MLK Trivia
Black History
Doctoral Abbreviations
Portmanteau v2
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Titular speech given by Dr. King in Washington DC on August 28th, 1963 in response to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

What is the "I Have a Dream" Speech?

100

Notable African American leader who championed concepts of race pride and Black nationalism, and was assassinated in 1965

Who is Malcolm X?

100

M.D.

What is Doctor of Medicine?

100

Irritable or angry as a result of hunger

What is Hangry?

200

Dr. Martin Luther King's Birth Month

What is January?

200

American activist during the civil rights movement who refused to abide by segregation in public transit, later sparking a 13th boycott

Who is Rosa Parks?

200

Ph.D

What is Doctorate of Philosophy?

200

A device used to analyze a person’s breath for their blood alcohol content or to detect viruses

What is Breathalyzer?

300

An award Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received in 1964 "for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population."

What is the Nobel Peace Prize?

300

A network of antislavery activists and safe houses responsible for covertly migrating endangered African-Americans from the Southern plantations to the Northeast

What is the Underground Railroad?

300

J.D.

What is Juris Doctor?
300

An estimate based on a hunch rather than data

What is a Guesstimate?

400
The doctorate degree that Martin Luther King received from Boston University in 1955 

What is PhD in Systematic Theology?

400
A Marxist-Leninist black power political party founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in Oakland California (October 1966)

What is the Black Panther Party?

400

D.P.H. 

What is Doctor of Public Health?

400

A hybrid stone fruit that combines the characteristics of a plum and an apricot

What is Pluot?

500

A boycott led by Dr. King that lasted 385 days in protest against racial segregation on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama

What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

500

An American painter most notably affiliated with the Harlem Renaissance movement, who referred to his own painting style as "dynamic cubism"

Who is Jacob Lawrence?

500

D.F.A.

What is Doctorate of Fine Arts?

500

Unhealthy feelings of entitlement or lack of motivation experienced by wealthy people

What is Affluenza?

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