AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY
Spurning the Montgomery Bus Boycott (the first large scale US demonstration against segregation) - this woman was arrested and fined for refusing to yield her seat to a white man.
Rosa Parks
This 1975 shark-tastic film is considered the first summer blockbuster
This vacuum brand 'ate Dyson's lunch in America' by creating low-cost yet powerful and reliable upright corded vacuums
Shark
World Book says this "protected China from minor attacks but provided little defense against a major invasion
The Great Wall
Not to be confused with the Japanese 'Yen', China uses this currency
The Yuan
The event at which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speech titled 'I Have A Dream'
The March on Washington (1963)
Beyoncé voiced Nala in the 2019 version of this Disney film
The Lion King
Though the first attempts to provide a mechanical solution to cleaning floors was made in 1599, the first portable electric vacuum was widely sold by this company in the early 1900s.
Hoover
More than just big on vases, this ruling dynasty really elevated the architecture of the Imperial Palace in the Forbidden City
The Ming Dynasty
The Seychelles, Mauritius & India all have a unit of currency named this
The Rupee
First coined by Frantz Fanon in 1960 in a speech to the Accra Positive Action Conference, the phrase 'By Any Means Necessary' was popularized by this Civil Rights Activist.
Malcolm X
Subtitled "Catching Fire", the second film in this series caught fire with moviegoers
The Hunger Games
This vacuum brand, headquartered in the United Kingdom projects a move to Singapore in the year 2021 and developed the first bagless vacuum
Dyson
In the late 19th century, China was dominated by Tzu-hsi, known as this empress, the widow of an emperor
The Dowager Empress
A monetary unit called the Balboa is used in this central American country nicknamed the "Crossroads of the World"
Panama
Arturo Schomburg's collection in a branch of the N.Y. Public Library in this Manhattan area contributed to a renaissance there
Harlem
The premise of this 2017 film: 4 teens are sucked into a magical video game where they meet Nick Jonas
Jumanji
First called the 'Domestic Cyclone' this brand's attempt at a cyclone used water as a separation mechanism
Kirby
Only a few thousand of the roughly 100,000 Communists survived the trek begun in 1934 & called this
The Long March
This country that borders Sierra Leone & the Ivory Coast uses its own dollar as its currency
Liberia
E.E. Ward Moving & Storage is the oldest Black-owned co. in the U.S., dating to the 1840s when a Ward was a conductor on this
The Underground Railroad
Based on a novel by Boris Pasternak & clocking in at more than 3 hours, this 1965 film was a hit at the box office
Doctor Zhivago
Based in Toledo, OH this company was the first to implement a seal on the dust bag and HEPA filter for a vacuum cleaner.
Airway Sanitizor
A 1900 rebellion was settled by this same-named protocol in which China paid $330 million & executed some officials
The Boxer Protocol
From the Latin for "every ten", it's the currency of several countries including Jordan & Algeria
The Dinar