Pop Culture
The first woman to win a Grammy (1959).
What is Ella Fitzgerald?
This tennis superstar has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
What is Serena Williams?
This civil rights activist refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
This NASA mathematician helped calculate flight trajectories for the Apollo missions and was portrayed in the film Hidden Figures.
What is Katherine Johnson?
When was Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. founded?
What is January 16, 1920?
The first Black woman to win an Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama Series for How to Get Away with Murder.
What is Viola Davis?
This American gymnast has won more World Championship medals than any gymnast in history.
What is Simone Biles?
This abolitionist escaped slavery and later became a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
What is Harriet Tubman?
This primatologist is famous for her groundbreaking research studying chimpanzees in Tanzania.
What is Jane Goodall?
Finish the lyric: “To the left, to the left, everything you own …”
What is "in a box to the left?"
This singer's 1992 cover of "I Will Always Love You" became one of the best selling singles of all time.
What is Whitney Houston?
This Olympic swimmer won five medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, including four golds, making her one of the most decorated female swimmers in history.
What is Katie Ledecky?
This 9-year-old girl became the first Black student to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.
What is Ruby Bridges?
The HeLa cell line, widely used in medical research and vaccine development, came from cells taken from this woman without her knowledge in 1951.
What is Henrietta Lacks?
Finish the lyric: "I’m friends with the monster that’s under my bed …”
What is "Get along with the voices inside of my head?”
The first Black woman to win an Emmy for Lead Actress in a comedy series for Abbott Elementary.
What is Quinta Brunson?
This track star broke the 400m hurdles world record multiple times and won Olympic gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
What is Sydney Mclaughlin-Levrone?
This civil rights leader became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968 and later ran for president in 1972.
What is Shirley Chisholm?
This astronaut made history in 1992 as the first Black woman to travel to space.
What is Mae Jemison?
What movie did this famous line come from, "I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom."
What is Mean Girls?
The first Black woman to win three Emmy Awards for producing and starring in the HBO series Insecure.
What is Issa Rae?
This WNBA superstar became the first player in league history to win both Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season in 2008.
What is Candace Parker?
What year did the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement start?
What is 2013?
This scientist became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize.
What is Marie Curie?
What movie is this famous line from? "I don't know what this is all about...but I'm going up this mountain to save my marriage."
What is Why Did I Get Married?