Kwanzaa Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What does Kwanzaa mean in Swahili?
Answer:
First Fruits
2.
When is Kwanzaa celebrated?
Answer:
December 26th to January 1st
3.
Who created Kwanzaa?
Answer:
Maulana Karenga
4.
How many principles does Kwanzaa celebrate?
Answer:
Seven
5.
What are the colors of the Kwanzaa flag?
Answer:
Red, black, and green
6.
What does the color red represent?
Answer:
The blood of African people in their struggle for freedom
7.
What does the color black represent?
Answer:
The people of African descent
8.
What does the color green represent?
Answer:
The land of Africa and the future of African people
9.
What is the first principle of Kwanzaa?
Answer:
Umoja (Unity)
10.
What is the second principle of Kwanzaa?
Answer:
Kujichagulia (Selfdetermination)
11.
What is the third principle of Kwanzaa?
Answer:
Ujima (Collective responsibility)
12.
What is the fourth principle of Kwanzaa?
Answer:
Ujamaa (Cooperative economics)
13.
What is the fifth principle of Kwanzaa?
Answer:
Nia (Purpose)
14.
What is the sixth principle of Kwanzaa?
Answer:
Kuumba (Creativity)
15.
What is the seventh principle of Kwanzaa?
Answer:
Imani (Faith)
16.
What is the symbol of Umoja (Unity)?
Answer:
The black candle
17.
What is the symbol of Kujichagulia (Self-determination)?
Answer:
The red candle
18.
What is the symbol of Ujima (Collective responsibility)?
Answer:
The green candle
19.
What is the symbol of Ujamaa (Cooperative economics)?
Answer:
The black candle
20.
What is the symbol of Nia (Purpose)?
Answer:
The red candle
21.
What is the symbol of Kuumba (Creativity)?
Answer:
The green candle
22.
What is the symbol of Imani (Faith)?
Answer:
The black candle
23.
What is the name of the traditional Kwanzaa feast?
Answer:
Karamu
24.
What is the traditional greeting used during Kwanzaa?
Answer:
Habari Gani?
25.
What is the traditional Kwanzaa music?
Answer:
African music, drumming, and singing are common.
26.
What is the purpose of Kwanzaa?
Answer:
To celebrate African heritage and culture.
27.
What is the meaning of the seven candles on the Kinara?
Answer:
They represent the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
28.
What is the traditional Kwanzaa gift?
Answer:
Gifts are often symbolic and represent the principles of Kwanzaa.
29.
When was Kwanzaa first celebrated?
Answer:
1966
30.
What is the significance of the black, red, and green colors?
Answer:
They represent the PanAfrican colors.
31.
What does the word "Kinara" mean in Swahili?
Answer:
Candlestick
32.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that represents the unity of African people?
Answer:
The Mkeka (mat)
33.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that is a symbol of African heritage and culture?
Answer:
The Viburnum (corn)
34.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that is a symbol of the strength and resilience of African people?
Answer:
The Kikombe (cup)
35.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that is a symbol of the unity and harmony of African people?
Answer:
The Mishumaa Saba (seven candles)
36.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that represents the fruitfulness and abundance of African people?
Answer:
The Zawadi (gifts)
37.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that represents the unity and strength of the African people?
Answer:
The Umoja (unity)
38.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that represents the self-determination and freedom of the African people?
Answer:
The Kujichagulia (selfdetermination)
39.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that represents the collective responsibility of the African people?
Answer:
The Ujima (collective responsibility)
40.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that represents the cooperative economics of the African people?
Answer:
The Ujamaa (cooperative economics)
41.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that represents the purpose and destiny of the African people?
Answer:
The Nia (purpose)
42.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that represents the creativity and innovation of the African people?
Answer:
The Kuumba (creativity)
43.
What is the name of the Kwanzaa symbol that represents the faith and hope of the African people?
Answer:
The Imani (faith)
44.
What is the significance of the Kinara being placed in the center of the table?
Answer:
It symbolizes the importance of family and community.
45.
What is the ultimate goal of Kwanzaa?
Answer:
To build a strong and prosperous African community.
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