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100

This song was written and sung by Post Malone for the newest Spiderman movie

What is Sunflower?

100

She refused to move to the back of the bus

Who is Rosa Parks?

100

When a customer sent back his food complaining that the potatoes were too thick, George Crum created this.

What are potato chips?

100

This Terrell, Texas singer and actor had his own TV show and was Unchained in a movie.

Who is Jaime Fox?

100

He was a teacher at the Tuskegee Institute and an inventor that devised over 100 products using  the peanut — including dyes, plastics and gasoline

Who was George Washington Carver?

200

This Netflix series is about a man who is literally bullet-proof

What is Luke Cage?

200

This boxer was known as "the greatest of all time" won 56 out of 61 fights. 37 of them were knock outs.

Who was Muhammad Ali?

200

This group of soldiers, made up entirely of African American men, during the Civil War.

Buffalo Soliders

200

Born in Houston, Texas, it was this singer's DESTINY to be a mega-star.

Who is Beyonce?

200

Garret Morgan invented this after seeing numerous car accidents.

What is the traffic light?

300

Her day-time talk TV show made her the wealthiest women in the United States. She went on to star in movies, have her own cable TV network, and magazine

Who is Oprah Winfrey?

300

Martin Luther King Junior did not want this march to happen because he was afraid kids would be hurt.

What is The Children's March? 

300

Charles Richard Drew discovered a method of separating red blood cells from plasma. Being able to store blood this way led to the invention of this.

What are blood banks?

300

Harris County made history in 2019 by swearing in this many new female African American judges. 

What is 17?

300

He hosted the NOVA ScienceNow series from 2006 to 2011. He remains a popular TV science expert today and has over 12 million followers on Twitter.

Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?

400

You can Ride Along with this sawed-off comedian and actor who is known for his big hart and Intelligence.

Who is Kevin Hart?

400

Michael Jackson, the Jackson 5, and Marvin Gaye all got their start in this musical place in Detroit.

What is MoTown Records?

400

Garrett Morgan invented this after seeing many firemen die from smoke inhalation.

What is the gas mask?

400

Richard Overton is a Texan born in 1906 and is the oldest living American veteran. He served from 1941 to 1945, his unit was one of the first to arrive at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack. Overton is this old now.

What is 113 years old?

400

She is a co-founder of the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness and is best known for her invention of the Laserphaco Probe for the treatment of cataracts.

Who is Patricia Bath?

500

James Earl Jones breathed life into this character in three star-filled movies.

Who is Darth Vader?

500

 Katherine Johnson was a physicist and mathematician who helped launch the first use of digital electronic computers at this government facility.

What is NASA?

500

Her tennis game boasts 23 Grand Slam titles (the record), six U.S. Opens, seven Wimbledon titles, seven Australian Opens, three French Opens, four Olympic gold medals, 23 doubles titles, and a career Golden Slam.

Who is Serena Williams?

500

Nat Love worked on Texas ranches, was captured by Indians, survived Native American attacks, participated in gunfights, & met Billy the Kid, Buffalo Bill Cody, Jesse James, and Kit Carson. 

We would call Nat Love one of these.

What is a cowboy?

500

She is the first African-American female to receive a Ph.D. in engineering at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Who is Aprille Ericsson?