Yay Area (SF Bay Area Facts)
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Scientific Leaders
100
Founded in 1966, this political organization is notable for their health activism researching sickle cell anemia and their free breakfast program?
The Black Panther Party (Oakland, CA)
100
This 5 time NBA champion was the first NBA player to win an Academy Award in 2018.
Kobe Bryant
100
In the movie Mean Girls, these four members make up the Plastics clique.
Regina George, Gretchen Weiner, Karen Smith, Cady Heron?
100
UCSF Professor Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel prize for identifying which 4 genes that when activated can convert any somatic cell into an embryonic stem cell?
What are Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, Myc (OSKM)
200
San Francisco’s most noteworthy annual event was originally started to honor the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.
San Francisco Pride
200
This US Women’s National Team soccer player is leading the way in the team’s lawsuit against US Soccer, accusing the federation of gender discrimination
Megan Rapinoe
200
This 24-year-old actor, raised in SF East Bay, won an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama for their performance in Euphoria.
Zendaya
200
This famous polish scientist is the first and only woman to ever win the Nobel prize twice, and the only person to ever with Nobel prizes in separate fields.
Who is Marie Curie
300
This artist from Vallejo, California won the 2021 Grammy Award for the song of the year “I Can’t Breathe”?
H.E.R
300
This 23 year old tennis player recently beat Serena Williams in the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
Naomi Osaka
300
The alternate dimension in Netflix’s Stranger Things.
The Upside Down
300
This famous scientist has advised seven presidents on HIV/AIDS and has recently stated, "my career and my identity has really been defined by HIV."
Who is Anthony Fauci
400
This term, originated in Oakland, is slang for “a lot of" or "many” and starts with a h?
Hella
400
Known for their civil rights activism, this athlete is an 11 time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and attended high school Oakland, California?
Bill Russell
400
In the show Insecure, Issa Rae works at this non-profit.
“We Got Y’all”?
400
This World War II veteran is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
Who is Alan Turing
500
This land structure was occupied by Native and Indigenous activists from 1969-71 and is now the site of the annual Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony?
Alcatraz Island
500
Since this piece of legislation was enacted in 1972, women's participation in college athletics has grown over 600%.
Title IX
500
This famous social media star was placed in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the first to reach both 50 million and 100 million followers on TikTok.
Charli D'Amelio
500
Name this famous lead software designer for the NASA's Apollo space project:
Who is Margaret Hamilton.