Black Excellence
Who was the first black president?
Barack Obama
What are the top 3 modes of transportation in NYC?
Taxi/Cab, Subway, and Bus
What superhero uses his webs to save the day and escape from villains?
Spider-Man
How many days in a year?
365
What superstar made the hit "Single Ladies?"
Beyonce
What talk show queen gave away cars by yelling “You get a car," and was known for her infamous commentary on celebrities?
Oprah Winfrey
Which NYC borough is home to Yankee Stadium?
The Bronx
What sitcom starred Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold?
Martin
What organ pumps blood into your body?
The heart
O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?
Who's 1963 speech began with "I have a dream...?"
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What famous park sits between 59th and 110th Street in Manhattan?
Central Park
Who is the Marvel superhero known as "The King of Wakanda?"
Black Panther
How many planets are in our solar system?
What genre originated in the Bronx during the 1970's?
Hip-Hop
Who became the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993?
Toni Morrison
What Harlem venue made legends of Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington?
The Apollo Theatre
What family sitcom starred Will Smith as a kid from West Philly?
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
What force keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
Gravity
Which NYC institution is a major center for world-class music performances?
Carnegie Hall
Who was the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Which former NYC mayor was known for his “stop and frisk” policy?
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
What 1991 film starred Ice Cube as a South-Central teenager?
Boyz N the Hood
What is the longer river in Africa?
The Nile
What song has the lyrics:
"And we all know everything
That he stood for time will bring
For in peace our hearts will sing
Thanks to Martin Luther King"
Happy Birthday - Stevie Wonder