Black History Month II
Double Talk
Winter Olympic Sports
Hue
Cry
200
From what was seen as his accommodation to white people, this famed educator had many critics; "The Wizard of Tuskegee" dined pleasantly with Theodore Roosevelt, but the more unapologetic William Monroe Trotter was kicked out of Woodrow Wilson's White House
Booker T. Washington
200
A cheerleader wields it
pompom
200
A classic Winter Olympic sport that involves spins, lifts, and jumps on ice; usually involves either singles or pairs
figure skating
200
Beet &
scarlet
red
200
Aesop knows that one who raises a false alarm is said to "cry" this creature
wolf
400
In 1964, Muhammad Ali had just announced his affiliation with this group when Malcolm X said he was leaving it; in 2021, the convictions of two lieutenants in the group were thrown out in the case of Malcolm's assassination
the Nation of Islam
400
This iconic catchphrase by Inspector Gadget had him saying this before the word "Gadget"
"Go Go"
400
This Winter Olympic sport is seen as the winter version of skateboarding at the Summer Olympics
Snowboarding
400
Canary &
dandelion
yellow
400
In a text message, "FCOL" is short for this exasperated phrase
"for crying out loud"
600
In a career that put some white people on edge, boxer Jack Johnson also opened integrated clubs--Chicago's Cafe de Champion & New York's Club Deluxe, which later reopened as this establishment with all white patrons
the Cotton Club
600
We hope kids never stop "walking the dog" & going "around the world" with this toy
a yo-yo
600
This event is a team sport where two teams compete to score goals in the opposing team's net using curved sticks; both women and men won the gold for USA in the 2026 Winter Olympics
ice hockey
600
Jet &
ebony
black
600
[DD]
If you've given up, "cry" this generic relative
uncle
800
The only Black member of President H.W. Bush's Cabinet was Louis W. Sullivan, who had helped establish this Atlanta medical school, the first at an HBCU in the 20th century
the Morehouse Medical School
800
To mean an equal chance, you could say 1 to 1, but most people use this number combination
fifty-fifty (50-50)
800
This event, which was not considered official until 2006, involves a small team sliding stones to a target area
Curling
800
Coffee &
cinnamon
brown
800
Justin Timberlake sang "Cry me" one of these, perhaps the Amazon
a river
1000
[DD]
In three decades in the 19th century, the explosion of the cotton economy caused the removal of a million enslaved people from the Upper to the Deep South, known as the second this, after the slave trading voyage from Africa
the Middle Passage
1000
A small round projectile fired from an air gun
BB
1000
This event that had a 54 year absence from the Winter Olympics involves the athlete lying prone and sledding headfirst down an ice track
Skeleton
1000
Azure &
cyan
blue
1000
"Cry" this "and let slip the dogs of war"
havoc