Q: Karamu House is the oldest continuously running Black theater in the nation. It resides in this city.
Test your knowledge with questions like this during Black History Month Jeopardy from 12:15 – 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in Meshel Hall. (answer below)
Second-year medicine student Roy James II hosts this lunch hour of fun and learning, sponsored by the Student National Medical Association. Contestants will go head-to-head in Black history-themed categories for their chance to win the grand prize. Whether a contestant or audience member, you will leave more knowledgeable than you came in. Students, please register on Campus Groups to be counted in for lunch. Faculty and staff do not need to register and should bring their own lunch.
A: Cleveland
Previous questions:
Q: She was the first Black principal ballerina of the American Ballet Theatre.
A: Misty Copeland
Q: Trained as a physician at Cornell Medical College, she was the first African American woman to travel to space.
A: Mae Jemison
Q: After a successful slave revolt, this country proclaimed its independence on Jan. 1, 1804, becoming the first Black Republic.
A: Haiti
Q: Hailing from the University of Michigan Medical School, this woman was the first female African American neurosurgeon in the U.S.
A: Dr. Alexa Irene Canady