Teaching and Learning
Women Who Inspire
Pop Culture Class
Black Excellence
General Knowledge
100

This fruit is a traditional gift for teachers.

What is an apple?

100

She founded Bethune-Cookman University and fought for Black women’s education.

Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?

100

Quinta Brunson plays this cheerful teacher on Abbott Elementary.

Who is Janine Teagues?

100

She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

100

The national flower of the United States.

What is the rose?

200

NYC is home to the largest one of these in the U.S.

What is a school district?

200

Malala Yousafzai advocates for this cause.

What is girls’ right to education?

200

In Mean Girls, Ms. Norbury teaches this subject.

What is math?

200

The sorority founded in 1908 at Howard University that focuses on sisterhood and scholarship.

What is Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA)?

200

The only U.S. state named after a queen.

What is Virginia?

300

This term refers to a personalized education plan created for students with disabilities.

What is an IEP (Individualized Education Program)?

300

Known as the “Mother of Modern Nursing,” she emphasized education for women in medicine.

Who is Florence Nightingale?

300

This Disney character lived a “double life” as a student and a pop star.

Who is Hannah Montana?

300

She is known as the “First Lady of Civil Rights” and refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.

Who is Rosa Parks?

300

This planet is called the “teacher planet” in astrology because it represents wisdom and growth.

What is Jupiter?

400

This U.S. law, passed in 2001, required states to set academic standards and test students regularly to measure school performance.

What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?

400

She was the first African American woman principal in a New York City public school

Who is Sarah Garnet?

400

Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles, worked in this profession before managing her daughter’s career.

What is a hairdresser/salon owner?

400

Ran the shortest political campaign in modern history

Who is Kamala Harris?

400

An adult human body has this many bones.

What is 206?

500

This woman, born enslaved in 1858, became the first Black woman in the U.S. to earn a B.A. and went on to become a teacher and activist.

Who is Mary Jane Patterson?

500

She was the first woman to run for president of the United States in 1872.

Who is Victoria Woodhull?

500

The only three women who have won the Grammy for Rap Album of the Year

Who are Lauryn Hill, Carbi B, and Doechii? 

500

She was the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded in 1993.

Who is Toni Morrison?

500

This is the only letter not found in the name of any U.S. state.

What is Q?