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General
100
Born Cassius Clay, he was the 1st boxer to win a heavyweight title three times.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
100
In 1971 George T Sampson patented this common household appliance.
What is the tumble dryer?
100
This Civil Rights Movement founded by Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza dominated the news in 2020 amidst the fight to end police brutality.
What is Black Lives Matter?
100
Will Allen is the founder and CEO of Growing Power Inc. One of the foremost authorities on urban agriculture, his work promoting the belief that all people should have access to safe, affordable and nutritious food won him which prestigious award?
A) Academy Award
B) Nobel Peace Prize
C) McArthur Genius Grant
What is C, the MacArthur Genius Grant?
100
The first Black President of the United States is also the bestselling author of Dreams from my Father, The Audacity of Hope, and A Promised Land.
Who is Barack Obama?
200
This 10 season NBA score leader stared in a movie with Bugs Bunny in the movie Space Jam.
Who is Michael Jordan?
200
In 1988 Jesse Russell patented this device almost everyone carries with them daily.
What is the cell phone?
200
The National Guard tried to prevent nine black students from attending a segregated school in 1957 in this city.
What is Little Rock Arkansas?
200
He is regarded as one of America's greatest agricultural researchers and educators. His innovations in the field of crop rotation are considered breakthroughs in resource conservation, by preserving soil and making farms more productive
Who is George Washington Carver?
200
On April 15, 1947 the first Black player in Major League Baseball made their debut in front of 23, 623 spectators.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
300
The 1st and only Black Disney Princess, Tiana dreams to do this.
What is open her own restaurant?
300
Her eight-day space flight aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992 established her as the United States' first female African-American space traveler.
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
300
She led more than 300 people to freedom from slavery through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
A Kenyan Biologist and Environmental visionary, Dr. Wangari Maathai founded the Greenbelt Movement to galvanize women to grow and plant trees in order to...
A) remediate and stabilize the soil
B) store rainwater
C) provide firewood D
D) all of the above
D. All of the above
300
The first Black American to appear on a U.S postage stamp.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
400
Known mostly for his popular role as Geordi La Forge in Star Trek, actor La Var Burton also hosted this children's show which became the most watched PBS program in the classroom.
Reading Rainbow
400
This is the best way for kids to start getting interested in science at an early age.
What is play?
400
She made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
400
In addition to crop rotation, Dr. Carver promoted this practice reintroduce nutrients and add organic matter to the soil. He showed that its use for soil revitalization increased its productivity by a hundredfold compared with previous common methods. This method of building soil is a critical practice in organic farming and gardening today.
What is composting?
400
The first Black person to serve on the US Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
500
An American singer, songwriter, and dancer, dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.
Who is Michael Jackson?
500
This 2016 movie was made about Katherine Johnson, one of the trailblazing African American mathematicians whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
What is Hidden Figures?
500
The March on Washington of 1963, attended by 250,000 people was lead by this civil rights activist.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
500
This is another word for farming. It includes both growing and harvesting crops and raising animals, or livestock. It provides the food and many raw materials that humans need to survive.
What is agriculture?
500
This iconic cartoon character was inspired by a Black jazz singer in Harlem.
Who is Betty Boop?