Trivia

STEM Science

100

In a redox reaction, this process refers to the loss of electrons by a molecule, atom, or ion.

Oxidation

200

This subatomic particle, discovered by James Chadwick in 1932, has no electrical charge.

neutron

300

The principle of quantum mechanics states you can't simultaneously know an electron's exact position and momentum.

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

Literature

100

This American author wrote 'The Great Gatsby' during the Roaring Twenties.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

200

This 19th-century Russian novel by Tolstoy follows aristocratic families during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.

War and Peace

300

This Colombian author won the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature, largely for 'One Hundred Years of Solitude.'

Gabriel García Márquez

History

100

This 1955 military alliance was the Soviet Union's response to NATO.

Warsaw Pact

200

This Chinese dynasty, ruling from 1368 to 1644, is famous for its blue-and-white porcelain and rebuilding the Great Wall.

Ming Dynasty

300

This 1648 peace treaty ended the Thirty Years' War and established the concept of state sovereignty in Europe.

Peace of Westphalia

EF Academy

100

In what town is EF Academy New York campus located?

Thornwood

200

This is the year EF Academy first opened its New York Campus in Westchester.

2014

300

People from what country make up the largest EF Academy's New York campus student population?

United States