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100
What city is widely considered to be the birthplace of hip-hop?
New York
100
Which historically significant border do central Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay lie on?
The Mason-Dixon Line
100
Which dance move did Michael Jackson patent, and in which music video was it prominently featured?
The anti-gravity lean in the "Smooth Criminal" music video.
100
Largest single demonstration in American history held in 1963; a march ended with a timeless speech about a Dream.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
100
Poet who has earned over 30 honorary degrees and wrote the famous works, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Heart of a Woman
Who is Maya Angelou?
200
Finish the Lyric: I sneezed on the beat and...
The beat got sicker
200
What is the name of the homestead built by one of Harford County's largest slave owners, Thomas Hays?
Hays-Heigh House
200
What was the primary focus of Madam C.J. Walker's business?
Developing and selling hair and beauty products designed specifically for Black women.
200
Which revolutionist party had a 10-point plan demanding "an end to the robbery by the white man of our Black community" and "an end to police brutality and the murder of black people"?
The Black Panther Party
200
Debut novel of prominent Nigerian author and feminist activist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, named after a medicinal flower.
What is Purple Hibiscus?
300
Worship music legend who has won 20 Grammy awards and produced the songs, "Imagine me" and "I smile".
Kirk Franklin
300
U.S. district known as "Chocolate City"
Washington, D.C.
300
What was one of Carver's significant contributions to sustainable agriculture?
Promoting crop rotation methods to improve soil health.
300
Which neighborhood, known as "the Black Wall Steet", was destroyed by a mob of 10,000 white supremacists and Klan members?
Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma
300
The Nigerian artist credited with the birth of Afrobeat
Who is Fela Kuti?
400
Highly controversial 2025 Grammy award winner for "Best Country Music Album"
Cowboy Carter - Beyonce
400
Who was the first black women to win a Nobel Prize in Literature for her novels, The Bluest Eye, Beloved, and Song of Solomon?
Toni Morrison
400
Name one of Granville T. Woods' inventions that revolutionized transportation and briefly describe its function.
The Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph allowed communication between moving trains and railway stations, enhancing operational efficiency and safety.
400
The Black Nationalist leader who started the Back to Africa movement in the early 1900s
Who is Marcus Garvey?
400
A month-long arts festival held initially in Dakar, Senegal, and later in Lagos, Nigeria, to promote Pan-Africanism and unite artists across the diaspora.
What is FESTAC (the World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture)
500
What was the title of Spike Lee's controversial short film reworking D.W. Griffith's 'The Birth of a Nation'?
The Answer
500
How many years after the Emancipation Proclamation were all slaves freed?
Two years
500
Who was the first black billionare and what was his business?
Robert L. Johnson, the founder of BET
500
Which Supreme Court decision in 1847 ruled that Black people, enslaved or free, were considered inferior beings with "no rights which the white man was bound to respect"
The Dred Scott decision
500
Which Black poet, a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance, had a visit to Dakar, Senegal, that changed his life and poetic vision?
Langston Hughes