Black Music
This artist is known as “Queen Bey” and got her start as a member of Destiny’s Child
Who is Beyonce?
This man delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
In what movie is the main character’s catch phrase “how YOU doin?”
What phrase do you say before starting to tell a story (especially drama)
”Tell me why”
what did your mom say before going into the grocery store?
Don’t look at nothing, don’t touch nothing, don’t ask for nothing, don’t even think about anything
In Meek Mill’s famous song Dreams and Nightmares, what comes after the line “I used to pray for times like this to rhyme like this?”
”So i had to shine grind like that to shine like this”
She refused to give up her seat on the Montgomery bus in 1955
Who is Rosa Parks?
What black show had multiple instances of the same actor in every scene
What is Martin?
What is a word that black black people often use in place of the word “gonna”
finna
what does your mom say when she think you’re lying?
lemme find out
What was the name of group that Michael Jackson got his debut in? What were 3 songs they made?
2. I want you back, ABC, Blame it on the Boogie, I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, et cetera
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled segregation of schools as unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This 1994 Spike Lee film tells the story of a young girl named Troy growing up in Brooklyn during the 1970’s
What is Crooklyn?
this acronym refers to the variety of English historically spoken by black communities
What is AAVE (African-American vernacular English)
what does your mom say when you get a little too friendly with her?
I am not yo little friend
This organization was founded in 1909 by W.E.B. De Bois and others; one of the oldest civil rights groups
What is NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
this 1992 film directed by John Singleton made him the youngest person ever nominated for best director at the Oscars and explores life in South Central Los Angeles
What is Boyz-N-The-Hood?
What was the ”black tiktok” circa 2019
What is dubsmash?
instead of saying, don’t talk back again what would a black mom say?
I dare you to talk back again
Black music from back during slavery has evolved into foundational genres like…? (Name 5)
Blues, Jazz, R&B, Rock and Roll, Soul, Funk, Rap
Who was the first black woman to travel in space?
Who is Mae Jamison?
as of 2025 how many Madea movies are in Tyler Perry‘s film franchise this does not include the plays
14 Madea movies
For 500 points, get up and perform a dubsmash dance to you best ability, song of your choice. OR name the girl who created the renegade.
Who is Jalaiah Harmon?
when you get new clothes/shoes what does your black mama ask when you get home?
What they say about your new clothes/shoes