Black History Month
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Finish the Love Song Lyrics
100

Who was the first African-American Major League Baseball player?

Jackie Robinson

100

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

Mars

100

In 1957, Elvis released a song that asked if he could please be which term of endearment below?

"Oh let me be your"

Teddy Bear

200

The most memorable speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. was ... 

'I Have a Dream' speech

200

Name the fairytale about a girl who ventures into the woods to visit her grandmother.

Little Red Riding Hood

200

The Beatles released "Eight Days a Week" in 1964, a song which frequently repeats this common pet name: 

"Ain't got nothin' but love ______,

Eight Days a week." 

Babe

300

What is the name of the woman who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus?

Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955. Nine months earlier, Claudette Colvin did the same thing. 

300

What is 'red' in French?

Rouge

300

The opening lines of The Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself" were sung out to which lover's nickname? 

"_______ _________, honey bunch..."

Sugar Pie

400

Who is considered the 'Father of Black History'?

Carter Godwin Woodson

400

In a deck of cards which suits are red?

Hearts and Diamonds

400

Of course, Elvis had a whole slew of love songs, including "All Shook Up," which refers to which pet name in these lyrics? 

"I'm proud to say that she's my _____, I'm in love. I'm all shook up."

Buttercup

500

Name the poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist who wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings". 

Maya Angelou

500

Name the #1 hit single released by British reggae band UB40 in 1983.

Red Red Wine

500

Finally, in the Archies song "Sugar, Sugar," what words do they use to describe their love in the song? 

"You are my ______ ______."

Candy Girl