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100

How many organizations make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council?

9 Organizations:

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc

Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc

100

This show was Based in Baltimore, MD and focused on a retired athlete raising his teenager daughter as a single parent. Hint: this show was recently added to Netflix.

What is One on One.

100
Who is considered the Godfather of Go-Go Music?

Who is Chuck Brown

100

What year was slavery abolished? 

1865

100

How many days does it take to break or start a habit?

What is 21 days

200

What month date and year was the Beta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Chartered?

what is February 20, 1925

200

This 1977 miniseries is based on an Alex Haley novel which depicts the family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte and his descendants.

What is Roots

200

What Pop Artist, who is an honorary member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc, is know for her iconic song "That's What's Friends Are For".

Who is Dionne Warwick.

200

This was a time period in the 1920's where African Americans migrated from the South to the North and Midwest Regions of the United States. During this era poets such as Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and Zora Neal Hurston were actively documenting the highs and lows of being black in America.

What is the Harlem Renaissance

200

What is the flower of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc?

White Rose

300

What year (month, date, and year) was  Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc founded?

what is January 9, 1914

300

What iconic singer played the mother of Dwayne from the iconic show a Different World?

Who is Pattie Labelle

300

What song did Michael Jackson first debut the iconic Moonwalk dance to?

What is Billie Jean

300

What Amendment gave Black Men the right to vote?

What is the 15th Amendment (1870)

300

This holiday is similar to Valentines Day but is normally celebrated in October in several states. 

What is Sweetest Day.

400

How many divine nine organizations where founded at Howard University? 

 what is 5 Organizations:

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc (1920) 

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc (1908)

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. (1911)

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc (1913)

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc (1914) 

400

Name the show that had the following theme song lyrics:"We're Brothers. We're happy and we're singing and we're colored. Give me a high five."

Who are the Wayan Brothers

400


What female artist is known for singing after Martin Luther King Jr's iconic speech " I Have A Dream"?


Mahalia Jackson

400

What HBCU became the first degree-granting institution of high education for African Americans. 

Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.

400

This lady of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc was known for her iconic writing during the Harlem Renaissance and has a festival yearly to honor her work in Eatonville, Fl. 

Who is Zora Neale Hurston.

500

What two organizations (the sorority and fraternity) of the National Pan-Hellenic Council are the ONLY constitutionally bound.

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc

500

What is the name of the radio station Martin Payne worked in on the TV Show "Martin"?

What is WZUP

500

What DC native is gained national attention in the mid 1920s for his appearance leading his orchestra at the Cotton Club in Harlem.

Duke Ellington

500

In 2018, this Athlete was the first black person and first athlete to win an Oscar for Best Animated Short for his film Dear Basketball.

Who is Kobe Bryant 

500

What two US states do not observe daylight saving time?

who are Hawaii and Arizona

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