From the Screen
Soul Food Staples
Black Excellence Across Eras
Legacy of HBCUs
Movements for Justice
100
This West African country is where host Stephen Satterfield begins tracing the origins of African American cuisine.
What is Benin?
100
In soul food history, this cooking method became common in enslaved quarters due to the lack of ovens and its familiarity from West Africa.
What is deep-frying?
100
A pivotal figure in civil rights history and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam who articulated concepts of race pride and Black nationalism in the early 1960s.
Who is Malcolm X?
100
Institution attended by notable figures such as Martin Luther King Jr, Samuel L. Jackson, and Spike Lee.
What is Morehouse college?
100
During the 1950s and 1960s, this movement sought to end racial segregation and combat discrimination against African Americans, using protests, legal challenges, and advocacy for equal rights.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
200
This term describes the blending of African, European, and Indigenous food traditions into a new cuisine in America.
What is creolization?
200
Though technically a different vegetable, sweet potatoes were often called by this West African name, derived from nyam or nyami, because they reminded enslaved Africans of this home staple.
What is a yam?
200
Most awarded artist in Grammy history with 35 wins, first black woman to headline Coachella and first black woman to win Best Country Album at the Grammy Awards in 2025.
Who is Beyoncé?
200
Founded in 1854, it holds the distinction of being the nations first degree-granting HBCU.
What is Lincoln University?
200
Founded in 2013, this contemporary movement focuses on addressing systemic racism and violence against Black individuals.
What is Black Lives Matter?
300
This historic trade network facilitated the movement of goods, crops, and culinary knowledge across West Africa before the Atlantic slave trade.
What is the trans-Saharan trade network?
300
Botanically related to cotton, this ingredient is known for its mucilaginous texture and is often used as a natural thickener in dishes like gumbo.
What is okra?
300
First Black person to win a BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay and directed films Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther and Sinners.
Who is Ryan Coogler?
300
Founded in 1876, is the first medical school established in the south for African Americans and produces over half of the nation's black doctors?
What is Meharry Medical College?
300
This 19th-century movement aimed to end slavery in the United States, advocating for emancipation and equal rights for enslaved people.
What is the Abolitionist Movement?
400
This preservation technique, used in both West Africa and the American South, helped extend food availability and enhance flavor
What is smoking or salting?
400
Simmered for hours with smoked meats, this traditional dish reflects the endurance of enslaved peoples, and on New Year’s Day, it is hung on doors for protection or placed on foreheads for healing, symbolizing prosperity and cultural heritage.
What are collard greens?
400
First Black person to refuse to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama
Who is Claudette Colvin?
400
Location of the historical emancipation oak, one of the first official public readings of President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in the South
What is Hampton University?
400
In the 1960s and 1970s, this movement emphasized racial pride, community empowerment, and the creation of cultural and political institutions, coinciding with the rise of “soul food” as a celebrated symbol of African-American heritage.
What is the Black Power Movement?
500
This memorial site in Ouidah symbolizes the forced departure of enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade.
What is the Door of No Return
500
Once regarded as a low-value cut, this meat became a soul food staple through slow cooking, braising, and stewing, showcasing the resourcefulness that is central to African-American culinary tradition.
What is oxtail?
500
Individuals founded the first black-owned hospital in America and performed the world’s first successful heart surgery in 1893.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?
500
Historical African American fraternities and sororities that comprise the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC). (List all organizations for an extra 200pts)
What is Divine 9?
(Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority)
500
This 1920s cultural movement celebrated Black art, literature, and music, helping foster a renewed sense of identity and pride in the African-American community.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?