GRANDKIDS
THE FIRST OF FIVE GRANDCHILDREN — SHE IS VERY ARTISTIC AND KNOWN FOR HER LOVABLE NATURE.
WHO IS HANNAH IMANI?
THIS IS THE CATCHY SLOGAN FOR THE STATE SHE HAS CALLED HOME FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS — NO HATERS ALLOWED.
WHAT IS VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVER?
A 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IS NAMED AFTER THIS PRECIOUS METAL, WHICH IS ALSO AWARDED TO MUSIC ARTISTS WHO SELL OVER A MILLION RECORDS.
WHAT IS PLATINUM?
GROWING UP, THIS GROUP OF BROTHERS WAS MOM’S FAVORITE GROUP TO LISTEN TO.
WHO WERE THE JACKSON 5?
NIECY
WHO IS VERNIECE? (AUNT NIECY)
THIS THIRD GRANDCHILD IS THE SPITTING IMAGE OF HER MOM — IN BOTH LOOKS AND PERSONALITY — AND IS TRULY A “GIFT FROM GOD.”
WHO IS AVA ZANI?
THIS WORD IS A SYNONYM FOR ENORMOUS, GIGANTIC, OR MASSIVE.
WHAT IS VAST?
THIS CIVIL RIGHTS ICON WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER TURNING 70 AND LATER BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE SAME COUNTRY THAT WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED HIM.
WHO WAS NELSON MANDELA ?
DONNY HATHAWAY’S DUETS WITH THIS SINGER ARE AMONG MOM’S FAVORITE SONGS TO LISTEN TO.
WHO WAS ROBERTA FLACK?
KILLPRETTY
WHO IS JEAN? (AUNT JEAN)
THE ONLY MALE GRANDCHILD, HIS MIDDLE NAME COMBINES THE NAMES OF HIS GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER.
WHO IS AARON RAHTCHADET?
BOTH MOM AND HER YOUNGEST SON EARNED THEIR BACHELOR’S DEGREES FROM THIS UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
WHAT IS VCU ?
WHAT IS VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY?
THIS NBA TEAM WAS THE FIRST IN LEAGUE HISTORY TO WIN 70 OR MORE REGULAR-SEASON GAMES IN A SINGLE SEASON.
WHO ARE THE CHICAGO BULLS?
MOM IS AN AVID FAN OF THIS DUO THAT ROSE TO FAME WITH HITS LIKE “YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE” AND “MANEATER.”
WHO ARE HALL AND OATES?
SUGARFOOT
WHO IS MOM ? (MICHELLE/ AUNT MICHELLE)
THIS BEAUTIFUL BALL OF ENERGY IS KNOWN FOR HER SHARP WIT AND BEAMING PERSONALITY. NOT RUTH’S MOTHER-IN-LAW — BUT HER MIDDLE NAME IS A ZULU WORD MEANING “PEACE.”
WHO IS NAOMI XOLA?
THIS IS THE HISTORIC HBCU WHERE HER LATE HUSBAND, KENT, ATTENDED WHEN HE PLEDGED ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY.
WHAT IS VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY?
THIS LEGENDARY SINGER AND SONGWRITER TURNED 70 IN 2020 AND IS KNOWN FOR HITS LIKE “ISN’T SHE LOVELY” AND “ALL I DO.”
WHO IS STEVIE WONDER?
MOM’S DAD — AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS “POP-POP” — WAS A BIG JAZZ FAN, ESPECIALLY OF THIS LEGENDARY MUSICIAN WHO DIED AT A YOUNG AGE.
WHO WAS CHARLIE 'BIRD' PARKER?
TREE
WHO IS UNCLE JOHN? (JOHN)
THE YOUNGEST GRANDCHILD — FOR NOW — HER FIRST NAME COMBINES THE NAMES OF HER GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER.
WHO IS KENDREA SIWATIDA?
THIS LATE ACTRESS PLAYED BRUCE LEROY’S LOVE INTEREST IN BERRY GORDY’S CULT CLASSIC ''THE LAST DRAGON''.
WHO WAS VANITY?
THIS LEFT-HANDED SLUGGER HIT OVER 70 HOME RUNS IN A SINGLE MLB SEASON — JUICED OR NOT, STILL AN INCREDIBLE FEAT.
WHO IS BARRY BONDS?
THIS ARTIST FROM NORTH PHILADELPHIA BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES BEFORE GOING SOLO AND RECORDING HITS LIKE “LOVE T.K.O.” AND “TURN OFF THE LIGHTS.”
WHO WAS TEDDY PENDERGRASS?
JUNIE