BLUFF CITY POLITICS
Who was Memphis' first elected African-American mayor?
Willie Herenton
“Memphis, Memphis, Memphis...nothing BUT MEMPHIS”
Donnie Young
Which 23-year-old Memphis rapper was nominated for a Grammy last year for Best Rap Performance
GloRilla
Who is the head coach for the Memphis Tigers?
Penny Hardaway
Which Memphis slang meaning "to lie" is adapted from the term for clothes that make you blend in?
Flaugin'
Heard in the famous 2000’s movie Hustle and flow, who wrote the song Whoop that Trick?
Al Kapone
Who was Memphis' first elected African-American mayor?
Floyd Bonner
Finish This phrase: 'Don't lose your head...'
Which Memphis rapper is known for his 1998 single "Nobody (Needs Nobody)?"
Playa Fly
Which American football franchise was part of the United States Football League, playing in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, during the mid-1980s?
Memphis Showboats
What kind of "Walkin'" is appropriate when the "Trigga Man" beat is played in the club?
Gangsta Walkin', Jookin'
Which Orange Mound-bred detective is known for her breakout stardom in the true crime documentary series "First 48"
Detective Caroline Mason
Which former Memphis journalist launched her anti-lynching campaign in the 1890s, while she was editor and reporter The Memphis Free Speech & Headlight
Ida B. Wells Barnett
In a Memphis Shelby County School Board meeting last year, which board member said before resigning, “This is the highest level of ignorance I've ever been a part of ...this is my last meeting”
Vice Chair Sheleah Harris
This Memphis-based radio station, active since 1947, became the first radio station in the United States programmed entirely for African Americans?
WDIA
After coming back from a 25 game suspension, what city did NBA Grizzle’s Superstar Ja Morant play his first game back?
New Orleans
Junt
Which former Shelby County lawyer and criminal court judge is famous for his long-running syndicated television court show.
What was the name of the protest supported by Civil Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who protested with workers for higher wages, better working conditions, and union recognition?
The 1968 Sanitation Workers Strike (I Am A Man Protest)
Which the Memphis-based pastor associated with the viral video featuring Andrew Caldwell's "I'm Not Gay No More" rant?
What Memphis Rap group won an Academy award for the Hustle and Flow song, “Its Hard Out Here For a Pimp?"
Three 6 Mafia
Who is the first Memphis Tiger inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
Isaac Bruce
What Memphis chain restaurant was founded by the unfortunately named entrepreneur Donald Crump?
Crumpy's Hot Wings
Which hit Starz television show, adapted from a play written by a Memphian, blends Bluff City and Mississippi culture to create the fictional setting of "Chucalissa?"
P-Valley
At which Memphis library did sit-in protests occur in 1960, initiated by black students, marking the beginning of the local sit-in movement against racial segregation?
Cossitt Library
Which late local pastor became famous for his television commercial catchphrase "Get dope out your vein and hope in your brain. You'll never get nowhere smokin' the pipe?"
Rev. James Salton
Who was the groundbreaking soul musician and composer, known for his landmark album "Hot Buttered Soul" and for becoming the first African-American composer to win an Oscar for "Best Original Song" for the soundtrack to the film "Shaft?"
Isaac Hayes
Larry Finch
Which infamous numbered street is notorious in Memphis for its open-air flea market and thus has been used frequently as a slang term for fake/stolen goods?
Third Street
Memphis-bred actor Willard E. Pugh is famous for playing which supporting character in the original "The Color Purple" film?
Harpo Johnson