NSBE RPI
NSBE History
Black History
RPI E-Board
Trivia
100

This year, we held the _____ annual NSBE/SHPE Career Fair

What is the 48th?

100

The acronym NSBE stands for

What is the National Society of Black Engineers?

100

The African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves pass through the Underground Railroad

Who is Harriet Tubman?

100

Our current NSBE RPI President

Who is Morgan McMillan?

100

The hit 1990s sitcom that starred a young rapper who moved from West Philadelphia to a wealthy California neighborhood

What is the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

200

The NSBE RPI event had the highest attendance this year

What is GBM 1: Intro to NSBE?

200

The year NSBE was founded

What is 1975?

200

Triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus

Who is Rosa Parks?

200

Our Chapter Advisor

Who is Mrs. Jacqueline Farmer?

200

The longest river in the world

What is the Nile River

300

A trio of events that only NSBE RPI hosts annually

What are NSBowling, NSBE Gala, and Tech-a-thon?

NOTE: Career Fair does not count, as it is co-hosted with SHPE

300

The nickname of the NSBE founders

Who are the Chicago Six?

300

The person who started Black History Month

Who is Carter G. Woodson?

300

NSBE RPI President for the 2025-2026 school year

Who is Marcus Brown?

300

The legendary singer, known for hits like "Respect," is widely referred to as the "Queen of Soul"

Who is Aretha Franklin

400

The year NSBE RPI was founded

What is 1979?

400

The university NSBE was founded

What is Purdue University?

400

The amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote

What is the 15th Amendment?

400

The number of people on the NSBE RPI E-Board

What is 20?

400

The historical monarch who famously ruled the vast Mali Empire, widely recognized by economists and historians as one of the wealthiest individuals in human history

Who is Mansa Musa

500

The NSBE RPI alum who served two terms as the National Chairperson of the NSBE Alumni Extension (now NSBE Professionals)

Who is Robert S. Bright?

500

The 1st Woman Chair of NSBE

Who is Virginia Booth?

500

The first African American to receive a Ph.D.

Who is Edward Alexander Bouchet?

NOTE: Edward A. Bouchet received a Ph.D. in Physics in 1876 from Yale University

500
The year Alumni Relations was officially added to the Executive Board

What is 2023?

500

In fluid mechanics, this principle explains why pressure decreases as the velocity of an incompressible fluid increases along a streamline

What is Bernoulli's Principle?