Black History
Which city is known as the birthplace of hip hop?
Bronx, NY
Who directed the film Moonlight?
Barry Jenkins
This genre of music which originated in DC emphasizes specific rhythmic patterns and call and response.
Go go music
What Great Lake is in Indiana?
Simplify:
5−2x−4x+7−9x
12−15x
Who was the Black American educator, author, and orator who founded Tuskegee Institute, a school dedicated to the education of Black Americans in the post-Civil War era?
Booker T. Washington
What is Lauryn’s favorite Black film?
The Color Purple (bonus point for Set It Off)
What was the original name of the Washington Wizards?
Washington Bullets
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
I baked 2 dozen cupcakes. Each cupcake had 3 cherries on top. I ate the cherries off 2 of the cupcakes. How many cherries are left?
30 cherries
Who termed the phrase Double Consciousness to describe the Black American experience?
Which actress played Foxy Brown?
Pam Grier
How many Smithsonian museums are there in DC?
17
How many countries are there in the United Kingdom
4
Maria is staying at a hotel that charges $99.95 per night plus tax for a room. A tax of 8% is applied to the room rate, and an additional onetime untaxed fee of $5.00 is charged by the hotel. Which equation represents Maria’s total charge, in dollars, for staying x nights?
1.08(99.95x)+5
What is the name of the oldest greek lettered organization founded by Black Americans?
Sigma Pi Phi
Which Black actress plays everybody’s mama?
Loretta Devine
What is the closest state capital to Washington DC
Annapolis
What is the capital of Kentucky?
Frankfort
8 / 2(2+2) = ?
16
Bennet College
What movie did “eat the cake Annie Mae” come from?
What’s Love Got To Do With It
Washington famously uses letters to denote streets within the city's grid, but what letter from the first half of the alphabet is skipped over in this pattern?
J
What is the capital of Dominica?
Roseau
What is the probability of rolling an even number on a die?
1/2