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Random Things You Should Just Know
100

He delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.

Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

100

"Because I said so, that's why."

What is what yo mama says when you keep asking, "why?"

100

This is what you say when the container is still there but the drink is gone.

What is, "Who put this back with just a SWALLA left in the container?"

100

This is the question you ask before agreeing to ANY invite.

What is, "Who all gon' be there?"

100

When you order chicken, this condiment is must accompany it.

What is "mild sauce?"

100

You are expected to do this after eating at someone's house.

What is ask do you need help cleaning up/What is clean the kitchen?

200

She refused to give up her seat in Montgomery in 1955.

Who is Rosa Parks?

200

"Money doesn't grow on ____."

What is trees?

200

This happens when the kitchen is clean and the dishrag hangs neatly over the faucet or the middle of the sink.

What is, "The kitchen is CLOSED."

200

When they answer you question by saying, "Don't worry about all that," this is your response.

What is, "I'm not coming?"

200

A true Chicago-style hot dog is famously served WITHOUT this topping.

What is ketchup?

200

"You big dummy!" was a catchphrase from this 1970s television show.

What is "Sanford and Son?"

300

This era from 1910-1930 was known for Black art, poetry, and jazz in New York.

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

300

"When we get in this store, don't ______."

What is, "touch nothing, look at nothing, ask for nothing?"

300

When entering the kitchen, you most certainly better have done this prior.

What is washing your hands?

300

This is what you say out loud when you stand up to leave, even though you're not leaving yet.

What is, "Alright ya'll, I'm gone/I'm 'bout to head out?"

300

Finish the phrase:  Out South; Out West; Up North; ....."

What is over East?

300

This was the telephone area code of all of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs before the year of 1989.

What is 312?

400

He was the first African American president in the United States.

Who is Barack Obama?

400

"Fix your face before I ______."

What is, "fix it for you?"

400

What you write on leftover containers when you don't want people "sampling" your food.

What is your name?

400

Cards games at the gathering- If you partner throws out a high card and you cut them for no reason, you just committed this crime.

What is "reneging?"

400

This famous dance television show got its start in Chicago in 1970.

What is Soul Train?

400

These are the names for the following expressways: I55; I290; and I90/94 South.

What are The Stevenson, The Eisenhower, & the Dan Ryan?

500

This Black Nationalist leader founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association & promoted "Back to Africa."

Who is Marcus Garvey?

500

"I aint one of yo..."

What is, "little friends?"

500

If you didn't help buy it, cook it, or wash a dish afterward, then this is how much of the fridge belongs to you.

What is NONE OF IT/NOTHING/NAN NADA.

500

This is the caucasian version of leaving "incog-negro."

What is an Irish goodbye?

500

The 80s Chicago radio station WBMX, in part was an acronym for this phrase.

What is the "Black Music Experience?"

500

This is the universal phrase used when someone is not really listening to your long story.

What is, "That's crazy."