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100
Name one child or grandchild of a COC member.
Who is Harper, Nico, Delilah, Valerie or London? (By the way, if you have someone and we don't know the name then you should tell us.)
100
One of the original founders of the Cultural Observances Committee (Diversity Committee).
Who is Karen Burns White, Jim Conway or Jim Wall?
100
1/46 people in this culture have seen an igloo.
What are Eskimos?
100
She was on of the most successful Underground Railroad conductors. Her nickname was Moses, and it is that said she never lost a single passenger.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
Court case that called for the desegregation of all schools (1954).
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
200
What ERG stands for.
What is an Employee Resource Group?
200
The number of years the COC has celebrated.
What is 16?
200
This country has the highest number of cell phone users. (634,000,000 in 2008).
What is China?
200
First Hispanic person appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
200
Case that upheld racial segregation under the idea of "separate but equal". (1896)
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
300
The only acceptable answer here to the question: Did you get your flu shot?
What is "yes"?
300
The keynote speaker for the 2017 MLK celebration.
Who is Setti Warren?
300
One of the countries with the highest death rates per 1,000 in the population
What are Swaziland (30.83/1,000), Angola (24.08/1,000), Lesotho (22.20/1,000), Sierra Leone (21.91/1,000), Zambia (21.34/1,000).
300
This member of the Shoshone tribe was best known for guiding Lewis and Clark on their trek across America.
Who is Sacagawea?
300
This case upheld a woman's right to chose whether or not to have an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
400
A holiday we are celebrating today.
What is Lunar New Year?
400
The keynote speaker for the 2016 MLK celebration.
Who is Rev. Liz Walker?
400
The number of letters in the Hawaiian alphabet
What is 12?
400
New President of Cuba after Fidel Castro
Who is Raul Castro?
400
This decision made in 1831 defined Native American Tribes as "domestic dependant nations" instead of foreign nations. This caused many problems for Indigenous people especially in the south.
What is Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?
500
Latin Night in Spanish.
What is Noche Latina?
500
The former member of the COC who now serves as a volunteer and dresses up like a clown to entertain patients.
Who is Joan Frutkoff?
500
One of the two major religions in Japan
What are Buddhism and Shinto?
500
First woman to be elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985-1995)
Who is Wilma Mankiller?
500
A medical school rejected a white applicant twice even though his scores were higher than some of the minority students being admitted. This case imposed limitations on Affirmative Action to ensure that so called "reverse discrimination" was not taking place. (1978)
What is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke