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100

Finish the next word from "Casanova": "Me and Romeo ain't never been..."

What are "friends"?

100

The record label that Biggie Smalls was signed to.

What is Bad Boy Records?

100

Who was the actress that played Quincy's first fiancée in Love & Basketball?

Who is Tyra Banks?

100

First African American woman to travel in space.

a. Joan Murrell Owens

b. Mae Jemison

c. Stephanie Wilson

Who is Mae Jemison?

100

Finish MLK's famous quote: "Injustice anywhere is..."

What is "a threat to justice everywhere"?

200

Finish the lyric from "I Wanna Be Your Lover": "I ain't got no..."

What is "money"?

200

Tupac Shakur made his acting debut on this TV show.

What is A Different World?

200

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, what are the colors of Miles' spidey suit at the end of the movie?

What are black and red?

200

Former NASA physicist and mathematician. Performed the complex calculations that enabled humans to successfully achieve space flight.

a. Shirley A. Jackson

b. Alice Ball

c. Katherine Johnson

Who is Katherine Johnson?

200

Who did Malcolm X declare as the most disrespected person in America?

a. black women

b. black men

c. black people 

Who is the Black woman?

300

Finish the next word from "Before I Let Go": "You know I thank..."

What is "God"?

300

Owned The Marathon Clothing Store in California.

Who is Nipsey Hussle?

300

This actress played Sanaa Lathan's mother in 3 movies.

Who is Alfre Woodard?

300

First African American to complete a residency in opthalmology and the first African-American female doctor to receive a medical patent.

a. Patricia Bath

b. Bettye Washington

c. Mary Jackson

Who is Patricia Bath?

300

This activist drew national attention in 2015 when she climbed the flagpole in front of the South Carolina Capitol building and lowered the confederate battle flag.

a. Ciara Taylor

b. Maya Wiley

c. Bree Newsome

Who is Bree Newsome?

400

Finish the lyric from "Candy": "My eyes roll in my head, I toss and turn in..." 

What is "my bed"?

400

This West Coast Rapper died from complications with AIDS.

Who is Eazy-E?

400

What happens in the original ending (now the alternate ending) in Get Out?

The main character (Chris) is arrested.

400

First African American woman to get a PhD in chemistry.

b. Dorothy Vaughan

b. Marie Daly

c. Marie Curie

Who is Marie Daly?

400

Authored “The New Jim Crow” which illustrates the link between slavery and the industrial prison complex.

a. Beverly Daniel Tatum

b. Michelle Alexander

c. Ibram X Kendi

Who is Michelle Alexander?

500

Finish the next line from "Let's Stay Together": "Let me, be the one...."

What is "you come running to"?

500

This artist recorded the album Supernova.

Who is Left Eye (or Lisa Lopes)?

500

In Soul Food, Kenny dated these two sisters (name the characters). 

Who is Teri and Maxine? (Vivica & Vanessa)

500

The first physician to successfully perform open-heart surgery in the United States and the founder of the country's first black-owned, interracial hospital.

a. Emmett Chappelle

b. Percy L. Julian

c. Daniel Williams

Who is Daniel Williams?

500

Mississippi-born, this person was a voting rights and women's rights activist who worked to abolish racially-biased voting requirements in the South.

Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?