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100

This Civil Rights leader was assassinated while in Memphis supporting striking sanitation workers.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

100

This Atlanta-based R&B group gave us “Weak,” “Right Here,” and “Rain,” and its name stands for Sisters With Voices.

SWV

100

What fictional HBCU serves as the setting of A Different World?

Hillman College

100

In Spades, if your team bids 6 but wins 8 books, how many bags did you collect?

2

100

Every Friday, Panthers know it's time for this popular weekly campus dining tradition.

Catfish Friday

200

This 1954 Supreme Court decision unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

Brown v. Board of Education

200

Before Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams became the best-known lineup of Destiny's Child, these two members appeared along side Beyonce and Kelly on The Writing's on the Wall.

LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson

200

In The Best Man, what is the title of Harper Stewart's novel that creates tension among the friend group?

Unfinished Business

200

What Black social dance originated in Chicago and is traditionally performed with a partner to steppers music?

Chicago Stepping

200

This midweek PV tradition brings students and organizations together for music, socializing, campus involvement, and Panther culture.

Hump Day

300

Before becoming the first Black Supreme Court Justice, this attorney argued Brown v. Board of Education.

Thurgood Marshall

300

This rapper became the first woman to win the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 2019.

Cardi B

300

In Living Single, what magazine does Khadijah James own and publish?

Flavor

300

In Black church tradition, what term commonly describes the responsive interaction where the congregation verbally affirms or answers the preacher during a sermon? 

Call and Response

300

What was the institution's original name when it was established?

Alta Vista Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas

400

In 1905, W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter helped establish this Civil Rights organization that challenged Booker T. Washington's approach to racial advancement.

The Niagara Movement

400

This gospel artist became the first artist to simultaneously hold the top five positions on Billboard's Hot Gospel Songs chart in 2016.

Kirk Franklin

400

In School Daze, what are the names of the two rival groups representing different perspectives on Black identity and colorism?

The Wannabes and the Jigaboos

400

This Creole dish and Low county dish are often confused: one is typically a rice dish cooked together in one pot, while the other is a rice dish served with a separate stew or gravy. Name both

Jambalaya and Gumbo

400

If the Marching Storm starts playing this traditional stand tune, real Panthers know there's a dance that goes right along with it.

The Swamp

500

This Reconstruction-era constitutional amendment established birthright citizenship and equal protection under the law.

The 14th Amendment

500

Gerald Levery, Keith Sweat, and Johnny Gill joined forces in the late 1990s to form this R&B supergroup.

LSG

500

Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing takes place primarily in what Brooklyn neighborhood?

Bedford-Stuyvesant / Bed- Stuy
500

 The term “the Chitlin' Circuit” referred to a network of venues where Black entertainers could perform during segregation. Name two legendary Black performers strongly associated with performing on that circuit.

James Brown, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Aretha Franklin and other historically documented answers.

500

It's IGC Week! Name five organizations that are currently members of the Independent Greek Council

1. Epsilon Gamma Iota, Inc.

2. Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority, Inc.

3. Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship, Inc.

4. Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, Inc.

5. Kappa Pi Sigma Fraternity and Sorority, Inc.

6. Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc.

7. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity of America, Inc.

8. Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, Inc.

9. Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc.

10. Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc.

11. Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship, Inc.

12. Tau Beta Sigma National Honorary Band Sorority