The States
History
In 1921 the Greenwood area of Tulsa, Oklahoma was also known as?
A. Transformation Church
B. The Black Wall Street
C. Tornadoes
D. The First Oil Capital of the World
B. The Black Wall Street
Traditional Dishes
What is the national dish of South Africa?
A. Injera
B. Jollof
C. Suya
D. Bobotie
D. Bobotie
Geography
Kingston is the capital of which country?
A. Haiti
B. Jamaica
C. Cuba
D. Honduras
B. Jamaica
Entertainment
Reggaetón is a popular music genre in Latin America. Which country did it originate from?
A. Colombia
B. Peru
C. Puerto Rico
D. Mexico
C. Puerto Rico
Short Answer: History (North America)
Billie Holliday, also known as "Lady Day," was one of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century. She is best known for the song "God Bless the Child" and "Strange Fruit." What was this 'strange fruit' a metaphor for
The lynching of African Americans
History
Madame C.J. Walker became America's first self-made female millionaire in 1910. What item or items lead to her accomplishment?
A. Pressing / Curling Iron
B. Home Security System
C. Beauty and Hair Products for Black Women
D. Lawn Sprinkler
C. Beauty and Hair Products for Black Women
Entertainment
What did Afrobeats artist Davido “tell you”?
A. "I put my hand up on my hip; when I dip, you dip, we dip."
B. "If I tell you say I love you oh"
C. "It wasn't me"
D. "Say I wanna leave you in the morning. But I need you now"
B. "If I tell you say I love you oh"
Geography
Nassau is the Capital of which Caribbean Island?
A. St. Lucia
B. Cuba
C. Bahamas
D. Puerto Rico
C. Bahamas
Traditional Dishes
In which Central American country are salads not just greens and vegetables but fruit juice with pieces of chopped-up fruit?
A. Costa Rica
B. EL Salvador
C. Panama
D. Belize
B. El Salvador
Short Answer: Entertainment (Caribbean)
What city was Bob Marley born in?
Nine Mile
Politics
In 1870 which state elected the first African American to be seated as a Representative in the United States Congress?
A. Pennsylvania
B. Georgia
C. South Carolina
D. Maryland
C. South Carolina
Entertainment
What is International Super Star Burna Boy Real Name?
A. Dare Art Alade
B. Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun
C. Damini Ebunowluwa Ogulu Rex
D. David Adedeji Adeleke
C. Damini Ebunowluwa Ogulu Rex
MUSIC
In what island nation did the genre of Soca / Calypso originate?
A. Jamaica
B. Barbados
C. Trinidad & Tobago
D. Hispaniola
C. Trinidad & Tobago
Entertainment
Who was the first transwoman actress that made history by winning a Golden Globe for Best Actress accredited to her performance in Pose?
A. Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez
B. Indya Moore
C. Angelica Ross
D. Dominique Jackson
A. Michaela Jaé (MJ) Rodriguez
True or False: Entertainment (Afro Latino)
One of 2U’s partners, Simmons University, renamed its media arts program after Emmy Award-winning Panamanian journalist Ilia Calderón.
False
Gwen Ifill
The late television news anchor, whose father was of Panamanian and Barbadian descent, became the first black woman to moderate a vice presidential debate.
History
What year did the first African American woman graduate from a nursing school in the United States?
A. 1942
B. 1876a
C. 1828
D. 1879
D. 1879
Entertainment
Which music genre is the most popular in South Africa?
A. Amapiano
B. Afrobeats
C. Go Go
D. Soukous
A. Amapiano
Geography
Which Caribbean island is referred to as the land of flying fish?
A. Barbados
B. Cayman Islands
C. St. Kitts
D. Aruba
A. Barbados
Entertainment
This Cuban and Jamaican tv-personality was the first openly gay black man cast on a reality show (The Real World: Philadelphia) and currently stars as the culture expert on Queer Eye
A. Blake Young-Fountain
B. Keiynan Lonsdale
C. Tituss Burgess
D. Karamo Brown
D. Karamo Brown
Short Answer: Traditional Dishes (Africa)
Who has the best Jollof rice?
No honest answer; we just wanted to hear your opinion LOL
Sports
Fifteen jockeys rode in the very first Kentucky Derby. How many of the fifteen were African-American?
A. 13
B. 7
C. 10
D. 3
A. 13
Entertainment
Who is most widely regarded as the Godfather/Pioneer of Afrobeats?
A. WizKid
B. Mr. Eazi
C. Davido
D. Fela Kuti
D. Fela Kuti
Geography
The only island that has a drive-in volcano?
A. Dominican Republic
B. Honduras
C. Belize
D. St. Lucia
D. St. Lucia
Politics
Which Puerto Rican physician and politician founded the Republican Party of Puerto Rico to help advocate for the island’s statehood?
A. Nydia Velázquez
B. Christian Cortés
C. José Celso Barbosa
D. Edward O'Neill
C. José Celso Barbosa
Short Answer: Africa
In what two West African nations did the North American ‘Underground Railroad’ end?
Liberia & Sierra Leone