LGBTQ+
Accessibility and disability in higher education
Race
W&M History
Religion
100

This pride flag has light pink, white, and light blue stripes.

Trans pride flag

100

Which of the following  aspects/places/structures on campus would you imagine are difficult to navigate with a blindness/low vision? 1. Poor contrast stairs; brick, stone, concrete 2. Dining hall menu/ process/ mere navigation 3. Uneven /dilapidated paths 4.Crosswalks without auditory signal when it turns green

All of the above

100

The discriminatory practice that puts services—usually financial services—out of reach for residents of certain areas based on race or ethnicity. (give the term)

Redlining

100

This William & Mary program focuses “on contributing to and encouraging scholarship on the 300-year relationship between African Americans and W&M” and building bridges between the College and African American communities?

The Lemon Project

100

During which Islamic holiday do observant students face challenges completing coursework and participating in class due to fasting lasting all day and limited sleep?

Ramadan

200

The word Lesbian is derived from the home of this Greek Poet

Sappho (Lesbos)

200

What is the name of the Federal Civil Rights law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination in public domaines such as education, employment, state and local governments, etc.

Americans with Disabilities Act

200

The I in BIPOC stands for ...

Indigenous

200

Name at least two tribes that first possessed the land which William & Mary now sits on. Every additional tribe named will be 50 extra points.

Cheroenhaka (Nottoway), Chickahominy, Eastern Chickahominy, Mattaponi, Monacan, Nansemond, Nottoway, Pamunkey, Patawomeck, Upper Mattaponi, and Rappahannock

200

What are the top three most practiced organized religions in the world?

Christianity, Islam, Hinduism

300

This president repealed 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'

President Barack Obama

300

According to U.S disability statisitcs  database, what percentage of people with a visual impairment have a bachelor’s degree or higher?  (For reference, 35.9% of Americans without disabilities hold a bachelor’s degree or higher,)


16.5

300

The 13th amendment bans involuntary servitude except as punishment for _____, which is still used today to force labor.

Crime

300

Who was the first African American to enroll at William & Mary?

Hulon L. Willis

300

The phrase "sacred cow" to describe a person or thing immune from criticism comes from what religion that in fact does revere cows as holy animals?

Hinduism

400

The American Psychological Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in this decade.

1980s (1986)

400

In what year were the paralytic games established?


1948

400

In the 18th century, which Asian/Pacific Islander group was the first to settle in the U.S?

Filipinos

400

In what decade did the first 24 women enroll at William & Mary, living in the Reves center to be as far as possible from male dorms?

1910s (1918)

400

This religious and social movement, originating in Jamaica in the 1930s, believed that the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I was the second coming of Christ and the return of God to Africa. This movement also believed that black people were God’s chosen people and were surpresed by colonization and the slave trade from success and from return to Africa.

Rastafarianism

500

What year was the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, a tipping point for the gay liberation movement. 

1969

500

Who is Haben Girma?

A disability rights attorney who was the first deaf-blind student to graduate from Harvard Law school. Led the celebration for the 25th Anniversary of the ADA and was introduced BY former President Obama

500

In 2019, this Egyptian-American performer become the first artist of Arab heritage to win the Oscar for Best Actor/ess.

Rami Malek (No woman of Middle Eastern descent has ever won the Oscar for best supporting actress.)

500

What decade was sexual orientation added to the College’s nondiscrimination clause?

1990s

500

Which U.S. President, while addressing a Jewish community and affirming America’s commitment to interfaith cooperation, insisted that “the Government of the United States…gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance..."

George Washington