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100

Which city was this year’s national NSBE convention was held in?

Baltimore

100

What was the beach we went to for beach trip?

Huntington Beach

100

Name the most recent black ASCIT president. Bonus point: what year did they graduate?

Ayooluwa Odemuyiwa, 2022

100

Which gymnast became the most decorated gymnast in history? 

Simone Biles

100

Which city in Georgia is Tami from?

Atlanta

200

How many years has this BSU iteration existed?

4

200

Name a tough talk topic discussed this year.

  • Black culture updates
  • Black love
  • Solidarity 
  • The purge
200

Name one black (currently sitting) Caltech Board of Trustees member?

Mason Smith, Dr. Kneeland Youngblood

200

Which movie became the first Marvel film to win an Academy Award and was a major cultural moment for Black representation in superhero films?

Black Panther

200

Which senior loves to coordinate their outfits with butterfly accessories?

Sophia

300

What percentage of Caltech’s undergraduate population is black?

6%

300

Name a FOOD item from our fall formal dinner.

  • Rice & Peas
  • Patties
  • Jerk salmon
  • Vegan & Chicken Curry
  • Plantain
300

In what year did Grant D. Venerable become the first black graduate of Caltech?

1932

300

Which popular rap artist's real name is Nayvadius Wilburn?

Future

300

Which senior likes cutting their fro as soon as it grows?

Tigist

400

Which city was the first BSU was founded?

San Francisco

400

Name a dance learned at the Line Dancing Event.

  • You
  • Boots on the Ground
  • Touch on Me
  • Early in the Morning
  • I Like
  • Flex
400

What year did a young MLK dine at Caltech?

1958

400

How many HBCUs are there?

107

400

Which senior has 4 older sisters?

Robert

500

Name 3 black fraternities or sororities

Fraternities

  • Alpha Phi Alpha (1906), Kappa Alpha Psi (1911), Omega Psi Phi (1911), Phi Beta Sigma (1914), and Iota Phi Theta (1963) 

Sororities

  • Alpha Kappa Alpha (1908), Delta Sigma Theta (1913), Zeta Phi Beta (1920), and Sigma Gamma Rho(1922)
500

What was the score at the BSUxCHLA soccer game?

6-4

500

Who was Lee F. Browne (the dining hall is named after him, no this is not an acceptable answer)?

local educator who joined Caltech and developed the Student Support Program (SSP), which helped underrepresented students navigate the Institute’s intense academic environment, helped increase the number of black students admitted to Caltech and supported minority orgs on campus


500

Which YouTube group is famous for their "Anime House" and LeBron James locker room parodies?

RDCworld1

500

Which senior was almost arrested in China and arrested in a different country?

Sean

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