Herstory Quiz Bowl

This Sheru invented the ironing board.

This Black Queen’s cells were stolen from her and used in cancer treatments/research; 70 years after her transition.

This queen was an abolitionist, journalist and feminist. She started her own newspaper and led an anti-lynching crusade.

The first African-American author to write and have a book of poetry published was an enslaved Sheru named

This Sheru is the greatest and most accomplished Tennis player "eva"- ever.

Finish this line from the Queen of Hip Hop Soul, "and no time for moping around are you kidding..."

This queen was once a prostitute before becoming one of the most celebrated poets and civil rights activists in history

This Queen was the first confirmed Pharaoh. She was the last ruler of the 12th dynasty in Egypt: 1806-1802 BC.

Mahalia Jackson is arguably the greatest Gospel singer ever.She sold millions but here she sings this for the movement:

In 1627, this Queen forged alliances with other nations as she led the Mbundu people in a 30 year war against Portugal.

Despite arrests and threats this Sheru continued performing her 1939 protest song Strange Fruit about lynching.

This African Sheru was the 1st woman to immaculately conceive a savior. Her son Heru is where we get the word Hero.

This Sheru was a powerful abolitionist and her "Ain’t I A Woman" speech electrified the 1851 Woman’s rights convention.

The Queen used her majestic hands to sculpt great works of art during the Harelem Renaissance.

This Queen coined the term "intersectionality" to define the unique way black women experience oppression.

In response to the 1896 British attack on Ashanti land, this Queen was named Commander in Chief and defeated them.

This Sheru escaped slavery by disguising herself as a white woman while pretending that her husband was her slave.

This Black queen is only 4 foot 8, yet she set 6 world records in gymnastics in 2020 with her double double dismount.

This Black Queen was pulled over, arrested, and jailed. 3 days later she was found hanging from her cell. Say her name!

Who was the first African American women inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

This Queen led the African National Congress after her husband went to jail. For 27 years, she fought against Apartheid

This Queen, Roselyn Payne Epps, became the first woman president of The...

This Sheru was the 1st self-made woman millionaire in America. She petitioned Pres. Wilson to make lynching a fed crime.

Indie Aire wrote empowering songs like Video and I'm NOT My Hair helping redefine black beauty; earning 1st Grammy's in

Shirley Jackson, the 1st black queen to receive a Dr. at MIT and Head the Nuclear Regulatory Comm. Her research led to__

During and after prohibition, with Bumpy Johnson as her enforcer, this Harlem Queen never gave into the Mafia.

In 1966, this queen, an African-American nurse named Mary Van Brittan Brown co-invented...

This Sheru galvanized people to action through fiery speeches, Freedom rides, Greensboro sit-ins and so much much more.

"You're leaving me for a white woman?Would it help if she was black?No. It would help if you were black" was written by:

This Sheru became the 1st African-American woman senator and only the second Black U.S. Senator since Reconstruction.

Ma'at the Kmtian goddess of Balance and Harmony is represented by

Rapsody's Album EVE pays homage to female greats. On this song she celebrates Ibtihaj Muhammed. A Muslim American...

This Sheru once said, “I freed a thousand slaves, coulda freed a thousand mo’ if only they knew they were slaves.”

This Sheru was the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first black to seek the Presidential nomination.

This Sheru was a divorced mother of five surviving off welfare, when she became the 1st Black woman to become a mayor .

Born Joanne Chesimard this revolutionary Sheru broke out of prison after being falsely convicted of killing a policeman.

She was the first American woman to be trained as a scientist astronaut by NASA and developed cures for motion sickness.

This Black Queen was the first to be crowned Ms. America (1983) and she is one of the most successful of all time.

This Queen was named after the Prophet Muhammed's first wife. She is the first lady of The Nation of Islam.

This black queen was nicknamed THE EMPRESS OF THE BLUES. She was the most popular female blues singer in the 1920s.

This Black Queen was an Obeah (West African spiritualist) who led a community of enslaved folks in Jamaica to Freedom.

Florence Griffith Joyner still holds the title of The Fastest Queen ever. She won 3 Olympic Gold Medals in which year?

"Oh! Now you're gonna shoot me in my pinky toe" is a famous line from this Queen in the 90's comedy Harlem Nights.

No one has done more than this Queen in the fight for REPARATIONS for African- Americans.

This Sheru, Audre Lorde published her first book of poems, The First Cities in what year?

Young queen, Jalaiah Harmon from Atlanta created this viral dance, that garnered sponsorships and paid performances.

Born into enslavement in the mid to late 1800’s, this Black Queen invented a bed that folds up into an office desk.

Cicely Tyson played this Queen in a inspiring story about her work as phenomenal Educator from Chicago. She is...

These two strong and accomplished Queens helped lead the United Negro Improvement Association. Hint:Marcus Garvey wives.