Black History
Black Athletes
Black Artists
HBCU Facts
Miscellaneous (Other)
100

She transformed the black hair-care and cosmetics industry, and is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America

Madame CJ Walker

100

This wide receiver caught  the touchdown that helped his team win this year's Super Bowl

Antonio Brown

100
Who played Dorothy and the Scarecrow in the movie The Wiz?

Diana Ross and Michael Jackson

100

What does HBCU stand for

Historically black college/ university

100

Where was Jay-Z born?

Brooklyn, NY

200

This inventor devoted themselves to creating items of safety and convenience, including the traffic signal and hair perm

Garrett A. Morgan

200

This basketball player has the fastest jumpshot ever according to Sports Science

Stephen Curry

200

Which city is the birthplace of hip hop where DJ Kool Herc is credited with throwing the first hip hop party (in 1973)

a. Brooklyn ,NYC

b. The Bronx, NYC

c. Detroit, MI

d. Chicago, IL


b. The Bronx, NYC

200

This all women's HBCU in Atlanta, Georgia continuously ranks as the #1 HBCU in the country

Spelman College

200

What topics are covered in this week's crew lessons?

Black Art/ Black Creatives

300

I was 6 years old when I became the FIRST Black child to help de-segregate an all-white school in the south


Ruby Bridges

300

The most decorated American gymnast and the world's third most decorated gymnast

Simone Biles

300

This record company was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit in 1959 and included artists such as the Supremes, the Four Tops, and the Temptations. 

a. Motown Records

b. Atlantic Records

c. Sun Records

a. Motown Records

300

Which HBCU did Ms. OJ, Ms. Diggs, Dr. Stevens, and Ms. Odoms graduate from?

Hint: this school is also known as "the mecca"

Howard University

300

Finish the TikTok:

"My money real long, I'm watching my tone (dun na na), I ain't talking back (no, why?)..."

...'cause imma get thrown

400

I am often called the Father of the Peanut Industry, but don't get it twisted, I wasn't just sitting in a room making peanut butter,  my inventions include hundreds of products from peanuts like milk, plastics, paints, dyes, cosmetics, medicinal oils, soap, and ink; and 118 from sweet potatoes such as molasses, postage stamp glue, flour, vinegar and synthetic rubber; and even a type of gasoline. Who am I?

George Washington Carver

400

Credited with breaking the "color barrier" in baseball by becoming the first African American to play in the major leagues, Jackie Robinson played for which team? 

a) Brooklyn Dodgers

b) Baltimore Orioles

c) NY Yankees

a) Brooklyn Dodgers

400

This artist was inspired by a book of Grey's Anatomy, and known for creating work that focuses on the power and vulnerability of marginalized bodies

Jean- Michel Basquiat

400

This is the largest HBCU in Maryland, and Mr. Long's alma mater (that means he graduated from there)

Morgan State University

400

What street in DC was referred to as Black Broadway

U Street

500

9 months BEFORE Rosa Parks did it, on March 2, 1955, I was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up my seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. 

Claudette Colvin

500

This basketball player founded a charitable organization in Texas that provides academic and financial support to young students

James Harden

500

He was an American choreographer and activist who founded a Dance Theater in New York in 1958, which was named after himself

Alvin Ailey

500

Martin Luther King Jr. attended this all male university in Atlanta, Georgia

Morehouse College

500

Which anime series follows a college student who rooms with a goddess in a Buddhist temple?

Oh My Goddess