Famous African American history
Black or not
Famous Latin Americans
Latino/Hispanic food
Name that song
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1. Name wife of first black President
A. Venus Obama
B. Kamala Obama
C. Malia Obama
D. Michelle Obama
C. Malia and Sasha Obama
100
6. Invented peanut butter
Black or not?
Black
Everyone and their dog can thank George Washington Carver for the invention of peanut butter.
100
11. He was a Mexican boxer who gained fame in the 80s and 90s. He is also considered by many to be the best boxers of all time.
Julio César Chávez
100
16. Mexican household soup dish normally made with pork, and can be seasoned and garnished with shredded lettuce or cabbage, chile peppers, onion, garlic
A. Quesadillas
B. Pozole
C. Horchata
D. Enchiladas
B. Pozole
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26. Which rapper is NOT from Houston
A. Beyonce
B. Devin the dude
C. Kendrick Lamar
D. Megan the Stallion
C. Kendrick Lamar
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2. What organization was inspired by the work and words of Malcolm X?
A. Nation of Islam
B. Black Panthers
C. First Baptist Union
D. Black Lives Matter
B. Black Panthers
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7. Performed first successful open heart surgery.
Black or not?
Black....
The son of a barber, Daniel Hale Williams founded the first black-owned hospital in America, and performed the world's first successful heart surgery, in 1893.
200
12. Where is Bad Bunny from?
A. Mexico
B. Dominican Republic
C. El Salvador
D. Puerto Rico
D. Puerto Rico
200
17.Its a Mexican snack normally sold on a cart on the street. It's made of corn.
elote
200
27. One of the most popular songs by the Queen of Tejano. Name the song and title
Selena Quintanilla
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3. This fighter was a "Conscientious objector", during the Vietnam War. This means that he resisted the draft due to his religious beliefs. He was famous for saying, "No Viet Cong ever called me a ni***".
A. Mohammad Ali
B. Jack Johnson
C. Mike Tyson
D. Sugar Ray Robinson
A. Mohammad Ali
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8. Home security system.
Black or not?
Black
African American nurse Mary Van Brittan Brown, created an early security unit for her own home.
Home security systems used today use similar parts of her design.
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13. Famous, iconic, Mexican-American Tejano singer Selena Quintinilla's first english song.
A. Missing my baby
B. I could fall in love
C. Dreaming of you
D. God's Child
C. Dreaming of you
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18. Early Spanish and Portuguese cooks influenced Mexican desserts using large amounts of eggs and sugar. The most popular of these is a caramel custard called....
A. Paletas
B. Flan
C. Tres Leches
D. Sopapillas
B. Flan
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28. Beginning lyrics
"As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life, and realize there's nothin' left
'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long"
A. Tupac - Thug Mansion
B. Funkmaster flex - Heaven
C. DMX - Never die alone
D. Coolio - Gangster's Paradise
D. Coolio - Gangster's Paradise
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3. What are two of the most famous people involved with passing the voting rights act?
A. Barak and Michelle Obama
B. Fredrick Douglas and Rosa Parks
C. Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur
D. Martin Luther King and President Lyndon Johnson
D. Martin Luther King and President Lyndon Johnson
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9. Introduced first vaccine
Black or not?
Black
The first vaccine in the U.S. was introduced by an enslaved African named Onesimus in 1721.
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14. She became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, at the age of 29. She is from the Bronx, New York.
A. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
B. Dolores Huerta
C. Hilary Clinton
D. Cardi B
A. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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19. What Latin country invented tacos?
A. Dominican Republic
B. Spain
C. Portugal
D. Mexico
D. Mexico
Tacos are thought to come from Mexico, long before the Spanish arrived. Ancient Mexicans used freshly made, soft, flat corn tortillas and gave them with fillings
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29. What famous arena did Kendrick Lamar perform this song, Alright?
A. Madison Square Garden during Kevin Hart's, "Laugh through my pain" comedy.
B. NRG arena during the 2022 rodeo show.
C. 2021 Super bowl during half time
D. During the inauguration of President Obama
C. Kendrick Lamar - Alright
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5. What is the name of the African American philosophy professor who argued her own murder accomplice case in court and won? Before this, she spent 18 months in prison for owning a firearm that was used to kill a courtroom judge during a hostage crisis. She was a black panthers and she was in the communist party.
Angela Davis
500
10. Started the first HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, in 1837. Cheyney was originally known as the “Institute for Colored Youth.”
Black or not?
Not.
This institute was funded by a European-American philanthropist known as Richard Humphreys.
500
15. Committed to the tactics of nonviolent resistance practiced by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., he is one of the most famous Mexican-Americans.
What's one thing that Cesar Estrada Chavez accomplished?
Cesar Estrada Chavez helped to raise the pay and improve the working conditions for farm workers in the late 1960s and 70s.
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20. The first country to turn cocoa into chocolate.
A. Venezuela
B. Brazil
C. El Salvador
D. Mexico
D. Chocolate's 4,000-year history began in ancient Mesoamerica, present day Mexico.
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30. The first widely recognized Chicano rap artist. His music hailed from Las Angeles California - he dropped this song La Raza in 1990.
A. Kid Frost
B. South Park Mexican
C. Pit Bull
D. Bad Bunny
A. Kid Frost
