You Know You're Black When...
Acronyms
Historical Black Figures
Unspoken Black Rules
Artists and Actors
100

When your mom says "I got something for you" and you're already nervous

What is a whooping/in trouble?

100

*Your Mom Want To Show You Off To Her Guests*

STTLDYBD

What is..Show them that lil dance you be doing

100

Who was the first Black Woman to run for president of the United States?

What is "Shirley Chisholm"
100

Where should you be when the street lights turn on?

What is "Inside the house/At Home"

100

Who started Abbott Elementary?

Who is “Quinta Brunson”

200

When you hear gospel music at 9 AM

Time to get up and clean

Clean Up the Whole House Saturday

200

*Kids Playing*

Black Folks: "TGSGT"

What is..They Gonna Sleep Good Tonight"

200

Which NCCU dorms are named after past Chancellors?

What is "Dr. Debra Saunders-White" or "Dr. Tyronza R. Richmond"

200

When you get in trouble with your mom and won't stop crying?

What is "You better stop crying, before I give you something to cry about"

200

Who is known for starring in The Equalizer, Remember the Titans and Training Day?

Who is “Denzel Washington”

300

When you and your parents drive past a restaurant/fast food place and they say...

What is.. There's food at the house

300

When elders feel like you're being rude:

"GDLU"

What is.. God don't like ugly

300

Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice of the United States?

What is "Thurgood Marshall"

300

Before you pull up to a Black cookout, what is the one thing you better make sure you’re not doing?

Showing up empty-handed.

300

What singer sung these lyrics “I'm not scared to perform at a sold out affair”

Who is “Jazmine Sullivan”

400

You hear this song at the cookout and everyone instantly start getting up

What is the cupid shuffle/electric slide

400

When You Get Too Comfortable With Your Black Mother:

IAOOYLF

What is.. I ain't one of your lil friends

400

Who was the first Black woman to refuse to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks

Who is "Claudette Colvin"
400

Before agreeing to go to a party, what is the first question you ask?


What is "Who all gone be there"
400

Who won the award for Best Original Screenplay and for what movie?

Who is “Ryan Coogler” and What is “Sinners”

500

Someone say "Who made __" and its not a compliment. What do they mean

Food is nasty/look unappetizing 

500

Black Parents When You Try To Do Everything Your Friend Is Doing:

"IYFJOABAYGJT"

What is.. If your friend jump off a bridge, are you gonna jump too?

500

Who became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1895 and later co-founded the NAACP

Who is "W. E. B. Du Bois"

500

What should you do before doing anything else when you enter a home?


What is "Speak/Don't come into the house without speaking"

500

Who is known as the Queen of Motown ?

Who is “Diana Ross”

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