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What is the BEST HBCU in the World?

What is "Morgan State Univerisity"?

100

When is Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday?

What is January 15th (BONUS - 1929)?

100

Who is currently the most gymnast of all time?

Who is Simone Biles?

100

In what year did Cash Money Records takeover?

When is "the 99 and the 2000"?

100

Who was the first African American U.S. Congresswoman?

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

100

Who said, "Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America."? 

Who is "John Lewis"?

200

Which HBCU used to have so many rattlesnakes on its campus that it became the official school mascot?

What is "Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (or FAMU)"?


200

What does the NAACP stand for?

What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

200

This actress is best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the Cosby show. 

Who is Phylicia Rashad?

200

This genre of music that gained widespread popularity in the 1980s and '90s was born in the Bronx, New York in 1973?

What is "Hip Hop"?

200

Who was the First African American to Win a Grammy Award?

Who is "Ella Fitzgerald (1958)"?

200

Who said, "The time is always right to do what is right."?

Who is "Martin Luther King Jr."?

300

Other than The National Treasure, name ONE of the nine HBCUs founded/established in 1867.

Who is "Barber-Scotia College / Fayetteville State University / Johnson C. Smith University / Morehouse College / St. Agustines's University, Talladega College, Alabama State University / Howard University"? 

300

Who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to train black teachers?

Who is Booker T Washington?

300

In "The Color Purple" approximately how long did Sofia have to fight?

What is "All (of) Her Life?

300

What show is this popular theme song from?

Well, we're movin' on up,
To the east side.
To a deluxe apartment in the sky.

What is The Jefferson's

300

Who is the First African American to Conduct a Major Symphony Orchestra?

Who is William Grant Still?

300

Who said, "If they dont give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." ?

Who is "Shiley Chisholm"?

400

In 1926, which HBCU stopped accepting men and became a 4-year women's college (HINT: located in Greensboro, NC)?

What is "Bennett College"?

400

In what city did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat?

What is Montgomery, Alabama?

400

Who broke the color barrier in American baseball in 1947?

Who is Jackie Robinson?

400

A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly and is also known as a what?

What is busta?

400

Who was the First African American to serve as the Chariman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the US Military?

Who is Colin Powell?

400

Who said, "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." ?

Who is "James Baldwin"?

500

Which HBCU was built right across the street from the local prominent white school, so that black students wouldn’t attend, after a donation from Hugh Roy Cullen?

What is "Texas Southern University"?

500

What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?

What is 1863?

500

Which actress was the first African American to win an Academy Award (HINT: Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1940 film, Gone With the Wind"?

Who is Hattie McDaniel?

500

This artist currently holds the current record for most song entries in the Billboard Top 100.

Who is Drake (Aubrey Graham)?

500

Who was the First African American to Travel in Space?

Who is "Guion S. Bluford"?

500

Who said, " I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tusseled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick." ?

Who is "Muhammad Ali"?