History
This famous city in 79CE was destroyed when a nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted and covered the city in ash and volcanic debris.
What is Pompeii?
This element's atomic number is 6 on the periodic table. Diamonds are mainly composed of this element as well.
What is Carbon?
This famous author was responsible for creating the legendary trilogy "Lord of the Rings".
Who is J. R. R. Tolkien?
In a ordinary game of Chess, this piece has the most freedom to move around the board.
What is The Queen?
This ASES staff member always does a Super Smash Bros. Tournament with the students every Friday.
Who is Mr. Zhu?
This historical period after the "Middle Ages" was the spark of a rebirth towards European culture through artistic, political, and economic endeavors.
What is The Renaissance?
This Newton’s Law states that 'for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction'.
What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?
This famous novel contains the story of a young scientist who creates a sentient monster in an unorthodox scientific experiment. This story has led to the creation of one of the most famous "Classic Monsters" in history.
What is "Frankenstein"?
This family-friendly cartoon focuses on a dog family that loves to play games, makes new dog friends, and learn valuable life lessons through their adventures.
What is "Bluey"?
This ASES staff member used to professionally dance folklorico back in the day.
Who is Mr. Jose?
This famous Russian figure was believed to be a mystic and faith healer despite it being a myth. He was close to the Romanov family and a song was made in honor of the Russian man.
Who is Rasputin?
This common fruit is slightly radioactive due to having high concentrations of Potassium. But don't worry though, nothing would happen after eating a few here or there.
What is a banana?
This famous Greek author is known to be a poet in oral tradition. He can be called the Father of Greek Mythology as he composed "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey".
Who is Homer?
This woman is the ever woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, gaining the titled "Queen of Soul" and gaining a little R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This ASES staff member has played 7 different sports growing up, including softball.
Who is Miss Rachel?
This government plan was enacted during the Great Depression by President Roosevelt to help jumpstart the economy through a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations.
What is The New Deal?
This is the name of the process that scientists use when conducting an experiment or whenever they have to conduct research to answer a question.
What is the Scientific Method?
This famous poet who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and despair. Some of his famous writings include "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven".
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This 2009 Disney movie featuring a princess is actually Disney's last princess movie to ever be produced with traditional 2D animation.
What is "The Princess and the Frog"?
This ASES staff member always plays Lo-fi Beats to Study/Relax to whenever they have the chance.
Who is Miss Sam?
This war took place in 1932, Australia, where it was actually a military operation conducted by the government to address the issue of this bird species damaging large amounts of crops in Western Australia. Sadly, the government of Australia lost to this species.
What is the Emu War?
This California university is the university that has discovered the most amount of elements in history, 16 elements to be exact. It has discovered elements such as Plutonium and Berkelium.
What is Cal Berkeley/UC Berkeley/Berkeley?
This famous play written by Shakespeare tells the story of the Prince of Denmark who is seeking revenge upon his uncle. This play was also the main inspiration for "The Lion King".
What is "Hamlet"?
This NFL team from upper Midwest is technically the "oldest existing NFL franchise", since the team has still retained their original name and location.
What is the Green Bay Packers?
These ASES staff members are involving themselves within classrooms! One of them is aiming to gain teaching credentials so that way they can start teaching math to students while the other works as a sub during the day.
Who are Mr. Tony and Mr. Kevin?