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Innovation
Black History in STEM
Latina History in STEM
Wildcard
100

This library, known for its grand architecture and quiet study spaces, is a favorite among students during finals season.

What is Butler Library?

100

This AI model, developed by OpenAI, uses machine learning to generate human-like text based on the input it receives.

What is ChatGPT?

100

This non-profit organization strives to increase Black representation in technical fields by exposing girls aged 7-17 to programming, robotics, design, and more.

What is Black Girls CODE?

100

This organization, founded in 1974, supports Latinas in their pursuit of higher education and careers in STEM.

What is the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)?

100

This 1985 science fiction film follows a teenager who accidentally travels back in time to 1955.

What is "Back to the Future"?

200

This professor is famed for creating the notoriously challenging Advanced Programming course.

Who is Jae Woo Lee?

200

This Harvard dropout went on to create the world's most influential social media platform.

Who is Mark Zuckerburg?

200

This woman calculated orbital trajectories, as seen in the film Hidden Figures

Who is Katherine Johnson?

200

Known as the "First Latina in Space," this tech leader is also a veteran astronaut for NASA.

Who is Ellen Ochoa?

200

This object became the most liked photo on Instagram in 2019, surpassing a record previously held by Kylie Jenner.

What is an egg?

300

This class is required for both the electrical engineering and computer science majors.

What is Fundamentals of Computer Systems?

300

Founded by two friends in 1975, this company revolutionized personal computing with its GUI-based operating system.

What is Microsoft?

300

Joy Boulamwini founded this organization to reveal and remove digital racial bias from the AI programs that influence company culture and behavior in the tech industry. Her research has brought to light bias in major companies such as Amazon.

What is the Algorithmic Justice League? 

300

In 2008 during a design internship at Apple, this woman was tasked with creating a set of 500 emojis, a term she had never even heard of at that point. Her designs went on the revolutionize communication.

Who is Angela Guzman?

300

This Puerto Rican artist earned the distinction of being the most streamed artist globally on Spotify in 2020.

Who is Bad Bunny?

400

This dining place can be smelled the moment you enter Mudd for your office hours.

What is Chef Don's?

400

This device transformed the mobile industry with a sleek, multi-touch interface that combined music, internet, and phone capabilities.

What is the iPhone?

400

This woman served as the first Black manager at NASA, formally the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). She contributed to several projects such as algebraic methods for calculating machines' handbooks and other problems. 

Who is Dorothy Vaughan? 

400

This woman is an Afro-Latina entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Knac, a talent management platform that transforms job applications processes by reducing bias.

Who is Ariel Lopez?

400

This individual, known for serving as the 44th president of the United States, is also a notable alumnus of Columbia University.

Who is Barack Obama?

500

This professor teaches data structures, but plays the organ in his free time. 

Who is Brian Borowski?

500

This now-defunct health tech company aimed to revolutionize blood testing, but was later charged with massive fraud.

What is Theranos?

500

This person was the first Black woman to earn a Doctorate in Computer Science from Harvard University.

Who is Deborah Washington Brown?

500

Born in Puerto Rico, this woman grew up to be America’s first surgeon general.

Who is Antonia Novello?

500

This song by Roddy Ricch spent 11 consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 2020, and broke the record for the most streams in a week.

What is “The Box”?

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