FAMILY FUEL/ TRIVIA QUESTIONS
Name an invention that was created by a Black American (or who BLK Americans made great contribution(s) towards).
- Traffic Light
- The Internet
- Motors
- Elevator doors
- The heater/ AC
- The light bulb
- Chess
- Home security system
(look up any other)
WHO WROTE & SUNG THE SONG 'GRANDMAS HANDS'?
BILL WITHERS
HOW DO BLACK PEOPLE KNOW WHEN TO STOP SEASONING OUR FOOD?
WHEN THE ANCESTORS TELL US TO.
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DATE 09.25.1996?
THE DAY A GODDESS WAS BORN
**(YALL ARE WELCOME THAT I BLESSED YALL WITH MY PRESENCE!)
WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE "GREAT MIGRATION"?
The movement of six million BLK Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North, Midwest, and West (between 1910 and 1970).
WHO WAS ONE OF GRANDMA DORA'S GREATEST FRIEND?
RACHEAL TIMES.
WHAT DOES A BLACK WOMAN CALL THE BACK OF HER NECK WHEN DOING HER HAIR?
THE KITCHEN
HOW MANY GREAT LAKES DOES MICHIGAN HAVE?
Five Great Lakes:
(Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario and Erie)
**11,037 INLAND LAKES IN TOTAL**
WHAT ANIMAL PLANTS THE MOST TREES IN THE WORLD?
SQUIRRELS (So thank the squirrels for OXYGEN!)
WHAT ACT COULD BLACK AMERICANS DO THAT IS CONSIDERED A THREAT BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT?
UNIFY.
WHO WAS SAGINAW, MI POST OFFICE'S FIRST BLACK WOMAN LOGISTICS COORDINATOR?
GRANDMA DORA
BLACK PEOPLE DONT SAY "TIME FOR DESSERT", INSTEAD WE WANT "S.S."
"SOMETHING SWEET"
WHAT AMERICAN CROP WAS CONSIDERED (& CAN STILL BE CONSIDERED) "KING"?
COTTON.
**THE USD ($) IS MADE OF 75% COTTON**
NAME A STRUCTURE THAT THE INDIGINOUS BLACKS OF NORTH AMERICA ARE KNOWN FOR BUILDING?
- MOUNDS (SIMILAR TO THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA)
- THE WELL BUILT BRICK HOMES & BUILDINGS OF AMERICA (BUILT WITH ARCHITECTURAL INTERGITY)
- THE RAILROADS OF AMERICA
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WORD HERITAGE?
THE IN(HER)ITANCE THAT ONE RECIEVES FROM THEIR MOTHER. (I.E.- CONNECTION TO YOUR LAND/ HOME COUNTRY, MITOCHONDRIAL DNA (THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL), INTELLIGENCE, ETC.)
**SO THANK YOUR FOREMOTHAS!**
WHITE FOLKS: "DONT DO THAT"
BLK FOLKS: "D.I.A."
WHAT CAN ONE CONSIDER HIS/HERS GREATEST ASSET?
(ONE OF THREE ANSWERS)
- BODY, MIND OR TIME
WHAT IS THE HOTTEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM?
VENUS- THE PLANET OF LOVE.
WHAT BLACK MAN CAN YOU THANK FOR BEING A KEY CONTRIBUTOR IN THE INVENTION OF THE LIGHT BULB, AS WELL AS THE AIR CONDITIONER?
LOUIS HOWARD LATIMER
WHAT AMERICAN INDIGENEOUS TRIBE DO WE DESCEND FROM ACCORDING TO GRANDMA HOLLIS?
THE CREEK INDIAN TRIBE OF ALABAMA
WHICH AMENDMENT PROTECTS BLACK AMERICANS THROUGH BIRTH RIGHTS CITIZENSHIP?
THE 14TH AMENDMENT PROTECTS