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Clue: This singer told us that girls just want to have fun.
Answer: Who is Cyndi Lauper?
Clue: This historically Black university in Washington, D.C., is named for a white Civil War general who also led the Freedmen’s Bureau.
Answer: What is Howard University?
Clue: Cooking food slowly in liquid just below the boiling point is known by this term.
Answer: What is simmering?
Clue: This hairstyle, named for its rounded shape, became a prominent symbol of Black pride during the 1960s and 1970s.
Answer: What is an Afro?
Clue: In dating, this term describes playful behavior intended to show someone you're attracted to them without necessarily saying it directly.
Answer: What is flirting?
Clue: Before Beyoncé went solo, she was part of this group known for hits including “Say My Name” and “Survivor.”
Answer: Who are Destiny’s Child?
Clue: Before becoming known as Muhammad Ali, this boxing legend was born with this name.
Answer: Who is Cassius Clay?
Clue: This mixture of flour and fat is commonly cooked together to thicken sauces and gravies.
Answer: What is a roux?
Clue: This historically Black Greek-letter sorority, founded at Howard University in 1908, is the oldest of the Divine Nine sororities.
Answer: What is Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated?
Clue: This phrase describes the feeling or attraction between two people who seem to naturally click.
Answer: What is chemistry?
Clue: Luther Vandross recorded this 1981 hit whose title completes the lyric, “Never too much, never too much, never too much…”
Answer: What is “Never Too Much”?
Clue: This entrepreneur became one of America's first self-made female millionaires through a hair-care business created for Black women.
Answer: Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
Clue: If a recipe tells you to “fold” an ingredient into a mixture, you should use this gentle motion rather than vigorously stirring it.
Answer: What is lifting and turning the mixture over itself?
Clue: For decades, this magazine's annual “Fashion Fair” traveled across the United States showcasing Black models and high fashion.
Answer: What is Ebony?
Clue: Marvin Gaye's 1982 hit with this three-word title has become so associated with romance that its title is sometimes used as a not-so-subtle invitation.
Answer: What is “Sexual Healing”?
Clue: Before Whitney Houston made “I’m Every Woman” a hit for a new generation, this singer originally released it in 1978.
Answer: Who is Chaka Khan?
Clue: In 1967, this lawyer became the first Black justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Answer: Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Answer: Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Clue: This French term describes cooking food quickly in a small amount of fat over relatively high heat.
Answer: What is sautéing?
Clue: This Black-owned beauty brand, launched in 1973, became famous for cosmetics specifically formulated for women of color.
Answer: What is Fashion Fair Cosmetics?
Clue: This term for a romantic encounter originally referred to a meeting arranged between two people who had never seen each other before.
Answer: What is a blind date?
Clue: “Killing Me Softly with His Song” was a major hit for the Fugees in 1996, but this singer had taken it to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 more than two decades earlier.
Answer: Who is Roberta Flack?
Clue: Before Rosa Parks' famous arrest, this 15-year-old Montgomery teenager was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat.
Answer: Who is Claudette Colvin?
Clue: When making gravy, adding cold liquid too quickly to a hot flour-and-fat mixture can create this unwanted problem.
Answer: What are lumps?
Clue: In Black hair terminology, this part of the head isn't where dinner is made—it's the hair at the nape of the neck.
Answer: What is the kitchen?
Clue: You can do it slowly, you can do it deeply, and doing it with another person requires good timing. In music, this word means moving together to the rhythm.
Answer: What is dancing?