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200

This woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955

Who is Rosa Parks?

200

If someone tells you to “Rush” and you immediately start singing about making money and enjoying your life, you already know which Nigerian Afrobeats star they’re talking about

Who is Ayra Starr?

200

This e-board member can probably tell you where to find the lumber, paint, and power tools because they work at a very popular home improvement store.

Who is Jualice?

200

This Black Panther actor went from playing Erik Killmonger to becoming one of Hollywood's most recognizable Black actors and producers.

Who is Michael B. Jordan?

200

This Afrobeats hit became a massive crossover song and had everyone singing “You don't need no other body.”

What is “Essence” by Wizkid ft. Tems?

200

In an ideal circuit, this law states that the current entering a node must equal the current leaving it.

What is Kirchhoff’s Current Law?

400

This legendary boxer famously called himself “The Greatest.”

Who is Muhammad Ali?

400

If Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah walk into a bank, they're going to...

Set It Off

400

This e-board member did research in URI’s Neural Rehabilitation Engineering Lab.

Who is Edith?

400

The first African American woman to work as an engineer at NASA.

Who is Mary Jackson?

400

This Beyoncé classic had everyone dramatically pointing to the left while ending a relationship.

What is “Irreplaceable”?

400

the integral of sec^2(x)dx

What is tan(x) + c?

600

This South African leader spent 27 years in prison before becoming the country's first Black president.

Who is Nelson Mandela?

600

Before becoming a controversial political commentator, this internet personality attended the University of Rhode Island but left before completing her degree.

Who is Candace Owens?

600

This e-board member is a triple major in engineering. 

BONUS if you can name the three engineering fields.

Who is Tosin? & What are Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Industrial & Systems Engineering?

600

This brilliant lawyer successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education before becoming the first Black Supreme Court Justice.

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

600

This Nelly song had everybody asking why the temperature suddenly went up in the club

What is “Hot in Herre”?

600

This calculus concept is used to find the rate of change of a multivariable function in a particular direction.

What is the directional derivative?

800

This African country is famous for being the only African country that was never fully colonized by a European power.

What is Ethiopia?

800

If somebody says “Bye, Felicia,” you already know they're referencing this movie.

What is Friday?

800

Between these two e-board members, one is an only child and the other has three siblings. Name both.

Who are Christiana and Sabrina?

800

She became America's first self-made female millionaire by creating a highly successful line of African American hair care products in the early 1900s.

Who is Madam C.J. Walker?

800

This R&B classic became an anthem for women everywhere, reminding everyone that she can do it all on her own: “She got her own.”

What is “Miss Independent”?

800

A particle moves through a vector field. This mathematical operation can be used to calculate the work done along its path.

What is a line integral?

1000

This Congolese independence leader became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo in 1960.

Who is Patrice Lumumba?

1000

This Boondocks character claims he has a rare condition called “reverse vitiligo,” meaning he believes he is actually a white man whose skin turned Black.

Who is Uncle Ruckus?

1000

“I'm a college student” was apparently not enough for this e-board member, so he also became a startup founder. His company combines travel and fintech and recently launched on the App Store.  

Who is Elton?

1000

In 1992, this engineer and physician made history aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour as the first Black woman to travel into space.

Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?


1000

This Erykah Badu classic became the ultimate soundtrack for telling somebody to handle their own problem and “call.....”

Who is “Tyrone”?

1000

 

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