Inventions
True or False: The Potato Chip was invented by George Crum.
What is True?
How many national championships has Dawn Staley won with the South Carolina Gamecocks? And in what years?
What is 2, 2017 and 2022?
As of February 2024, who currently holds the record for the most Grammys?
Who is Beyonce?
Where was the first institute for black men pursuing higher education founded?
What is Pennsylvania?
An American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American president in U.S. history.
Who is Barack Obama?
Who invented home security systems?
George Crum
Marie Van Brittan Brown
Sarah E. Goode
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
True or False: By 1706 South Carolina became the first British North American colony to have an African American majority.
What is False?
How many black quarterbacks have won the Super Bowl?
What is 3?
Which world-famous author is best known for their unique and pioneering autobiographical writing style?
Who is Maya Angelou?
Who was the first actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for a Marvel role?
Who is Angela Basset?
True or False: Sarah Boone invented the ironing board in 1891.
What is False?
True or False: Robert Smalls, a local of Beaufort, SC, commandeered a Confederate ship and helped free passengers from slavery to freedom.
What is True?
Which entertainer is the most recent EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, & Tony) winner?
John Legend
Jennifer Hudson
Viola Davis
Whoopi Goldberg
Who is Viola Davis?
Before the end of the Civil War, approximately how many African Americans had graduated from colleges and universities, all of which were in the North?
What is 40?
Besides Lindsey Graham, who is the other current US Senator from South Carolina?
Who is Tim Scott?
What item did Madam C.J. Walker invent?
What are the hot comb and/or specialized hair products for African American hair care?
Who was known as the "Grandmother of the American Civil Rights Movement"?
Who is Septima Poinsette Clark?
Which of the following is the highest-grossing black album of all time?
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Purple Rain by Prince
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
What is Thriller by Michael Jackson?
Name at least 5 HBCUs in South Carolina.
What is Allen University, Benedict College, Claflin University, Clinton College, Denmark Technical College, Morris College, South Carolina State University, or Voorhees College?
Who coined the term intersectionality?
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?
Who was an American agricultural scientist and inventor known best for their research into alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes?
Who is George Washington Carver?
The University of South Carolina just celebrated what anniversary of desegregation?
What is the 60th?
What hip-hop artist was the first to win Album Of The Year at the Grammys?
Who is Lauryn Hill?
How many HBCUs are in South Carolina?
What is 8?
An American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.
Who is Jesse Owens?