Culture & Identity
This is the Jewish New Year.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
This U.S. holiday, celebrated June 19th, commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
What is Juneteenth?
Signed into law in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, this act prohibits discrimination based on disability in employment, public accommodations, and more.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Observed November 11th, this holiday originally marked the armistice that ended fighting in World War I before being renamed in 1954.
What is Veterans Day?
This person holds the title of Global Chair of Culture and Engagement at Reed Smith.
Who is Alan York?
This is the name of the holy book of Islam.
What is the Quran?
This civil rights attorney became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Observed since 1949, this month was established to raise awareness of mental health conditions and reduce associated stigma.
What is Mental Health Awareness Month (May)?
Designed by artist Gilbert Baker in 1978 at the request of Harvey Milk, this flag originally had eight stripes before being reduced to six.
What is the Pride flag (rainbow flag)?
This three-word phrase closes out Reed Smith's Culture & Engagement mission statement (also today's Final Jeopardy answer — bonus points if you remember it twice!).
What is "You belong here"?
This is the Jewish day of rest, observed from Friday evening through Saturday evening.
What is Shabbat?
Centered in a Manhattan neighborhood during the 1920s, this literary and artistic movement included figures like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Standardized internationally in 1968, this blue-and-white symbol depicts a stylized wheelchair user and denotes accessibility.
What is the International Symbol of Access?
First signed into law in 1944, this legislation is formally known as the Servicemen's Readjustment Act.
What is the G.I. Bill?
Marked by red envelopes known as hongbao or lai see, this lunar calendar-based holiday shifts annually between late January and mid-February.
What is Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year)?
This is the name of the Islamic holy month observed with fasting from dawn to sunset.
What is Ramadan?
Observed November 1st and 2nd, this Mexican holiday blends Indigenous Aztec traditions with Catholic influence and is symbolized by marigolds and sugar skulls.
What is Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)?
Launched nationwide in July 2022, this three-digit number replaced a longer 10-digit number as the U.S. suicide and crisis hotline.
What is 988?
This month commemorates a 1969 uprising at a Manhattan bar widely considered a turning point for the LGBTQ+ rights movement in the U.S.
What is Pride Month (June)?
This Greek savory pie layers phyllo dough with spinach, onions, and feta, and its name translates roughly to "spinach pie."
What is spanakopita?
This ancient language, revived as a modern spoken language in the 19th-20th centuries, is the official language of Israel today.
What is Hebrew?
Before joining the Supreme Court, this attorney successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education before the very court he would later sit on.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Observed every October under various names since 1945, this observance recognizes the contributions of workers with disabilities.
What is National Disability Employment Awareness Month?
Established under the National Defense Authorization Act in December 2019, this is the newest branch of the U.S. Armed Forces.
What is the Space Force?
Passed in 1882 and not fully repealed until 1943, this law was the first major U.S. law to restrict immigration based on a specific nationality.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?