Mathematics & Physics
Black Inventors
Black Culture
Engineering Fields
Miscellaneous
100

What does x equal in this equation: 2x + 5 = 9?

What is x = 2?

100

This Balck Inventor became the first female millionaire after inventing a line of cosmetics and hair products focused on African-American consumers.

What Black Inventor is this?

Who is Madame C.J. Walker?

100

When using this phrase, Black people usually are referring to achievements or success attributed to other Black or African-American people that are innovating The Culture.

What phrase are we referencing?

What is "Black Excellence"?

100

This engineering field concerns the design and prototyping of computing hardware/software, system coding, and also submerges with Electrical Engineering.

What field is this?

What is Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Science?

100

What year did Apple release the very first iPhone to the public?

Hint: Most of us were still in elementary school.

When was 2007?

200

What does PEMDAS stand for?

What is "Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition & Subtraction"?

200

George Washington Carver was one of the leading agronomists of his time and became a pioneer in the science world by developing more than ____ uses for the peanut.

How many uses did Carver develop? (Hint: it's a triple-digit!)

What is 300?

200

This actor has become the film heartthrob of the 2010s and has taken on several roles including more serious ones in Fruitvale Station and Red Tails, comedic ones in That Awkward Moment, and even an active one in Creed and Black Panther.

Which actor are we attributing?

Who is Michael B. Jordan?

200

This engineering field is the professional practice of designing and developing infrastructure projects such as nationwide transport systems, water supply networks, roads, or buildings.

What field is this?

What is Civil Engineering?

200

If we had a gallon of orange juice, how many people would be able to get an 8 oz. cup of juice?

Hint: The Conversion Butterfly!

What is 16?

300

What is the gravitational force on an object weighing 84 kg placed on a marble counter?

Hint: your answer is in N (Newtons)

What is 823 N?

Breakdown: 84 kg * 9.8 m/s2 = 823 N

300

Believe it or not, but this Aerospace Engineer from NASA worked on thermoelectric energy converting but is most well known for creating the Super Soaker water gun.

Who is this Black Inventor?

Who is Lonnie G. Johnson?

300

Which rapper has made a big splash in the music industry just in 2019 alone by openly discussing being apart of the LGBTQ+ community and having the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts?

Who is Lil Nas X?

300

This engineering field incorporates the improvement and optimization of processes, systems, and developmental organizations through various concepts of the technical community.

What field is this?

What is Industrial Engineering or Industrial & Systems Engineering?

300

What can you see in the middle of March and April and never see in any other month?

What is the letter ‘ r ’?

400

What is the derivative of this equation: y = arctan(6x)?

Hint: Use U-Substitution!

What is 6/(1 + 36x2)?

400

After Philip Emeagwali was forced to drop out of school at age 14, later, he would go on to innovate the technical world and be dubbed "The Bill Gates of Africa."

What technical field did he innovate?

What is computer processing or computing?

We'll accept the computer field as well.

400

What top, childhood animated series will be coming back to Disney which featured a modern Black family and its main character had a diverse group of friends? 

What is ”The Proud Family”?

400

This type of engineering concerns the use of various scientific concepts to produce useful materials or substances, encompassing mathematics and economics with natural/life and experimental sciences.

What field is this?

What is Chemical Engineering?

400

This prime time television show’s judge has become the highest paid tv host and has dealt with drama dealing with divorce, small claims, and other issues in the courtroom.

What judge are we referencing?

Who is Judge Judy?

500

What is the distance of an object that traveled from an initial velocity (3 m/s2) to the final velocity (9 m/s2) in 3 seconds? 

Hint: your answer is in m (meters)!

What is d = 18 m?

Breakdown: d = (3 + 9) * 3/2 => (12 * 3)/2 = 18 m

500

Without this Black Inventor, firefighters would not be able to navigate through smokey buildings effectively and driving would be a little more difficult than it already is.

Which inventor is attributed above?

Who is Garret Morgan?

500

Who will be our “Forever First Family”?

Hint: “Yes we can!”

Who are The Obamas or Who are Barack, Michelle, Sasha, and Malia?

500

This field of engineering is concerned with the development, manufacturing, and maintenance of systems as they relate to design analysis.

What field is this?

What is Mechanical Engineering?

500

What is the first initial of the oldest living person in the world.

Hint: It’s in the middle of the alphabet.

What is the letter ‘ K ’?