BHM Firsts
Movies/Shows Explained Badly
Black Women Make History
Black Science
Friday the 13th
100
First Black president of the United States
Who is Barack Obama?
100
Family. People driving cool cars around really fast. Because they're a family.
What is Fast and Furious?
100
Mary Bowser was a cook and spy who memorized Confederate documents and delivered them to the Union during this American conflict.
What is the Civil War?
100
James E West co-invented a special type of these devices, which convert electric signals into sound waves. These became standard in the music recording industry. His technology is still used in many telephones and hearing aids today.
What is a microphone?
100
On Friday March 13th 2020, President Trump declares this to be a national emergency.
What is Covid-19?
200
First hip hop act to headline the Superbowl as a solo act.
Who is Kendrick Lamar
200
Single father tries to destroy the universe with his Rock collection. Some super friends try to stop him.
What is Avengers?
200
During this conflict, the 6888th Airborne Division, aka 6 Triple 8, was tasked with delivering mail to troops mostly in the UK and France. 6 Triple 8 an predominantly Black and multi-ethnic all women division. It was made into a Movie starring Kerry Washington.
What is World War II?
200
an adaption certain animals, like chameleons, have to disguise themselves from predators.
What is the camouflage?
200
This popular video game, featuring the plumpers Mario and Luigi was released for the NES on Friday September 13th 1985
What is Super Mario Brothers?
300
Thurgood Marshall, became the first Black Chief Justice of this, the highest legal body in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
300
After the death of her parents a princes runs away. She decides she wants to build a snowman. Everything is cold.
What is Frozen?
300
in 1960, Ruby Bridges was the first black student to integrate and attend the public schools in this Louisiana city, normally known for Mardi Gras, Jazz, and Cajun/Creole culture.
What is New Orleans?
300
PC for short. Mark Dean helped develop the first one of these at IBM in the early 1980s. He went on to create systems that allowed PCs to communicate with printers.
What is Personal Computer?
300
On Friday October 13th 2017, Bruce Arenas announces he's stepping down as USA Soccer Head coach after his squad failed to qualify for this world wide tournament
What is the World Cup?
400
She is the first Black woman to win the Olympic Gold Medal in Gymnastics All-Around competition
Who is Simone Biles?
400
Young boy goes missing and his mother obsesses over christmas lights
What is Stranger Things?
400
Ella Baker was a Civil Rights and Labor activist/organizer. Because she was a woman, she was prevented from speaking at this event, known for MLK Jrs. I Have A Dream Speech at the Lincoln Memorial
What is The March on Washington?
400
Dr. Charles studied this process of collecting blood from a healthy person and giving it to an injured person. He also protested the segregation of blood banks at the Red Cross between Black and white service men.
What are blood transfusions?
400
UCLA researchers announced on Friday the 13th of January 2017 materials brought back from the Moon from this NASA mission program confirm its age is 4.51 million years old.
What is the Apollo program?
500
First Black woman to win Oscar for Best Actress for her role in Cat Woman. She was also immortalized in a song by Hurricane Chris.
What are gases?
500
A teen boys body changes and he starts climbing walls.
What is Spiderman?
500
Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first Black Woman one of these. She worked for the Freedman's Bureau in Richmond Virginia following the Civil War, focusing on treating women and children.
What is a Doctor?
500
Patricia Bath studied and treated these as a renowned ophthalmologist. She became the first Black doctor to complete a ophthalmology residency at UCLA. She developed treatments to address diseases that affect these things like cataracts and glaucoma.
What are eyes?
500
On Friday November 13th 2012, one of these occured in parts of Australia, where the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the sun.
What is an eclipse/Solar eclipse.