Main Characters
$100 Clue: This young Mandinka warrior was captured in West Africa and brought to America, refusing to forget his real name.
Answer: Who is Kunta Kinte?
$100 Clue: The West African country where Kunta Kinte grew up in the village of Juffure.
Answer: What is Gambia (or The Gambia)
$100 Clue: The name forced upon Kunta Kinte by his enslaver, which Kunta resisted in his heart.
Answer: What is Toby?
$100 Clue: The major war fought between the Northern and Southern states that ultimately brought an end to slavery in America.
Answer: What is the Civil War?
$200 Clue: He was a skilled musician on the plantation who befriended Kunta Kinte and helped him navigate his new life.
Answer: Who is Fiddler?
$200 Clue: The proud African warriors and people that Kunta Kinte's family belonged to.
Answer: Who are the Mandinka?
$200 Clue: Kizzy learned this secret skill from Missy Anne, which was strictly forbidden for enslaved people.
Answer: What is Reading and Writing?
$200 Clue: Chicken George was sent across the ocean to this country for many years to work off a gambling debt before gaining his freedom.
Answer: What is England (or Great Britain)?
$300 Clue: She was Kunta Kinte and Belle's daughter, whose name means "stay put" in the Mandinka language.
Answer: Who is Kizzy?
$300 Clue: The special night ceremony where a father holds his newborn baby up to the night sky and speaks their name to the stars.
Answer: What is the Naming Ceremony?
$300 Clue: Kunta Kinte was given this gift by his mother, Bitna, after he passed his Warriors test. Kunta would give the same gift to his daughter, which was passed to his grandson, Chicken George
Answer: Sandalwood Beads
$300 Clue: The British offered Kunta Kinta this document that would recognize him as a free man in the eye of the Crown. His grandson, Chick George was offered the same by Tom Lea during a high-stakes pit fight.
Answer: Manumission Papers/Letter of Manumission/Freedom Papers
$400 Clue: He was Kizzy's son, known for his skill in training gamecocks and wearing a signature green hat.
Answer: Who is Chicken George?
$400 Clue: Kunta Kinte's strong father who taught him how to hunt, survive, and be a Mandinka warrior.
Answer: Who is Omoro Kinte?
$400 Clue: The spoken tradition passed down from generation to generation so the family would never forget their African heritage.
Answer: What is Oral History / Storytelling?
$400: Tom, Chicken George's youngest son was very talented at this trade. His skill with metal working made allowed him to earn extra wages in an attempt to purchase his freedom and the freedom of his family.
Answer Blacksmithing/Blacksmith
$500 Clue: This man was left alone and bitter, all along being "slave" to other peoples view of him. "He just never knew it."
Answer: How is Tom Lea?
$500 Clue: Instruments used in West Africa to send rhythmic messages and news across long distances between villages.
Answer: What are Drums (or Talking Drums)?
$500 Clue: The plantation owner in North Carolina who bought Kizzy after she was separated from her parents.
Answer: Who is Tom Lea?
$500 Clue: The town in Tennessee where Chicken George and his family eventually settled to build a free life after the Civil War.
Answer: What is Henning, Tennessee?