History
Music
Idioms/Language
Young, Gifted and Black
Movies/TV
Books
100
Known to many as the "Moses of her people," she enslaved, escaped and helped others gain their freedom as a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
Originally sung by Dionne Warwick (but written by a white man 😬), this hit has been covered by greats such as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige, and Lianne La Havas, as well as the cast of "My Best Friend's Wedding."
Say a Little Prayer
100
Fill in the blank: "We got food _____"
"at home"
100
Are you better than the NYtimes? Let's find out. Is this Venus or Serena Williams?
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Trick question!
It's Coco Gauff
She is the youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women's Tennis Association and has a career-high ranking of world No. 16 in singles, achieved on 17 January 2022, and No. 10 in doubles, achieved on 28 February 2022.
100
Who is NOT a cast member of Living Single?
- Regine
- Maxine
- Hillary
- Synclaire
- Khadijah
Hillary is not a cast member! You must be thinking of a different show 🤨
100
Author of "There Eyes Were Watching God"
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
200
Born enslaved in Diamond, Missouri, and kidnapped as a baby by the night raiders. He became one of the leading agronomists of his time, pioneering numerous uses for peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
200
First released as a single in 1982 by Prince, this song was re-released & charted again 17 years later & 17 years after that.
What is 1999?
200
What one say's (often an elder) when it's time for everyone to up and leave their home.
"Welp, it's about that time..."
200
At 14 years old, she became the youngest Black executive producer in Hollywood history with the film Little. This teen actress and singer is best known for playing the role of Diane Johnson in the comedy series Black-ish.
Who is Marsai Martin?
200
What skin condition did Uncle Ruckus (Boondocks) suffer from, and what celebrity purportedly suffered from a related one?
Reverse-vitiligo
Michael Jackson
200
In 1993, she became the first black to be honored with the Nobel Prize for Literature for six novels. She is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved which became a motion picture, and in 1993 for Jazz . Name her.
Who is Toni Morrison?
300
The first African-American woman to become a self-made millionaire after creating a line of hair products geared toward black hair.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
300
Name all 4 members of TLC
Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, Crystal Jones
300
Fill in the blank: "Do you have _____ money"
What is McDonald's
300
The key scientist behind the COVID-19 Moderna's mRNA vaccine.
Who is Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett?
300
What accent does Insecure's Kelly pretend to have in order to impress a man she's seeing, and where Exactly does she say she's from?
British
South-central London
300
Who is the poet and author of My House is Divided into Two Sections who emerged from the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and became a professor of English?
Nikki Giovanni
400
The first black astronaut to live and work at the International Space Station.
Who is Victor J. Glover, Jr.
400
This song was #1 for its first of 14 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, marking the artists 16th No. 1 and first since 2000. The song would also reign as the top title on the 2005 year-end Hot 100.
(answer by singing minimum 1 full lyric)
What is We Belong Together by Mariah Carey
400
Who is boo boo the fool?
(2 correct answers)
"I don't know, but I know who it ain't." - Black Twitter
"Boo Boo The Fool is a reference to the character Boo-Boo Bear from the television series Yogi Bear." -KnowYourMeme.com
400
In 2012, she starred as Hushpuppy in the drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the youngest actress ever to be nominated in the category, as well as the first (and, to date, only) person born in the 21st century nominated for an acting Oscar.
Who is Quvenzhané Wallis?
400
Which is Tia and which is Tamera?
Top: Tia
Bottom: Tamera
400
Who said it: “Love is an action, never simply a feeling”
bell hooks
500
The first African-American woman to be nominated to the United States Supreme Court.
Who is Judge Kentaji Brown Jackson?
500
The first album by a female rapper in history to spend six months in the top 10 on the Billboard 200.
What is "Planet Her" by Doja Cat 
500
A verb tense typically not found in english except in AAVE.
What is the present progressive infinitive?
Ex:
- "He be cooking"
- "She stay making us late"
-"Why she always be chatting?"
500
Who sings, "To Be Young, Gifted & Black"?
Who is Nina Simone?
500
In "Love Jones" Sheila works at a record company. What is the record company called?
Record Emporium
500
Name the author and book this quote is from:
“I don't think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it's only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.”
Angela Davis, Freedom Is A Constant Struggle