Black History
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100

This civil rights leader helped organize the 1963 March on Washington.

  • Who is Bayard Rustin
100

This decade saw the rise of platform shoes and leisure suits.

  • What are platform shoes
100

This mockumentary-style sitcom is set at Dunder Mifflin.

  • What is The Office
100

This artist sang “Let’s Stay Together.”

Who is Al Green

100

This Oakland-born rapper founded the label Sick Wid It Records.

  • Who is E-40
200

This 1868 amendment granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people.

What is the 14th Amendment

200

This 1977 space film changed blockbuster movies forever.

  • What is Star Wars
200

This HBO series centered on the Baltimore drug trade.

  • What is The Wire
200

Dreamer” and “Cold Hearted” were hits by this artist.

  • Who is Paula Abdul
200

This Hall of Fame basketball player grew up in Oakland and starred at Cal.

  • Who is Jason Kidd
300

This author wrote The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

  • Who is Alex Haley
300

This disco club, Studio ___, became a pop culture icon.

  • What is Studio 54
300

This TV drama featured Don Draper and 1960s ad agencies.

  • What is Mad Men
300

This Prince song features the lyric “You don’t have to be rich to be my girl.”

  • What is “Kiss”
300

This Grammy-winning singer from Oakland co-founded a music collective called PopLyfe.

Who is Kehlani

400

This Black woman was the first self-made female millionaire in the U.S.

Who is Madam C.J. Walker

400

his toy with a spring-shaped body “walked” down stairs.

  • What is a Slinky
400

This comedy series starred Larry David playing a version of himself.

What is Curb Your Enthusiasm

400

This Fleetwood Mac song came from the album Rumours.

What is “Go Your Own Way”

400

This Oakland-born comedian starred in Sorry to Bother You.

Who is Lakeith Stanfield

500

This 1972 report exposed racism within the U.S. healthcare system.

  • What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study report
500

This 1970s TV show popularized the phrase “Dyn-o-mite!”

  • What is Good Times
500

This sci-fi series began with the episode “Pilot” in 2008 and involves time travel.

What is Fringe

500

This song’s opening lyrics reference “September.”

  • What is “September” (Earth, Wind & Fire)
500

his Oakland activist and scholar co-founded the Black Panther Party.

  • Who is Huey P. Newton