Back in the Day
If you had a black plastic comb with a fist at the end, you had a…
Answer: What is an Afro pick?
If somebody says “Who all gon’ be there?” they’re really asking…
Answer: Who’s coming so I know if I want to go.
Many of us had THIS candy dish that nobody could ever open.
Answer: What is the strawberry candy wrapper dish (or the fancy glass one)?
“You gon’ learn today!”
Answer: Who is Kevin Hart?
The bill that will humble you every summer.
Answer: What is the light bill?
Before texting, kids used this pager code for “I love you.”
Answer: What is 143?
If you heard “Ain’t nobody got time for that,” you know this went viral.
Answer: Who is Sweet Brown?
Every Black grandma’s couch had this protective cover.
Answer: What is plastic?
“Make the money, don’t let the money make you.”
Answer: What is The Players Club?
You thought this was expensive as a kid but learned it’s cheap as an adult.
Answer: What are Lunchables (or cereal)?
This was the ultimate TV event every Friday night in the 90s.
Answer: What is TGIF (ABC lineup)?
"That ain’t none of my business” belongs to this meme.
Answer: What is Kermit the Frog sipping tea?
This bottle was always reused as the grease jar.
Answer: What is a Crisco can (or mason jar)?
“She don’t never bring nothing to the cookout but some ice!”
****Triple Points for the for correct answer
Answer: What is a Black family joke/tradition?
This piece of mail never brings good news.
***Triple points for the first correct answer
Answer: What is a certified letter?
Before DoorDash, we had this delivery joint that stayed open late.
Answer: What is Chinese food (or pizza)?
When somebody says “Keep that same energy,” they mean…
Answer: Don’t switch up when it’s inconvenient.
Name one brand of butter container that really had leftovers inside.
Answer: What is Country Crock (or Blue Bonnet, etc.)?
“This Christmas” was sung by this R&B legend before Chris Brown covered it.
***Triple Points for the first correct answer
Answer: Who is Donny Hathaway?
A “15-minute nap” as a grown-up really lasts this long.
Answer: What is 2 hours?
If you grew up in the 90s, these shoes were the status symbol at school.
Answer: What are Jordans?
“Fix yo face” usually meant…
Answer: Stop looking mad/disrespectful.
This famous lotion doubled as ash protection for generations.
Answer: What is Vaseline?
“If you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready.”
Answer: Who is Sugar Free (also a common Black saying)?
The #1 thing you swore you wouldn’t say to your kids, but you do now.
Answer: What is “Because I said so!”