African American board game system and method

A method for playing an African American board game, comprising

• selecting a playing card from a plurality of playing cards corresponding to a subject category and a time period indicated on a playing section on an African American game board, wherein the subject category and time period include a subject category and an African American cultural time period;
• selecting a numeric code from a plurality of numeric codes on the selected playing card, wherein the plurality of numeric codes and are used to retrieve question and answer data from a hand held audio-visual device included with the game board, wherein the hand held audio-visual device displays audio, video and electronic textual information for question and answer data including the subject categories and African American cultural time periods from non-volatile storage on the hand held audio-visual device and wherein the non-volatile storage on the hand held audio-visual device is also used for storing the plurality of numeric codes, wherein a selected numeric code manually entered into the hand-held audio video device is used to retrieve question and answer data from the non-volatile storage corresponding to the numeric code,
• wherein the hand held audio-visual apparatus includes separate specialized buttons one specifically for selecting audio snippets and one specifically for selecting video snippets to be played, and wherein the specialized buttons are also used repeating an audio snippet or video snippet after it has been played and used for providing additional audio clues or visual clues for retrieved question and answer data when the specialized buttons are pushed additional times, wherein new or additional question and answer data and more complex question and answer data are stored on one or more external servers on a communications network, wherein the complex question and answer data includes and longer audio and video snippets to large to be stored in the original non-volatile storage, wherein the one or more external servers on the communications network are accessed on the hand held audio-visual device via the one or more interface ports during game play thereby providing new or additional question and answer data and more complex question and answer data that did not exist at a time the non-volatile storage was created or was too large to be stored in the non-volatile storage on the hand held audio-visual device, wherein new or additional question and answer data and the more complex questions and answer data is obtained either directly or randomly from the one or more external servers instead of from the non-volatile storage during game play wherein the non-volatile storage can be re-programmed with new or additional question and answer data or more complex question and answer data via the interface port;
• entering manually the selected numeric code into the hand held audio visual device to display question and answer data including a question with a plurality of answer selections and wherein the question data includes electronic text, and a related audio snippet or a video snippet, wherein the plurality of numeric codes includes a plurality of four-digit numeric codes grouped by the subject categories and the time periods for the subject categories.

An African American board game system, comprising in combination:

• a game board playing means having a playing surface divided into a plurality of sections, each section comprising a subject category related to an African American cultural time period for the subject category;
• a numeric code selection means including a subject category related to the African American cultural time period for the subject category, wherein a numeric code is selected from a plurality of numeric codes used to retrieve question and answer data from an audio-visual means displayed as electronic text, audio snippets or video snippets, wherein the wherein the plurality of numeric codes includes a plurality of four-digit numeric codes grouped by the subject categories and the time periods for the subject categories and;
• a hand held audio-visual means included with the game board playing means comprising a display, an alpha numeric key-pad, a speaker, a processor, one or more interface ports, a power source and non-volatile storage for storing audio, video and electronic textual information for question data including the subject categories and the African American cultural time periods and wherein the non-volatile storage is used for storing the plurality of numeric codes, wherein a selected numeric code manually entered into the hand held audio video means is used to retrieve question and answer data from the non-volatile storage corresponding to the numeric code, wherein the hand held audio-visual apparatus includes separate specialized buttons one specifically for selecting audio snippets and one specifically for selecting video snippets to be played, wherein the hand held audio-visual apparatus includes specialized buttons for selecting audio snippets and video snippets to be played, wherein the specialized buttons are also used repeating an audio snippet or video snippet after it has been played and used for providing additional audio or visual clues for retrieved question and answer data when the specialized buttons are pushed additional times, and wherein a shape of the hand held audio-visual means comprises a shape of profile of a non-historical, historical or a fictional African American person, wherein new or additional question and answer data and more complex question and answer data are stored on one or more external servers on a communications network, wherein the complex question and answer data includes and longer audio and video snippets to large to be stored in the original non-volatile storage, wherein the one or more external servers on the communications network are accessed on the hand held audio-visual device via the one or more interface ports during game play thereby providing new or additional question and answer data and more complex question and answer data that did not exist at a time the non-volatile storage was created or was too large to be stored in the non-volatile storage on the hand held audio-visual device, wherein new or additional question and answer data and the more complex questions and answer data is obtained either directly or randomly from the one or more external servers instead of from the non-volatile storage during game play wherein the non-volatile storage can be re-programmed with new or additional question and answer data or more complex question and answer data via the interface port.