LGBTQ+
This pride flag has light pink, white, and light blue stripes.
Trans pride flag
Which of the following aspects/places/structures on campus would you imagine are difficult to navigate with a blindness/low vision? 1. Poor contrast stairs; brick, stone, concrete 2. Dining hall menu/ process/ mere navigation 3. Uneven /dilapidated paths 4.Crosswalks without auditory signal when it turns green
All of the above
The discriminatory practice that puts services—usually financial services—out of reach for residents of certain areas based on race or ethnicity. (give the term)
Redlining
This William & Mary program focuses “on contributing to and encouraging scholarship on the 300-year relationship between African Americans and W&M” and building bridges between the College and African American communities?
The Lemon Project
During which Islamic holiday do observant students face challenges completing coursework and participating in class due to fasting lasting all day and limited sleep?
Ramadan
The word Lesbian is derived from the home of this Greek Poet
Sappho (Lesbos)
What is the name of the Federal Civil Rights law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination in public domaines such as education, employment, state and local governments, etc.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The I in BIPOC stands for ...
Indigenous
Name at least two tribes that first possessed the land which William & Mary now sits on. Every additional tribe named will be 50 extra points.
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Monacan, Nansemond, Nottoway, Pamunkey, Patawomeck, Upper Mattaponi, and Rappahannock
What are the top three most practiced organized religions in the world?
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism
This president repealed 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'
President Barack Obama
According to U.S disability statisitcs database, what percentage of people with a visual impairment have a bachelor’s degree or higher? (For reference, 35.9% of Americans without disabilities hold a bachelor’s degree or higher,)
16.5
The 13th amendment bans involuntary servitude except as punishment for _____, which is still used today to force labor.
Crime
Who was the first African American to enroll at William & Mary?
Hulon L. Willis
The phrase "sacred cow" to describe a person or thing immune from criticism comes from what religion that in fact does revere cows as holy animals?
Hinduism
The American Psychological Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in this decade.
1980s (1986)
In what year were the paralytic games established?
1948
In the 18th century, which Asian/Pacific Islander group was the first to settle in the U.S?
Filipinos
In what decade did the first 24 women enroll at William & Mary, living in the Reves center to be as far as possible from male dorms?
1910s (1918)
This religious and social movement, originating in Jamaica in the 1930s, believed that the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I was the second coming of Christ and the return of God to Africa. This movement also believed that black people were God’s chosen people and were surpresed by colonization and the slave trade from success and from return to Africa.
Rastafarianism
What year was the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, a tipping point for the gay liberation movement.
1969
Who is Haben Girma?
A disability rights attorney who was the first deaf-blind student to graduate from Harvard Law school. Led the celebration for the 25th Anniversary of the ADA and was introduced BY former President Obama
In 2019, this Egyptian-American performer become the first artist of Arab heritage to win the Oscar for Best Actor/ess.
Rami Malek (No woman of Middle Eastern descent has ever won the Oscar for best supporting actress.)
What decade was sexual orientation added to the College’s nondiscrimination clause?
1990s
Which U.S. President, while addressing a Jewish community and affirming America’s commitment to interfaith cooperation, insisted that “the Government of the United States…gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance..."
George Washington