Black History Month Jeopardy

Know YourHistory

100

This person said, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that"

Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr

200

This country is known as the first black-led republic and is the first nation to gain independence through a slave rebellion

Haiti

300

This person was the first black president of South Africa

Nelson Mandela

400

This was the artistic, social, and cultural explosion that happened in the 1920s

The Harlem Renaissance

500

This 1954 Supreme Court Case ended school segregation

Brown v. Board of Education

Music/Pop Culture

100

This person said that he wasn't saying she was a gold digger, but she wasn't messing with no broke N--

Kanye West

200

This is where you can keep up with all of your celebrity gossip and Instagram drama

The Shade Room

300

This Disney Channel show featured a black family, and the theme song for the show was sung by Destiny's Child

The Proud Family

400

These brothers, produced, directed and starred in their own comedy series in 1990

The Wayans Brothers

500

This member of a 90's R&B girl group, burned down the house of her NFL player boyfriend

Lisa Left Eye Lopez of TLC

PowerfulBlackWoman

100

This woman freed hundreds of slaves by helping them escape to the North

Harriet Tubman

200

Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson overcame discrimination as black women while working at NASA during the Space Race. Their story is told in this 2016 film

Hidden Figures

300

she was the first black child to attend an all-white school in Louisiana in 1960

Ruby Bridges

400

The first African American self-made woman millionaire

Madame C.J Walker

500

In 1773, she published the first book of poetry by an African-American

Phyllis Wheatley

Food

100

Historically debated about "Who has the best", name this African Cuisine

Jollof Rice

200

Typically served on January 1st, as a tribute to Haiti's Independence

Soup Joumou

300

This type of food is most common in the southern cities in the United States

Soul Food

400

This type of chicken is known to be a Jamaican staple

Jerk Chicken

500

Usually sold at Golden Krust and many other small West Indian bakeries & restaurants

Beef Patties 

For the Culture!

100

A silk-like material worn around the head to give the appearance of "waves"

Du-Rag

200

A common expression which suggests that black skin doesn't age or wrinkle

"Black Don't Crack"

300

Our skin is full of it. And when the sun is shinning, you can really see it poppin

Melanin

400

This process typically involves using gel/water and a toothbrush to slick down baby-hairs

Laying edges/ Slaying edges

500

This music genre originated in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1970s and has now developed into a range of styles

Soca Music