Medical Trivia
What is homeostasis?
The process by which organisms maintain a stable internal body environment. Also acceptable: body at baseline.
What overnight field trip did Lang Scholars go on during 8th grade summer?
Outward Bound
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a merger between which two hospitals?
Presbyterian Hospital & New York Hospital
How many Lang Teams have GRADUATED from the program as of today?
16
Name six body systems.
Cardiovascular, Endocrine, Integumentary, Immune, Musculoskeletal, Digestive, Renal, Reproductive, Respiratory, Nervous
Which CURRENT Lang coordinator was born in New York?
Options: Maddie, Taj, or Aysha
DOUBLE POINTS if you can name where the other 2 were born.
Maddie; Bangladesh
NYP provided care for soldiers during which of the following wars?
American Revolution
Civil War
World War I
World War II
All of the above
All of the above
How many Lang Teams do we have TOTAL, current scholars included?
22
What is the name of the pigment responsible for giving skin and hair color?
Melanin
How many Alumni Coordinators has the Lang Program had?
DOUBLE POINTS if you can name them all.
3; Joey, Jaelen, Aysha
What year did the Milstein Building open?
2010
What was the Lang Program's acceptance rate in 2024?
DOUBLE POINTS if you guess how many total applications we got.
10.88%; 147 Applications
What structure of the brain is responsible for dreams?
The Hippocampus
What years did the two Lang foundaers pass away?
You must guess BOTH years.
2017, 2024
What year was the first successful heart transplant in a child?
1984
How many open heart surgeries does the NYP/Columbia campus perform each year?
2,200