Black History
The month of February was designated Black history month in part because it coincided with the birthdays of these two famous historical figures influential to Black history.
Who are Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln?
In 1974, Kathy Kozachenko became the first openly LGBTQ American elected to any public office when she won a seat on this city council.
What is Ann Arbor, Michigan City?
This 1974 act allowed women to get credit cards in their own names.
What is the Equal Credit Opportunity Act?
As of 2016, this is the world's largest performing rock band with 953 musicians.
What is the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy?
In 300 BC, the Mayans worshipped these birds as vessels of gods.
What are turkeys?
This song by the Sugarhill Gang released in 1979 is considered the first real rap song and became the first rap record to sell over a million copies.
What is "Rapper's Delight"?
In 1996, this state became the first to recognize gay and lesbian couples are entitled to the same privileges as heterosexual married couples.
What is Hawaii?
This "Queen of Soul" best known for her song "Respect" was the first women women to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This song, which shares its name with a 2018 movie about the band that made it, is the most-streamed song from the 20th century.
What is Bohemian Rhapsody?
During this era, the US government ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the US, and by 1933 killed 10,000 people.
What is the Nationwide Prohibition?
This 369th Infantry from New York was one of few Black regiments that saw battle in WWI, earning the prestigious Croix de Guerre award from the French army.
Who were the Harlem Hellfighters?
Pride parades are traditionally held on the last week of June to commemorate the anniversary of these 1969 riots.
What are the Stonewall Riots?
While the first Olympics in ancient Greece didn't allow women, these games were the first official women's athletic competition to be held in the Olympic stadium.
What are the Games of Hera?
The Japanese word "karaoke" is a combination of the two words "karappo" and "okesutura", meaning this.
What is "empty opera"?
This famous Egyptian queen was not actually born in Egypt, but was actually Greek, and descended from Alexander the Great's Macedonian general Ptolemy.
Who is Cleopatra VII?
This small Pennsylvania college was the first HBCU to grant degrees in the United States.
What is Lincoln University?
The original 1978 version of the rainbow pride flag created by drag queen Gilbert Baker, included these three colors that are now absent.
What are turquoise, hot pink, and indigo?
This Austrian pacifist and novelist was the first women to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Bertha von Suttner?
Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is the best selling album of all time, selling this many copies globally.
What is 66 million copies?
In this year, Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman empire.
What is 1453 CE?
These three Black musicians are the most awarded artists of all time with 834 awards, 688 awards, and 657 awards respectively.
Who are Michale Jackson, Beyonce, and Whitney Houston?
The word "drag" is an acronym, derived from a stage direction coined by Shakespeare, that stands for this.
What is "Dressed Resembling A Girl"?
This country was the first to elect a female head of state, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, in 1960 and again in 1970.
What is Sri Lanka?
In 2013, this band achieved the Guiness World Record by becoming the first and only band to have played on all 7 continents.
What is Metallica?
This president is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame and only lost once out of his approximately 300 contests.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?