Black Inventors & Innovators
Entertainers & Artists
Civil Rights & Social Justice
Africa
Bonus
100
Apple acquired this transit directions app in 2013 to help improve Apple Maps
Hopstop
100
Who is the "Queen of Soul"?
Aretha Franklin
100
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1909)
100
Which Afrobeats artist currently has the highest monthly listeners on Spotify?
100
Who hosted the Grammy's this year?
Trevor Noah
200
Who founded Black@Hardware and what year was it founded?
Evan Moss. He is one of 3x founders. It was founded in 2020/2021, following the events of George Floyd and his series “Lets Talk About Race”
200
This artist became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music.
KENDRICK
200
Born February 4, 1913, this icon proved that sometimes the most powerful stand begins exactly how you’re playing this game right now.
Rosa Parks (1913 - 2005)
200
These were the only two African nations to maintain sovereignty during the Scramble for Africa.
200
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in 1865.
13th Amendment
300
she invented the first home security system in 1966
Marie Van Brittan Brown
300
The Thriller album, released in 1982, is still the best-selling album of all time. List 6 songs in this album.
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', Baby Be Mine, The Girl Is Mine, Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, Human Nature, P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), The Lady in My Life.
300
The Civil Rights Act was signed into law just one year after the March on Washington. Name the year.
1964
300
This mineral, heavily mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is essential for lithium-ion batteries used in phones.
Cobalt
300
This organization replaced the OAU in 2002
Africa Union
Bonus(100): Headquarters Addis Ababa(Ethiopia)
400
This scientist created hundreds of products including dyes, plastics, and gasoline alternatives. He was also known for his work with peanuts.
George Washingtion Carver
400
This person made America afraid of meeting their significant other’s parents… and also of teacups
400
This person organized the 1963 March on Washington but was largely kept out of the spotlight because he was openly gay.
Bayard Rustin
400
This legendary West African ruler is famous for a pilgrimage so wealthy it affected gold prices along the route.
Mansa Musa
400
SONG ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE
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500
Her math helped send astronauts to the moon 😶🌫️
Katherine Johnson
500
Born Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan, this legend later became known by a stage name.
500
This landmark Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson in public education.
Brown v. Board of Education
500
Name three African Language families
- Niger-Congo
- Nilo-Saharan
- Afroasiatic
- Khoisan
500
DANCE MOVE SHOWDOWN!!!
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