GESS TRIVIA
This is the address of GESS's former campus
What is Bukit Tinggi Road?
This teacher wrote the school song, "Roots and Wings"?
Who is Mr. Moran
This Singaporean bank, the largest in Southeast Asia, was originally founded as "The Development Bank of Singapore."
What is DBS Bank
These three components are what makes up the final member of the IB Core of TOK and EE
What is CAS: Creativity, Activity, Service
This is the name and type of animal of the GESS Mascot
What is GESSY, a lynx
This is the age of Mr. Pfister
What is 66
This is Singapore’s first and only Olympic gold medalist, won in this sport
Who is swimmer Joseph Schooling is swimming
This is the minimum IB score required to pass the diploma.
What is 24 points
These are GESS's 3 school values
What are: Respect, Openness, Diversity
Once during a school open evening, this teacher once caused all students and faculty to evacuate following a chemistry display, where two chemicals spontaneously reacted
Who is Ms. Scrivener
The MRT, Singapore’s public transport system, stands for this
What is Mass Rapid Transit
This is the exact CAS learning outcome that requires students to develop a "challenge or new skill."
What is Learning Outcome 2 (Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process)?
This is the amount many students attend GESS (Cushion of +/- 100)
What is 1900
This teacher once had to cover Grade 6 Physics for a whole semester — and genuinely enjoyed building electrical circuits with 11-year-olds
Who is Ms. Barnickel
This British official signed the 1819 treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah, establishing Singapore as a trading post.
Who is Sir Stamford Raffles
As of 2024, what is the percentage of students that score 45/45 in IB DP
What is less than 1%
This is year that GESS was founded
What is 1971
This teacher was hired to act in a promotional video for a conveyer belt manufacturer based in Hong Kong
Who is Mr. Walton
Singapore is one of the world’s smallest countries by land area. This is its total land area in square kilometers, (Cushion of 30 square kilometers)
What is 728.3 square kilometers
The Extended Essay is graded on these five criteria
What are: Focus and Method, Knowledge and Understanding, Critical Thinking, Presentation, and Engagement