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100

Who is the first black Marketing Director at LJA

Who is Donya Elder

100

What Louisiana food dish combines native West African and European food traditions dishes

What is Gumbo

100

Who is the founder of Black History Month

Carter G Woodson

100

Who is the King of Pop

Michael Jackson

100

Who is the first father and son duo in the NBA

Who is LeBron and Bronny James

200

What was the first intercollegiate Greek-letter organization fraternity founded for African American men at Cornell University?

What is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc - Founded Dec. 4th, 1906

200

What baked dessert is made with a fruit filling and biscuit topping?

Cobbler

200

Famous NASA mathematician whose work helped send astronauts into orbit and to the moon.

Katherine Johnson

200

This genre, pioneered by Black musicians in the 1930s and 1940s, blended jazz and gospel to shape rock & roll.

What is rhythm and blues (R&B)

200

This person holds the NFL record for the most career rushing yards 

Emmitt Smith - 18,355 yards

300

Who founded the first interracial hospital in the US and was the first in the world to successfully perform open heart surgery?

Daniel Hale Williams

300

This dish, made from cornmeal and water, was a survival food for enslaved people and later became a Southern breakfast staple

What are grits

300

This African American inventor is credited with creating the door lock in the 19th century.

A.W.Martin

300

This jazz icon, known as the "First Lady of Song," became the first Black artist to win a Grammy in 1958, the award show's inaugural year.

Who is Ella Fitzgerald

300

 This legendary pitcher holds the record for the oldest "rookie" debut at 42 years old and the oldest player to compete at 59 years old. 

Satchel Paige

400

Who is the first  Black woman to achieve EGOT status (winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award)?

Whoopi Goldberg

400

Which popular food product, invented by an African American woman named Ruth Wakefield, was later used to create the iconic "Chocolate Chip Cookie"

Chocolate Chip 

400

Despite having only an elementary school education, this Black inventor and son of an enslaved parent revolutionized both safety on the roads and in hazardous environments by creating an improved three-light traffic signal and a life-saving gas mask.

Who is Garrett Morgan?

400

Which R&B diva is known for her powerful voice and songs like "Vision of Love" and "Hero," and is often referred to as the "Songbird Supreme"?

Mariah Carey

400

In 1961, this trailblazing golfer became the first Black player to join the PGA Tour, later winning the Greater Hartford Open and Los Angeles Open before earning a spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Who is Charlie Sifford

500

Who was the first person to call Muslims to prayer and broke deep-rooted social norms by becoming Islam’s first muezzin(the person that calls people to prayer)

Who is Bilal Ibn Rabah

500

This is what enslaved people were given to eat, as slave owners kept the prime cuts of meat for themselves—leading to the creation of what fading staple African American pork dishes

What are chitterlings, pig feet, and pig ears?

500

This ruler is considered the richest person of all time, with so much gold that his generosity caused an economic crisis.

Who is Mansa Musa?

500

This "Father of the Delta Blues," known for his iconic song "Cross Road Blues" and his unique slide guitar style, is one of the most influential blues musicians of all time.

Who is Robert Johnson?

500

What activist and global icon was the first three-time heavyweight champion in history, "fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee".

Muhammad Ali

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