by BlastRoom
Traffic signals, light bulbs, blood banks, video game cartridges and more: Black inventors and scientists who changed everyday life.
20 questions
One question set, multiple game modes. Tap any game to see it in action. Not sure which to pick?
Answer to place stones and capture territory.
Outrun the snow together.
Earn blasts, then hunt the other teams.
Answer to earn energy, then climb.
Answer to charge your kart, then race.

The class blasts through walls together.
Bid on mystery lots. Most money wins.
Sell tours. Nice, standard, or a total scam.
Answer, restock, and serve the rush.
More correct answers pulls the rope your way.
Answer, then shoot down the alien wave.
Answer, then tap to leap the frozen ridge.
In 1923, Garrett Morgan patented an improved version of which road safety device?

In 1916, Garrett Morgan used his own invention to rescue workers trapped in a smoke-filled tunnel under Lake Erie. What had he invented?

Madam C. J. Walker built a successful business making and selling what?

Lewis Latimer helped light bulbs last longer by inventing a better way to make which part?

Lewis Latimer drew the patent drawings for whose telephone in 1876?

George Washington Carver taught farmers to plant peanuts and sweet potatoes after cotton. Why?

George Washington Carver taught and did his research for most of his life at which school in Alabama?

Before becoming an astronaut, Mae Jemison trained as what?

Which book and film tell the story of Katherine Johnson and other Black women mathematicians at NASA?

Dr. Charles Drew found ways to store something for longer, so it could save lives during World War II. What was it?

Lonnie Johnson, an engineer who worked on NASA space projects, invented which popular toy?

Marie Van Brittan Brown invented an early home security system. What did it let people do?

In 1915, chemist Alice Ball developed an injectable treatment for which disease?

Jerry Lawson led the team behind the Fairchild Channel F, the first home video game console to use what?

Frederick McKinley Jones invented a portable cooling unit for trucks. What did it let them do?

Dr. Patricia Bath invented a laser tool that helps doctors treat which eye condition?

Engineer Mark Dean helped build which company's personal computer in the early 1980s?

Granville Woods invented a telegraph system that let people send messages between train stations and what?

In 1892, Sarah Boone patented an improved version of which household item?

In the 1750s, Benjamin Banneker built a clock that struck the hours. It was made almost entirely of what?

Crack the passcode before the zombies get in.
Answer, then swat bugs for bonus points.
Race through questions at your own speed.
Same question on every screen. Fastest wins.

Pick a tile, answer, hit bonuses and steals.