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100

"Don't bite off more than you can____"

What is "chew"?

100

Thanksgiving was first celebrated by Pilgrims and Native Americans in what year? 

What is 1621?

100

What is the name of the empire that controlled much of present-day Ghana before the arrival of Europeans?

What is the Ashanti Empire?

100

This author wrote the poem “Phenomenal Woman” and the memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Who is Maya Angelou 

100

The queen and king don't fare well on their voyage in this 2013 film; Daughters Anna and Elsa find their wrecked ship in the 2019 sequel. 

What is Frozen?

200

"If you want to go fast go alone; if you want to go far go______"

What is "together"?

200

Which U.S. President declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863?

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

Ghana was the first African country to gain independence from colonial rule. In what year did this happen?

What is 1957?

200

Who was the young lady who first refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, six months before Rosa Parks?

Who is Claudette Colvin?

200

Judge Frollo suffers a great fall from a cathedral in this 1996 flick

What is the Hunchback of Notre Dame?

300

"If you educate a man, you educate an individual. If you educate a woman, you educate a __."

What is "a nation"?

300

The Pilgrims celebrated their first Thanksgiving in which U.S. state?

What is Massachusetts?

300

Who was Ghana’s first president and a founding figure in the Pan-Africanist movement?

Who is Kwame Nkrumah?

300

Name the mathematician featured in Hidden Figures who played a crucial role in NASA’s early space missions.

Who is Katherine Johnson?

300

Tadashi dies in a fire in this 2014 movie, leaving Hiro devastated, but Baymax is there for him.

What is Big Hero Six?

400

"Until the lion learns to write, every story will ___ _____ ____"

What is "glorify/praise the hunter"?

400

This Native American tribe is said to have shared the first Thanksgiving meal with the Pilgrims.

Who are the Wampanoag?

400

Which river was dammed to create Lake Volta, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world?

What is the Volta River?

400

The first African American woman elected to Congress and a 1972 presidential candidate.

Who is Shirley Chisholm?


400

This wise and noble lion king taught his son about the Circle of Life before his untimely death in the Pride Lands.

Who is Mufasa?

500

"The child who will not allow the mother to sleep must also __."

What is "stay awake"?

500

Thanksgiving was initially celebrated on the last Thursday of November but was moved to the fourth Thursday by this president. 

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

500

This queen mother of the Ashanti led a war of resistance against British colonizers in 1900.

Who is Yaa Asantewaa?

500

This journalist and activist led anti-lynching campaigns in the late 19th century and co-founded the NAACP.

Who is Ida B. Wells?

500

In The Princess and the Frog, Ray the lightning bug serenades this "evening star," believing her to be the love of his life shining in the night sky.

Who is Evangeline?