Amazing Women
U.S. Presidents
Black History
Body Bits
March Madness?
Final Jeopardy
100
Named after the goddess of love, she is the only tennis player to win Olympic medals in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.
Who is Venus Williams?
100
During Bill Clinton's administration, the White House's first ________ was launched.
What is a website?
100
Known to many as the "Moses" of her people, she escaped slavery and helped others gain their freedom as a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
This battery-powered game has pieces called bread basket, spare ribs, and water on the knee.
What is Operation?
100
The "Imperial March" musical theme was first played in this Star Wars movie.
What is "The Empire Strikes Back"?
200
She is known for her murder mystery novels and short story collections revolving around detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
Who is Agatha Christie?
200
This West Point grad connected the east and west coasts via the Transcontinental Railroad.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
200
In 1947, he became the first African American to play modern-day Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
200
With an average weight of approximately 3 pounds in adults, this is the heaviest gland in the human body.
What is the liver?
200
While at Louisiana State, this future NBA center received the NCAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year award in 1991.
Who is Shaquille O'Neal? (Will accept Shaq.)
300
This reclusive Massachusetts poet was prolific, but it was not until after her death that many of her poems were made public.
Who is Emily Dickinson?
300
Though he did big things in politics, he was our shortest president at only 5'4".
Who is James Madison?
300
Best known for the "Song of Solomon" and the "Beloved" trilogy, she was the first black writer to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
300
As far as we can tell, Gene Simmons and Miley Cyrus have very active hypoglossal nerves, which are responsible for the movement of this muscular organ.
What is the tongue?
300
It's a suffix meaning madness, excessive enthusiasm, or obsession with something, such as the Beatles, or fire.
What is -mania?
400
The International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago houses letters and journals from this famous English statistician who is often considered the founder of modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
400
This President only served for 31 days before dying in office.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
400
Launched in 1980 by Robert L. Johnson, this was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
What is BET (Black Entertainment Television)?
400
The term subcostal is used for things that are situated or performed below this set of bones.
What are the ribs?
400
Known for his career with the Chicago Bulls, this NBA coach was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and wrote "Sacred Hoops."
Who is Phil Jackson?
400
With varieties that smell like chocolate, baking cookies, cinnamon, and vanilla, you can plant these flowers to create a garden that smells like a dessert buffet.
What is an orchid?
500
After winning two gold medals in Track and Field at the 1932 Olympics, Babe Didrickson Zaharias won 10 major championships in this other sport.
What is golf?
500
Move over, Socks. This president was the first and only to own an alligator as a pet.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
500
This American historian and scholar was instrumental in launching Negro History Week in 1926.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
500
Used as a pretty accurate indicator of a corpse's age, these upper torso bones are among the last to completely fuse.
What is the clavicle?
500
Although the term was coined in 1939, "March Madness" didn't become associated with the NCAA until this sportscaster used it during coverage of the 1982 tournament.
Who is Brent Musburger?
500
Also known as birthing custard, this waxy white substance is found on the skin of newborn babies.
What is vernix?