NSBE 101
What does NSBE stand for?
National Society of Black Engineers
Liberian Girl is from which Michael Jackson album and what year was it released?
BAD, 1987
50 Cent debuted his first studio album in 2003
Get Rich or Die Tryin
Who was the first female African American to work at NASA?
Katherine Johnson
Named after a day in the week, this movie has notable actors including Bernie Mac, Chris Tucker, and Ice Cube
Friday
When and where was NSBE founded?
1975, at Purdue University in West Lafayette Virginia
Who will be headlining the Super Bowl halftime show in 2025?
Kendrick Lamar
What does the term R&B music represent? This term was first used by Billboard magazine in the late 1940's.
Rhythm and Blues
Most renowned African American astrophysicist
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
He voiced Darth Vader in Star Wars and was in Coming 2 America
James Earl Jones
Where will NSBE be hosting its 50th Annual National Convention this year?
Chicago, Illinois
Otis by Jay-Z and Kanye West sampled which song by an artist with the same name as the title song?
Try a Little Tenderness, Otis Redding
The first African American woman to win a Grammy Award.
Ella Fitzgerald
First female engineer to graduate with a BSE in Civil Engineering and first to join the US Army Corps of Engineers
Hattie T Scott Peterson
Angela Bassett played late, singer and actress Tina Turner in this movie
What's Love Got to Do with It
What region is UML's NSBE chapter?
Region 1
Known for his black glasses, harmonic and piano skills, who is this musician
Stevie Wonder
He left the Commodores in 1982 to pursue his own solo career
Lionel Richie
He became the first black chemist to be elected to the National Academy of the Sciences in 1973
Dr. Percy Julian
Destiny Child sang the theme song for this early 2000 Disney Channel Show
Proud Family
Name at least 3 of the six founders from Purdue University that changed SBE and launched NSBE.
Edward A. Coleman, Anthony Harris, Brian Harris, Stanley L. Kirtley, John W. Logan Jr. and George A. Smith
Lauren Hill popularized the song Killing Me Softly, name the original singer.
Roberta Flack
How many members were originally in Boyz II Men?
4
She was a notable computer programmer in flight path calculations at NASA that contributed to the Scout Launch Vehicle Program
Dorothy Vaughn
Tyler Perry plays Madea, what is Madea's full name
Mabel Simmons