Music History
What is "All I Want for Christmas is You"?
This game is household classic card game, based on skill, pattern-recognition, and NEVER reneging.
What is spades?
This line dance went viral in 2022 for its challenging footwork and its infectious accompanying song, "I Can't Get Enough".
What is Tamia/the Tamia?
Who led dozens of enslaved people to freedom in the North and served in the military for the Union Army?
Harriet Tubman
Who graduated with a law degree from Harvard and was elected as the 44th president of the US.
Barack Obama
This artist made spent 19 weeks at the #1 spot on Billboard's Top 100 Hits for his country-rap track, setting a record.
Who is Lil Nas X?
This game was made popular circa 1940s-1950s by Black children in the urban north, became a competitive sport in 1974, and is now a cultural staple.
What is Double Dutch?
The largest modern dance company was opened in New York in1958 by this dancer who used ballet and modern dance to convey the stories, histories, and struggles of Black people in his pieces.
Who is Alvin Ailey?
Who co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and received a PH.D from Harvard University?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Who was the first Black gymnast to win the individual all-around Olympic gold medal?
Gabby Douglas
This woman made history at the inaugural Grammy Award Ceremony in 1958 by winning two Grammy awards that night for Best Jazz Performance.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
In 2022, almost 3/4 of this national sport association featured Black Americans and maintained the highest share of Black viewers.
What is the National Basketball Association
Popular dances of this genre popularized by Black American performers includes: The Lindy Hop, the Charleston, and the Shuffle Along.
What is Jazz?
What prominent abolitionist is known for his autobiographies and became the first African American nominated for vice president of the United States.
Frederick Douglass
Who became the First Black female Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Ketanji Brown Jackson
This theater opened in 1934 became a cultural and musical mecca in the heart of the Harlem neighborhood in New York City.
What is the Apollo Theater?
Not to be confused with spades, this card game has its own association founded by two Black tennis players and was known as the ABA.
What is Bridge?
This man was nominated for at the 1977 Tony Awards for "Best Choreographer" for his work on Broadway for "Your Arm's Too Short to Box with God".
Who is known for becoming one of first female millionaires in the US. She launched an extremely successful hair product line.
Madam C.J. Walker
Which rapper received the most grammy nominations of 2024 and headlined the 2025 Super bowl?
Kendrick Lamar
This artist was dubbed "Artist of the Decade" for the 2010s.
Who is Drake?
In 1999, this man made history as the first Black Grandmaster in Chess and was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame in 2016.
Who is Maurice Ashley?
This dance is an Indiana-native dance, popularized by Black-Indianapolis residents, that requires energy, hand-eye coordination, and personality.
What is the Jiggalate?
Who was the first African American to become an astronaut? She is inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame.
Mae Jemison
Who is the US Navy captain and NASA astronaut piloting the first operational SpaceX Crew Dragon mission and being assigned to Artemis II.
Victor Glover