Who is?
Who was?
GDS
Mystery
Fun Facts!
100

Who is world-famous Black and female singer who loves hot sauce?

Who is Beyoncé?

100

Who invented the hot comb?

Who is Madame C.J. Walker?

100

What year was GDS integrated?

1945 (It's always been integrated! The first in D.C.!)

100

What is the name of the founder of Pattern haircare and actress in Black-ish?

Who is Tracee Ellis Ross?

100

True or false: Sharks are mammals.

False (Dolphins are!)

200

Who is a Black woman that plays for the United States National Soccer Team as a left-back?

Who is Crystal Dunn?

200

Who was the first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress? (We didn't do this person in S2S)

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

200

What year did GDS become one campus?

2020

200

What skincare brand makes Black sunscreen that leaves no white cast?

Black Girl Sunscreen

200

True or false: Tug of war was in the Olympics from 1900 to 1919.

False! (It was from 1900 to 1920)

300

Who wrote The Color Purple?

Who is Alice Walker?

300

Who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God?

Who is Zora Neale Hurston?

300

Free 300 points!

Yay!

300

True or false: honey does not spoil.

True!

300

True or false: The Eiffel Tower was originally made for Barcelona.

True!

400

Who played Starr in the Hate U Give Movie?

Who is Amandla Stenberg?

400

Who was one of the founders of the NAACP?

Who is Ida B. Wells?

400

How many students are enrolled at GDS. (estimation)

About 1,075

400

What is the chemical symbol of tungsten the elements on the PT?

W

400

What percent of watermelon is water?

92%

500

Who is an African-American female activist who helped the civil rights movement in Louisiana and was born in 1954? (We didn't do this person in S2S)

Who is Ruby Bridges?

500

Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993?

Who was Toni Morrison?

500

What percent of GDS is Black? (about)

About less than 40%

500

What was the first colony to ban slavery in 1777?

Vermont

500

What is the Black population in the U.S. as a percentage? (in 2023)

14.4% (14% is an okay answer)