Juneteenth
Black History Month
Civil Rights Leaders
Memphis History
Pop Culture
100

What is the other common name for Juneteenth?

Freedom Day

100

What other country observes black history month in February?

Canada

100
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked closely with sanitation workers striking in which southern city?

Memphis

100

What were the original Peabody ducks used for?

Live hunting decoys

100

Which Memphis rapper rose to fame in 2019 following his single "Shotta Flow"

NLE Choppa

200

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

Abraham Lincoln

200

What state was Barack Obama a senator before he became president?

Illinois

200

 On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of what Washington, D.C. location?

The Lincoln Memorial

200

What African country is home to the original Memphis?

Egypt

200

Which artists has the most streams all time on Spotify?

Drake

300

What does Juneteenth celebrate?

The end of slavery following the Union Army reaching Texas

300

Black students and educators at Kent state first celebrated black history month in what year?

1970

300

Rosa Parks's arrest after her refusal to move to the back of a bus triggered a citywide boycott of what city's bus system?


Montgomery, Alabama

300

What type of Bar-B-Que is Memphis nationally famous for?

Pork BBQ?

300

Which European Basketball player most recently won the Finals MVP?

Nikola Jokic

400

The events Juneteenth commemorates occurred in what year? 

1865

400

Who was the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court?

Ketanji Brown

400

Where was Malcolm X born?

Omaha, Nebraska

400

What year was Memphis founded?

1819

400

Which Carribean country was Nicki Minaj born in?

Trinidad and Tobago

500

Which US president signed Juneteenth to be a federal holiday?

Joe Biden

500

Who is known as the "Father of black history"?

Carter G. Woodson

500

What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Wife?

Coretta Scott King

500

Who is the current mayor of Memphis?

Jim Strickland

500

What are the names of the parents in 'The Simpsons'?

Marge and Homer