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Final Jeopardy
100
The year Gilman first opened
1897
100
Gilman's longest-serving headmaster, who graduated in 1947, and who the Athletic Center is named in honor 
Redmond C. S. Finney '47
100
The athletic facility that opened in 1976, and is where you'll find the water polo and swimming teams
Gilman Pool
100
Gilman's mascot, which was chosen from a student contest in 1961
Greyhound
100
Beginning in 1914, Gilman has played this school's football team 105 times
McDonogh
200
The School was originally called this before changing its name in 1910
The Country School for Boys
200
The Middle School Library is named after this 1935 Gilman graduate who gave his senior speech about the sinking of the Titanic
Walter Lord
200
The location of Gilman's first campus
Homewood, now part of Johns Hopkins University
200
The Gilman Five, which former Gilman Headmaster John Schmick introduced in 2009
Honor, Integrity, Respect, Humility, Excellence
200
Allen M. Barrett, Sr. '40, Allen M. Barrett, Jr. '67, and Allen Barrett, III '03, all won this sport's highest award, which is played on the field bearing their name
Baseball
300
This became the first building to open to students on Gilman's current campus
Main Building - now called Carey Hall, opened in October 1910
300
The originator of the Gilman School idea, who the Upper School building is named after
Anne Galbraith Carey
300
This building originally opened in 1972 and is named after a surgeon who simultaneously served on the Boards of both Gilman and McDonogh
John M. T. Finney Middle School
300
Former Latin teacher Anton Vishio began this tradition that 8th-grade students still run in the spring
Chariot Race
300
In 1932, coach and faculty member Edward W. Brown establishes this team at Gilman. George Chandlee '32 serves as captain and midfielder on that team
Lacrosse
400
Gilman first began formal coordinated classes with this school in 1973
Bryn Mawr School
400
The Gilman Lower School is named after this former Headmaster, who led Gilman from 1943 to 1963, stressed community service and the Honor Code, and pushed for Gilman to integrate.
Henry Callard
400
Built with the thought that fresh air would both stop the spread of contagious diseases, and help the students learn, this Gilman school had no windows and was open to the elements
The Open Air School, which operated from 1911 to 1922
400
The phrase that is missing from this 1907 drawing of the original school shield
Ad Astra
400
Gilman's newest varsity sport
Volleyball
500
Self-proclaimed as the "fantastic four," the first four Black alumni graduated from Gilman in this year
1968
500
Gilman's first African American faculty member, who was also the School's assistant head, director of Upward Bound, and director of Middle and Upper School admissions during a career that lasted from 1968 to 2001. 
Bill Greene
500
Designed by Gilman's superintendent of maintenance, this space opened in 1956
Alumni Auditorium
500
Gilman's first student publication, which began publication in 1901, and has a similar name to a current Middle School Publication
The Blue and The Gray
500
A predecessor the MIAA, Gilman was a founding member of this athletic association
MSA/Maryland Scholastic Association
500
In 1997, Gilman celebrated 100 years - called the Centennial; the 125th anniversary is called this Latin-inspired word.
Quasquicentennial