Amazing ALCSI
Month of the year dedicated towards Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Screening may be brought up on the 4th Thursday of this month.
What is November?
We collaborated with this club/group for the White Ribbon build.
Who is NAHS?
Potatoes, yams, rice, and noodles are all rich in this complex carbohydrate
What is starch?
This is the term for a mass of tissue caused by abnormal cell growth
What is a tumor?
Number of types of chicken you can get at Chipotle
2
USPSTF Age Range to be eligible for lung cancer.
What is 50-80?
This group has an annual carnation sale
Who is Red Cross Club?
Curry goat and jerk chicken are traditional dishes of this Caribbean country.
What is Jamaica?
This colorless, odorless gas is also an element in the periodic table. It is a primary cause of lung cancer.
What is radon?
What is the square root of 576?
24
Number of ALCSI Chapters in Maryland
What is 2? (Centennial ALCSI, JHU ALCSI)
This teacher has been at Centennial for the longest time. Around his classroom you might find bunsen burners, test tubes, and hot plates.
Who is Mr. Astri?
CEO Chris Kempczinski came under fire after barely taking a bite of this "product"
What is the Big Arch?
These things are changes in a cell's DNA, which can lead to changes in cell division rates and ultimately to cancer.
What are mutations?
Worked alongside Watson and Crick, but did not receive the noble prize for her discovery.
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Name of the study in Boston and Chicago recruiting at-risk people for lung cancer screenings (hint: we talked about this)
What is the INSPIRE Study?
This teacher's son is a paralympic fencer for team USA
Who is Mr. Hansen?
Originating in the Shanghai region, these "small basket" dumplings are filled with pork and a savory hot soup. They translate to "little basket bun"
What are xiao long bao?
These are the tiny air-filled sacs at the end of bronchioles that facilitate gas exchange in the lungs.
What are alveoli?
ALCSI is headquartered in this Northeastern city
What is Boston?
Calculate the pack years of someone who smoked half a pack a day for 30 years, and then a full pack a day for 5 years.
What is 20? (30*0.5+5*1=20)
Who is the snack lady?
Main ingredient in egg salad.
Egg
This is the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
What is the pulmonary artery?
The state with the southernmost point of the continental US
What is Florida?