Black History
What two decades did the civil rights movement occur in?
1950s and 1960s
What force keeps you from floating away from earth?
Gravity
What are considered the three basic needs?
Food, shelter, clothing.
How many continents and how many oceans are there. (bonus 100 points for being able to name them)
7 and 4
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antartica
Artic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian
What baseball player famously broke the color barrier?
Jackie Robinson
How many days of Kwanzaa are there? (double points for being able to name them in English or Swahili)
7- show in separate link
Where is the closest NASA center to Akron, Ohio?
Cleveland- NASA Glenn- named after John Glenn(Ohioan)
What is the negative cost associated with borrowing money from banks or lenders?
Interest
How many people are there in the world right now? (double points for how many people in the US)
8.3 billion
343 million
Who is known as the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson
In roughly what years did slavery occur in the United States?
1619-1865
What is the fastest moving animal on earth, through air, land, or sea?
Peregrine Falcon (200-240mph)
What does your credit determine?
How likely lenders are to give you a loan and what interest rate it will be at. The higher your credit score, the lower the rate.
Who were the two rival sides in WWII? (double points if you know the years it occured)
Allied (UK, US, USSR, China) vs Axis(Germany, Japan, Italy) Powers
1941-1945
What two historical figures in the civil rights movement are Professor X and Magneto often compared to?
MLK and Malcolm X
Professor X to David Ben-Gurion and Magneto to Menachem Begin
Who was the first, black Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
What is the gas with the highest percentage in the air that we breathe?
Nitorgen(78.08%)
Oxygen(20.95%)
We say we breathe oxygen instead of nitrogen because our bodies actually use oxygen to make energy, while nitrogen just goes in and out of our lungs unchanged. [1]
Even though nitrogen makes up about 78% of the air and oxygen only makes up 21%, oxygen is the active gas our cells need. [1]
checking-where your money comes out of for day to day purchases
savings- where money can accumulate and gain interest for larger purchases you want to make in the future
What language do they speak in Brazil? (300 bonus points if you know why)
Portuguese
Explain colonization
What was the top competitor for NBA 2k that was popular in the early to late 2000s?
NBA Live
What are the three colors of the Pan African flag and what do they symbolize?
Red- The blood that unites all people of African ancestry and was shed for liberation
Black-Black people and their distinct racial identity and culture.
Green-The abundant natural wealth and fertile lands of Africa
What process do plants use to turn sunlight into energy?
Photosynthesis
Multiple options- card can get declined, or you can have the bank cover for you but you have to pay back with interest.
When were the pyramids of Egypt built?
2500 BC
Who is the best selling rap artist of all time?
Eminem