NSBE History
Sports
Entertainment
STEM
Black Excellence
100

NSBE originated in this university.

Purdue University

100

The record holder for the fastest 100m run is "____"

Usain Bolt

100

The first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for music: "___"

Kendrick Lamar

100

In engineering, this is what CAD stands for

Computer-Aided Design

100

The first Black woman to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice is "___"

Ketanji Brown Jackson

200

NSBE was founded by "The Chicago ___"

Six

200

"___" scored the most points scored in a single NBA game

Wilt Chamberlain

200

The first Black woman to win an Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series is "___"

Viola Davis

200

 The acronym meaning for MATLAB

 Matrix Laboratory

200

In the year "__," Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at "______"

1963 and Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C

300

The torch in the NSBE logo symbolizes our "_____ _____"

burning desire

300

Serena Williams became the first woman to be ranked no.1 in tennis in "__"

2002

300

"___" by Ralph Ellison explores themes of identity and racism through its unnamed protagonist.

Invisible man

300

This Black NASA mathematician helped achieve the US's first space voyages

Katherine Johnson

300

"___" is currently regarded as the richest Black man today

Aliko Dangote

400

This NSBE member holds the Region 6 executive chair

Nnaemeka Opara

400

"_______" famuously said "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"

Muhammed Ali

400

"__" is the first year a black couple won Love Island UK

2024

400

The first law of thermodynamics

Energy can't be created or destroyed

400

"___" is currently regarded as the richest Black woman today

Oprah Winfrey

500

NSBE's mission statement is "to increase the number of Black engineers who are ________.

culturally responsible OR academically successful OR who positively impacts the community

500

"___" is the first Black female gymnast to win the Olympic all-around gold medal

Gabby Douglas

500

"__"  is the first Black comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden for a stand-up show

Eddie Murphy

500

The formula for the Ideal Gas Law equation is ____

PV = nRT

Pressure, volume, gas constant, temperature (and # moles)

500

The first African American woman to travel to space is "_____"

Mae Jemison

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