Whitney Young HS
Whitney Young HS
Whitney M. Young
Advisory 812
100

The school colors

What are orange and blue?

100
The commonly used name for the first floor of the Academic Building
What is the Maze?
100

An American civil rights activist and leader

Who was Whitney Young?

100

The year that 812 will be graduating

When is 2028?

200

The floor the English and History departments.

What is the 2nd floor of the Academic building?

200

The person the Athletic Complex outside was named after

Who is Michelle Obama?

200

Another well-known civil rights leader/activist that Whitney Young worked closely with

Who was Martin Luther King Jr?

200

The Freshman advisor

(This is the teacher who sends you updates throughout the year.  Also, some of you might have this teacher as your biology teacher.)

Who is Ms. Smith?

300

The animals that got loose in the school a few years ago

What are birds?

300

Whitney Young's principal before Principal Harris

Who is Dr. Joyce Kenner?

300
An event in 1963 that Whitney Young helped organize, now a historic moment in the civil rights movement

What was the March on Washington?

300

The classes that 812's amazing advisor teaches

What is Spanish I and AP Spanish Literature?

400

The zip code the school is in

What is 60607?

400

The number of clubs at Whitney Young (this year)

(Anything within 10 of the actual number counts)

What is 160?

400

The missing word in this quote by Whitney Young: "I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular, but I would like to think that at a crucial moment, I was a(n) _____ voice of the voiceless, a(n) ______ hope of the hopeless."

(Hint: You see this quote every time you walk past the library!)

What is effective?

400

The test you'll be taking in the spring

Trick question!

It used to be the PSAT, but since Illinois switched back to the ACT this year, it is yet to be determined (you will be taking SOMETHING though :))

500

The name of the school's mascot

Who is Flip the Dolphin?

500

The decade the high school was founded in

What are the 1970s?

500
The name that the "M" in Whitney M. Young stands for.

What is Moore?

500

812's counselor

Who is Ms. Jimenez?