Gulliver Deep Dive
During this time on Wednesdays you can expect to have Raider Matters, assemblies, and cultural celebrations.
What is Community Time?
This U.S. president challenged the country to land a person on the moon before the end of the 1960s.
Who is Kennedy?
This Nobel Peace Prize winner founded the Missionaries of Charity and became known for serving the poor in Kolkata, India.
Who is Mother Teresa?
This network of routes and safe houses helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the 1800s.
This animal is the largest rodent in the world.
What is a capybara?
This is the year that Gulliver was founded.
What is 1926?
This oceanographer explored the deep sea and co-invented the Aqua-Lung, helping open underwater exploration to the world.
Jacques Cousteau
This former U.S. president became strongly associated with Habitat for Humanity after leaving office.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
This boycott began after Rosa Parks was arrested and became a major victory in the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This is the largest and heaviest organ in the human body.
What is skin?
This is the number of FHSAA championships that our boys' soccer teams have won.
What is 9?
This teenage activist from Sweden became known around the world for challenging leaders to act on climate change.
Who is Greta Thunberg?
This global nonprofit is known for providing medical care in conflict zones, disasters, and underserved areas.
What is Doctors without Borders?
This rock and roll trio is widely regarded as responsible for the explosion of grunge rock in the 90's.
Who is Nirvana?
This animal has three hearts and blue blood.
What is the octopus?
From the Deans: Colleges and employers often review this online collection of posts, photos and comments before making decisions.
What is a digital footprint?
As a teenager, Boyan Slat created a plan to remove plastic from the Great Garbage Patch in this ocean.
What is the Pacific?
This NBA player opened the I PROMISE School in Akron, Ohio, to support at-risk students and families. He is also almost unanimously considered the GOAT.
Who is LeBron James?
This English football club won the Premier League title in 2016 despite being longshots at 5000-1
What is Leicester City?
This theoretical boundary around a black hole is the point beyond which nothing can escape.
What is the event horizon?
This is the number of signature programs offered at the Upper School.
What is 7? (architecture, biomedical sciences, digital mass media, engineering, business, and international diplomacy/legal studies
This Himalayan ethnic group is essential to many Mount Everest expeditions, helping guide climbers and carry supplies at high altitude.
What are Sherpas?
In 2025, Phil and Penny Knight pledged $2 billion to cancer research in Oregon. Their money came from his co-founding of this famous company.
What is Nike?
This World War II research effort brought together scientists, engineers, and military leaders to develop the first atomic bombs.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This is the chemical symbol for gold.
What is Au?