Animation
Magic
Literary Numbers
Alliteration
Black History
100

This spooky director filmed his stop-motion animation film "Frankenweenie" in black & white to emulate classic monster movies

Tim Burton

100

In a series of kids' books, Ms. Frizzle takes kids on enchanted rides on this title conveyance

The Magic School Bus

100

There are 4 servings of seafood in this Dr. Seuss title, & kitty doesn't mind at all

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

100

Protective headgear for a construction worker

hard hat

100

While many Black surnames are those of the families that owned our ancestors, another common name[...] was taken after the Civil War to indicate no ownership

Freeman

200

The Donbot of the Robot Mafia hangs out in Little Bitaly on this animated show set in the 31st century

Futurama

200

Answers inside this fortune-telling toy include "signs point to yes" & "ask again later"

Magic 8 Ball

200

Ray Bradbury used a pay typewriter at UCLA to write a novella, "The Fireman", which he later expanded into this novel

Fahrenheit 451

200

Mickey's better half, she's been with him right from the beginning in 1928's "Steamboat Willie"

Minnie Mouse

200

E.E. Ward Moving & Storage is the oldest Black-owned co. in the U.S., dating to the 1840s when a Ward was a conductor on this

the Underground Railroad

300

In 2006 Disney acquired this computer animation leader that it had first collaborated with on "Toy Story"

Pixar

300

This Marvel sorcerer supreme has a cloak of levitation that can take care of itself in a magical pinch

Doctor Strange

300

The number of seals on the scroll mentioned in the [Bible] book of Revelation

7

300

Proceeds from the sales of these seasonal drinks helped buy the first Ronald McDonald house

Shamrock Shake

300

On June 19, 1865 black residents of Texas learned of this document issued 2 1/2 years earlier

the Emancipation Proclamation

400

This Nick Kroll coming-of-age animated series uses the apt "Changes" by Charles Bradley as its theme song

Big Mouth

400

It's the term for a witch's helpful guardian spirit & may take the form of a pet or even a non-physical entity

a familiar

400

"The Arabian Nights" are "tales from" this number of nights

1,001

400

"Supernanny" Jo Frost says the first step for a parent facing one of these meltdowns is to ask why

temper tantrum

400

In February 1977 Clifford Alexander became the first black secretary of this oldest U.S. military branch

Army

500

This 1940 Disney film featured the music of Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Schubert & Mussorgsky

Fantasia

500

For 11 seasons this duo has been figuring out the tricks behind magic on the TV show "Fool Us"

Penn & Teller

500

This Dickens novel opens in the year 1775

A Tale of Two Cities

500

A crime that wasn't solved is considered this, also the name of a CBS drama series that ran for 7 seasons

cold case
500

[the year] Martin Luther King Jr. gives his immortal "I Have a Dream" speech in D.C.

1963

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