I'm Just a Bill
North Shore Trivia
Let's Talk About Death!
The Big Kahunas
Name That TCS
100

Which Massachusetts Governor passed a healthcare reform bill that was a framework for Obamacare?

Mitt Romney

100

What is the highest rated roast beef restaurant on the North Shore (according to Google Maps)?

Modern Butcher

100

What is the leading cause of death in Massachusetts?

Cancer (Heart Disease is a close second)

100

What federal public health agency is under the department of Health and Human Services?

CDC

100

What does the acronym TCS stand for?

Time/temperature control for safety

200

What does HIPAA stand for?

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

200

Where is the Northeastern University Marine Science Center located?

Nahant

200

It was recently announced that Massachusetts deaths by what cause fell to below 1,000 for the first time in over a decade?

Opioid related overdose

200

What U.S. agency is responsible for biomedical and public health research?

NIH

200

What is the temperature range of the Temperature Danger Zone?

41°F to 135°F

300

What year was Medicare created?

1965

300

Marquis de Lafayette, French general and friend of Alexander Hamilton, supported the U.S. in the revolutionary war in which town?

Marblehead

300

Massachusetts saw 362 deaths from what infectious disease during the 2026 season?

Influenza

300

What association advocates for foundational public health services across the Commonwealth?

MHOA

300

What version of the food code was the term TCS first introduced?

2013 Food Code

400

Which U.S. president is credited as the "Father of Medicare" and passed the National Mental Health Act?

Harry Truman

400

Where was Manchester by the Sea Filmed?

Swampscott

400

How many people are approximated to have died in the Salem Witch Trials?

25 people

400

What association publishes the Journal of Environmental Health?

NEHA

400

Name 2 raw plant based food items that are TCS

Cut melon, cut leafy greens, cut tomatoes, raw sprouts, garlic (in oil)

500

What is the name of the "non-profit organization that
promotes a healthy Massachusetts through advocacy,
community organizing, and coalition building?"

Massachusetts Public Health Alliance

500

The first electric streetcar was powered in which North Shore town in 1888?

Lynn

500

What is the life expectancy age gap between Back Bay and Roxbury, according to the Boston Public Health Commission in 2023?

23 years (92 vs. 69 respectively)

(point given if +/- 2 or 3 years)

500

What state bureau tracks, tests for, and combats infectious disease?

BIDLS

500

List all criteria that would require a food product to be date marked

TCS, ready to eat, prepared or opened on site, held for over 24 hours

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