General Knowledge
The longest river in the world
The Nile
The rhetor behind the famous 1963 speech entitled, "I Have a Dream."
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The fictional Indiana town in which the sci-fi series “Stranger Things” takes place.
Hawkins
The place that Val's favorite artist is from (hint: he just performed at the Super Bowl)
Puerto Rico
The form of engagement that Val encourages during class
Participation
The capitol of Japan
Tokyo
The first Black woman to host her own nationally syndicated talk show in 1986.
Oprah Winfrey
The first Black artist to headline Coachella in 2018, delivering a historically Afrocentric performance
Beyoncé
The rapper who recently visited NSU
J. Cole
A category of texts that share similar audiences,purposes, contents, and forms.
Genre
The best-selling book of all time, according to Guinness World Records
The Bible
The first HBCU, which was founded in 1837
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
The clothing brand that faced backlash for a 2025 denim campaign starring actress Sydney Sweeney
American Eagle
The U.S. state that character Sandy Cheeks hails from in the TV show, SpongeBob SquarePants
Texas
The coming-of-age short story that explores themes of friendship and betrayal.
"Bebo," by Jared Jackson
The first film to gross over $2 billion in the box office
Avatar (2009)
The Civil Rights activist, lawyer, and co-founder of the NAACP.
W.E.B. DuBois
The basketball legend that appeared alongside the Looney Tunes characters in Space Jam
Michael Jordan
The popular reality TV dating show known for it's relatable or insufferable cast, depending on the season
Love Island
A genre of writing that is used to explore the writer's personal past through story-telling
The Personal Narrative
The country in which the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world is located
The Black novelist who is frequently cited as the greatest American author, and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Toni Morrison
The song that has spent the most weeks atop the Billboard 100
"Old Town Road," by Lil Nas X
The year that is currently romanticized due to a social media-driven nostalgia trend
2016
The five components of the rhetorical situation
Audience, Genre, Purpose, Context, and Stance