a worldwide protest of police brutality toward Black people.
Who is Black Lives Matter?
100
Which film known for Black representation has the most Oscar nominations?
Sinners
100
What music genre, characterized by its use of turntables and sampling, was founded in Black American communities in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s?
What is Hip Hop?
100
First Black President of the United States
Who is Barack Obama?
100
What month do we celebrate Black History?
February
200
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
Who are the first, last, and only line of defense... and they dress in black?
A) Ghostbusters
B) Justice League
C) Men in Black
Men in Black
200
One of the most significant music artists in 1980s.
Who is Michael Jackson?
200
Who was a leader during the civil rights movement?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
What amendment to the constitution banned slavery?
13th amendment
300
This is the celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
Who has been widely considered to have appeared in the most films among Black actors?
HINT: Pulp Fiction/Avengers
Who is Samuel L. Jackson?
300
Beyoncé used to sing with this hit group.
Who is Destiny's Child?
300
The first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
300
The first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
400
In this year, Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech.”
What is 1963?
[The speech was delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, commonly called the "March on Washington," on August 28, 1963.]
400
Name any of the three African American mathematicians/scientists who worked at NASA and were portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” for their contributions in the early days of the U.S. space program.
Who are Katherine Johnson, Dorthy Vaughan, or Mary Jackson?
400
This award-winning hip hop artist was the first to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show as a solo act.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
[He has won 22 Grammys, an Emmy, 4 American Music Awards, 37 BET Hip Hop Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, 7 Billboard Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Pulitzer Prize for Music.]
400
The ideas of this 1960s civil rights activist clashed with Dr. MLK Jr.'s philosophy of peaceful protest.
Who is Malcolm X?
400
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
500
First African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
500
What is the highest-grossing motion picture in history with a predominantly Afro-American cast?
What is Black Panther?
500
This R&B legend was killed by his father over a dispute about money.
Who is Marvin Gaye?
500
This activist declared, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” in his 1857 speech on abolition and self-determination.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
500
This is what HBCU stands for.
What is "Historically Black College and University?"