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The internationally renowned Tuskegee Airmen were known for escorting bombers during World War II. The Airmen had one of the lowest loss records of all the escort fighter groups and were in constant demand for their services by the Allied bomber units. In total, 992 pilots graduated from the Tuskegee Airfield courses. The Airmen flew 1,578 missions and 15,533 sorties, destroyed 261 enemy aircraft, and won more than 850 medals.
Question: What building currently on campus is named after a Tuskegee Airman who formerly attended FAMU?
What is Lt. James R. Polkinghorne Village
This American actress graduated from FAMU in 1994. She is best known for voicing Tiana in The Princess and the Frog and starring as Lorrell Robinson in the Academy Award-winning film Dreamgirls. Her contribution to the film's soundtrack earned her a nomination for a Grammy Award. She was named a Disney Legend in 2011. Who is she?
Who is Anika Noni Rose
This unofficial club is quite famous on campus, especially during finals and midterms.
What is Club Coleman
This man, like his father, was a prominent politician and was responsible for introducing the legislation that established the State Normal College for Colored Students in 1885—the institution that would eventually become Florida A&M University. He later went on to serve as FAMU’s first Vice President.
Who is Thomas Van Gibbs
What year was Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University founded
When is October 3, 1887
This strong Black woman named Isabella was born enslaved in New York. She spoke both Dutch and English. She escaped slavery by running away with her infant. She later sued to have her son returned to her and successfully won. She also was the first known Black woman to refuse to give up her seat on a streetcar (train). When she was forcibly moved, she sued and won. There was a former dormitory on FAMU campus named after her. What name do we know this person by today?
Who is Sojourner Truth
These two famous blues brothers Cannonball and Nat Adderley are featured in Foster-Tanner Music Hall. What instruments did they play respectively?
What is Alto Saxophone?
What is Cornet?
What was the first Greek letter organization chartered on FAMU’s campus? Bonus: When?
What is the Gamma Alpha Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Inc.?
FAMU was founded on October 3, 1887, as the State Normal College for Colored Students. This Florida House Representative and attorney from Pensacola was chosen to be the first president from 1887-1901 Thomas Van Renssalaer Gibbs, a former Duval County educator and former State Representative, joined this man as the second faculty member.
Who is Thomas DeSaille Tucker
Can I get?
What is Two claps and a strike!
Most buildings on FAMU's campus are named after former university presidents; however, one set of buildings is named after a person who lived before the formation of the United States and was known as a genius during his life. Who is this person?
This FAMU alumn is a co-founder of Bounce TV, the first 24/7 digital multimedia broadcast network created exclusively for African Americans. He is the founder of a production company bearing his namesake. Who is he?
Who is Will Packer
This place is like Chipotle, but for a meal swipe
What is Poblanos
This woman served as the 111th Miss FAMU in 2017 and often gets mixed up with another figure in FAMU history.
Who is Michelle "Marva" Jonhson
What were the former names of our university (100 each)
State Normal College for Colored Students (1887–1891)
State Normal and Industrial College for Colored Students (1891–1909)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes (FAMC) (1909–1953)
This was built to commemorate the Time Magazine's selection of FAMU as the 1997-1998 College of Year. In 1997 Time Magazine and the Princeton Review College Guide began a new tradition by naming a single school college of the year and FAMU was selected as its first winner. FAMU was selected to triple its graduating class since Frederick Humphries was seated as the university’s president in 1985 and gained recognition for its improved programs and higher-quality student body. What is this monument?
What is the Eternal Flame
This popular FAMU alumn was the first to win a combined Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar in their respective artist category. Who are they?
Who is Common
This is the unofficial Greek Letter name for the animal prominent on campus
This FAMU president received his Ph.D. in nuclear chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis in 1984. He participated in a well-publicized investigation into the cause of the death of a 19th-century U.S. President.
Who is Larry Robinson
Which other HBCU shares our Founder's Day
What is Bethune-Cookman University
Until 2019, the McGuinn, Diamond, Cropper, and Wheatley building was the largest female residence Hall on FAMU's campus. This former dormitory was named after 3 previous female Deans, and one internationally known writer.
Question: Which of the 4 women, whom the residence hall was named after, survived the Middle Passage and became the first African American women to write a book of poetry in 1767?
Phillis Wheatley
FAMU alumna and Harlem Renaissance sculptor Augusta Christine Fells Savage became the first African American member of this organization.
What is the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors
Name every color of the Venom Express spotted (100 each)
Black, Green, Yellow, Red, White
This man created the “presidential ambassadors” for FAMU, a program set to select top students to recruit individuals across the country and to represent FAMU. Under his motto as president, “Excellence with Caring” he continued to push FAMU to gain further state, national, and international levels of recognition
Who is Frederick S. Humphries
What was the administration building beforehand (Bonus: Which law resulted in its closure?)
What was the Florida A&M Hospital