Animals
Trichophilus welckeri algae grow in the fur of this slow arboreal mammal giving it a green tint
What is a sloth?
In his first feature film, he played The Scarecrow in “The Wiz.”
Who is Micheal Jackson?
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell?
This land was conquered by the Hyksos and was then reunited under a Kushite king during antiquity.
What is Egypt?
A pestle is used to grind spices & other foods; this pestle's partner is the bowl in which the food is ground
What is a mortar?
In 2017 the oldest this type of aquatic mammal in captivity died at age 69 in a Florida county of the same name
What is a manatee?
It's not just in movies: D.C.'s International Spy Museum has these disguised as pens, lighters & from around 1950 a watch
What is a camera?
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison?
What are the two official languages of Kenya?
What are Swahili and English?
Born Oct. 5 1902 Ray Kroc sold paper cups & blenders before making it big with this fast food chain
What is McDonalds?
In 1846 Joseph Leidy found & identified in this farm animal Trichina spiralis a parasite that can be transmitted to humans
What is a pig?
Scrat is the nutty acorn-obsessed saber-toothed squirrel in this series of movies
What is Ice Age?
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This agricultural product was first harvested in Ethiopia
What are coffee beans?
Food of the gods
What is ambrosia?
This was the first dog breed to collect admissible evidence for American courts of law
What is a bloodhound?
Sailors in Pirates of the Caribbean movies have been known to shout this joyous exclamation
What is "Huzzah"?
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou?
What is the symbol for the royalty of the Ashanti Empire (in Ghana)?
What is a golden chair?
Ground sumac is often added to this curdled milk foodstuff & used for dipping with kebabs
What is yogurt?
This monster is the largest lizard native to the U.S.
In ‘61 movie, Audrey Hepburn's alternative to brunch in bed.
What is "Breakfast at Tiffany's?"
She is an African American woman who worked to improve educational opportunities for African Americans and she was the founder of the National Council of Negro Women
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
This Ethiopian emperor inspired the creation of the Rastafarian religion
Who is Haile Selassie?
Seen here is an animation of this wave-like muscular motion that pushes food through the esophagus
What is peristalsis?