"Edu•tain" Your Mind

She was a master storyteller and an award-winning science fiction writer whose visionary novels included "Kindred", "Wild Seed", "Parable of the Sower", "Mind of My Mind", and "Patternmaster", a story about a group of mentally superior beings known as "Patternists" who are telepathically connected to one another and descended from a four thousand year old Nubian.

a. Zora Neale Hurston                 c. Gwendolyn Brooks
b. Octavia Butler                         d. Margaret Walker

Referred to as the "forgotten genius", this brilliant scientist pioneered a treatment for glaucoma from the calabar bean, and through his work as an industrial chemist, successfully synthesized the hormones progesterone and testosterone from soybeans and wild yams. His groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the steroid drug industry's production of cortisone which is used to relieve joint pain, swelling and inflammation in conditions such as arthritis, and which is also used to prevent organs from being rejected during transplant operations.

a. David Harold Blackwell           c. Percy Lavon Julian
b. George Washington Carver     d. Mark E. Dean

The U.S. Constitution was modeled after the form of government practiced by this indigenous Native nation, who for centuries before the arrival of Europeans, had been ruling themselves based upon the democratic principles of peace, equity and justice for all, and through councils in which "the power of the good minds" ensured that the interests of all the people was fairly represented.

a. Iroquois Confederacy            c. Seminole Nation
b. Cherokee Nation                   d. Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation  

Can you name the city and state where the following three settlements, Sandy Ground, Seneca Village, and Weeksville, each of them founded in the early 1800's by freed Blacks, once thrived?

a. Rosewood, Florida                c. Savannah, Georgia
b. Topeka, Kansas                     d. New York, New York

Legendary Hawaiian surfer who pioneered modern shortboard surfing and whose creative skateboard style maneuvers on the surfboard, which included 360 degree turns, inspired his uncle and others to regard him as "the innovator of modern day surfing."

a. Zoobadee Lau                       c. Eddie Aikau
b. Ben Aipa                               d. Buttons Kaluhiokalani

Adapted from a West African folk tale, this award-winning animated film was produced in France and widely acclaimed for its beautiful scenery, engaging storyline, multi-dimensional characters, and realistic portrayal of life in an African village.

a. Mufaro's Beautiful Daugthers    c. The Lion King
b. Kirikou and the Sorceress        d. Anansi Does the Impossible

This female student from Washington, D.C. is believed to have been the first Black student to ever achieve a perfect score on the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) that is used for college admissions.  She eventually went on to study computer science at Harvard University where she graduated cum laude and afterwards worked as a computer scientist for the Department of Defense.

a. Skylar Byrd                             c. Autumn Ashante
b. Lisa Williamson                       d. Sara Jones