Finish The Lyric
Is You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader?
Cult Classics
(For The Culture)
Blank & Blank
The NFL, but Black
Homophones
100

Already gave you the time and the place...

... So, don't be shy. Just come be the man I need.

100

This river, the longest in North America, flows south through 10 states before reaching the Gulf of Mexico.

What is the Mississippi River?

100

Set on a road trip from Los Angeles to Oakland, this 1993 film follows a hairdresser healing from grief through poetry.

What is Poetic Justice?

100

This Nickelodeon duo starred in a 90s sitcom where one schemed for money and the other couldn’t resist orange soda.

Who are Kenan & Kel?

100

This running back was the NFL’s first African American MVP, who was awarded in 1957, while playing for the Cleveland Browns.

Who is Jim Brown?

100

A winter vehicle & to serve a look!

What is sleigh/slay?

200

Oh, the weather outside is frightful...

...But the fire is so delightful. Since we've no place to go, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

200

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known by this name.

What is the Bill of Rights?

200

Set in a 1930s nightclub run by two generations of hustlers, this 1989 film brought together Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, and Redd Foxx.

What is Harlem Nights?

200

This method of problem-solving involves systematically testing possible solutions and eliminating those that fail to achieve the desired outcome.

What is trial & error?

200

This NFL Hall of Famer is the only athlete to play in both a Super Bowl and a World Series.

Who is Deion Sanders?

200

An informal trouser & a unit of heredity

What are jeans/genes?

300

What's the sense in sharing this one and only life...?

... Endin' up just another lost and lonely wife. You'll count up the years, and they will be filled with tears.

300

Evaluate: 6 + 4 × (3² − 5)

What is 14?

300

Making his film debut as "Q", he plays an aspiring DJ who becomes involved in a convenience store robbery and ends up with the "juice".

Who is Omar Epps?

300

This 1991 ballad asks, “If I gave you these two precious things, would you be happy?”

What are Diamonds & Pearls?

300

In 2023, he and Patrick Mahomes made history as the first two Black starting quarterbacks to face off in a Super Bowl.

Who is Jalen Hurts?

300

Lacking in refinement & a series of lectures

What is coarse/course?

400

Don't think I don't see them lookin' at ya. All of 'em wishin' they could have ya. And, as a matter of fact...

...A bunch of them are itchin' for you to scratch them.

400

A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides is known by this name.

What is a parallelogram?

400

In Menace II Society, Ronnie, portrayed by this actress, debates moving from Watts to Kansas to build a safer life for her son.

Who is Jada Pinkett Smith?

400

According to Mike, Slim & Rowland, this is the essential duo of high-school behaviors.

What is macking & hanging?

400

This Tennessee Titans quarterback led his team to Super Bowl XXXIV and shared the 2003 NFL MVP award with Peyton Manning.

Who is Steve McNair?

400

Identifying the agent performing an action & a shortened salutation

What is by/bye?

500

It's not very easy living all alone. My friends try and tell me find a man of my own...

... But each time I try, I just break down and cry. 'Cause I'd rather be home feeling blue. So, I'm saving all my love for you

500

In a food web, organisms that cannot make their own food but must consume other organisms are known by this term.

What are heterotrophs?

500

In the film Deliver Us From Eva, Ray is given this side dish as a secret "test of character" that many others have failed.

What is spicy baked beans?

500

This musical formulation synthesized African American rhythm traditions with the emerging electric instrumentation of the mid-century.

What is rock & roll?

500

This HBCU has produced more NFL Hall of Famers than any other historically Black college.

What is Grambling State University?

500

Audible & to be permitted

What is aloud/allowed?