AME/Black History Jeopardy

AME Celebrities

100

She was called "mother of the civil rights" movement.

Who is Rosa Parks?

200

Blind artist well known for his secular hits.

Who is Ray Charles?

300

Affectionally referred to as the "Prince of Praise".

Who is Byron Cage?

400

A former rap artist from Compton, CA who died in 1995

 Who is "Easy E'?

500

A preacher's kid who was very active in the YPD and is now a successful gospel artist.

Who is Smokey Norfolk?

AME Colors

100

Altar is dressed in this color during Holy Communion.

What is white?

200

Official colors for the YPD

What is forest green and white?

300

This color is used by the missionary society to accent it's basic attire

What is royal blue?

400

This color is associated with the Christian education department

What is red?

500

Dominant color worn by the top echelon of the church leadership 

What is purple?

Liturgy/Song Titles

100

Let Thou Creator's Praise arise

What is "From All That Dwells Below The Skies"?

200

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost

What is the Doxology?

300

Glory be to the Father and to the Son

What is the Gloria Patri?

400

Amen, Lord Have Mercy

What is the contemporary Decalogue?

500

Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done

What is the "Lord's Prayer"?

Arts & Entertainment

100

"No, no, no"--this originally four member group did eventually dwindle, not all of them were "Survivors", however the remaining were some "Independent Women"

What is Destiny's Child?

200

This person has a royal stage name, but was born with the name Dana Owens.

Who is Queen Latifah

300

Quadruple Platinum...who even knew that existed well in 1989 this dance album by a Jackson hit it big.

What is Rhythm Nation

400

One of these 3 LAFace artists wanted it his way, the other wanted to get rich to this and the last was just really into Rosa Parks i guess...name 2 of the 3 artists/groups.

What is Outkast, Usher and Goodie Mob

500

This man was the heavyweight champion of the world for 11 years straight, you can give his real name or his nickname...

Who is the "Brown Bomber" or Joe Lewis

African Diaspora

100

This is Africa's oldest republic and it was settled by freed slaves.

What is Liberia?

200

This crop still grows wild in Caffa, Ethiopia where it was originally used and gets it name from.

What is Coffee?

300

She won the French Legion of Honor Award for entertaining WWII allies, maybe she did it in a banana costume...but maybe not

Who is Josephine Baker

400

Probably important in New Haven, this man lead the revolt in 1839 on the ship the Amistad...

Who is Joseph Cinque?

500

Nelson Mandela was the head of this predominately black South African political party.

What is the ANC (African National Congress)