MSU
Michigan Facts
Black History
Black Pop Culture
(Bonus Questions 300 points)
100

The year MSU was founded in.

What is 1855?

100
The island in the state of Michigan where no motorized vehicles are allowed.

What is Mackinac Island?

100

The words that make up the acronym NAACP. 

America's oldest and largest civil rights organization, created to counter the violence and racism faced by African Americans.

What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?


100

The headline performer of the 2025 Superbowl halftime show.

Who is Kendrick Lamar?

100

The Black version of saying "It's really crowded here!"

Hint: "EATMITB!"

What is "Everyone and they momma in this b****!"

200

This athlete has a statue outside of the Gilbert Pavillion.

Who is Magic Johnson?
200

The nickname for the city of Detroit.

What is the "Motor City?"

200

The exact date the Civil War "ended" on.

What is April 9th, 1865?


Symbolic end of it

200

The (nick)names of the twins in the 2025 horror movie "Sinners"

Who is "Smoke" and "Stack"?

200

You ask your mom if you can go over your friends how and she hits you with the phrase "ITRC?"

What is "Is that room clean?"

300

The percent of MSU undergraduates that are from Michigan.

What is 78%?

300

The largest great lake.

What is Lake Superior?

300

This woman was recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America, selling hair products to make her fortune.

Who is Madam C.J Walker? (Sarah Breedlove)


Her products are still being are still being sold today.

300

This word popularized by famous streamer Kai Cenat became Oxford's word of the year in 2023.

What is "Rizz"?

300

The phrase you hear when you decide to wear shorts in freezing weather, "TTWPS"

What is "That's that white people s***"

400

The very first name of Michigan State University.

What is Agricultural College of the State of Michigan?

400

The amount of peninsulas Michigan has.

What is two?

400

Founder(s) of the Black Panther Party. 

Who is Huey Newton?

Who is Bobby Seale?

400

The main character of the "Into The Spider-Verse" trilogy, "Miles Morales" has been around for this many years (as of Nov 2025) going off his first comic appearance.

What is 14 years?

400

Your mom would say this when you were hungry and asking for fast food...

WGFATH

What is "We got food at the house"

500

The school's mascot "Sparty" was created by this fraternity in 1955.

What is Theta Xi?

500

The meaning of the name "Michigan"

What is "great or large lake" or "great water"?

500

According to the theory of intersectionality (how traits of one's identity affect their life experience) coined by Kimberly Crenshaw, this group of people experience overlapping forms of discrimination that are distinct from those faced by those that share the same gender identity or race.

What is Black Women?

500

The real-life "Hands Across America" event featured in Jordan Peele's horror movie "Us" was an event to raise money & awareness for this problem in America.

What is hunger and homelessness?

500

The response to the call and response phrase:

"GIGATT"

What is "And all the time God is good."?