WORKIN' HARD
ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS
SCHOOL'S IN SESSION
VIVA LA MEXICO
AUTUMN BREEZE
100
What was the name for a person who repaired and maintained horses' hooves?
Blacksmith or farrier
100
True or False: Dementia is the same thing as Alzheimer's disease
False
Dementia is an umbrella term for a decline in mental ability that interferes with daily life, while Alzheimer's is a specific brain disease that causes most dementia cases.
Dementia is an umbrella term for a decline in mental ability that interferes with daily life, while Alzheimer's is a specific brain disease that causes most dementia cases.
100
How large is the average classroom size in the USA among all public school grades? (within 5 students)
23 students
100
What is the official national language of Mexico?
There is none! Just like the USA
100
In what month and week does the season of autumn technically end?
The 3rd week of December
200
Which kind of group of people played a major role in establishing Labor Day?
Labor unions and organized workers
200
One of the earliest physical signs of Alzheimer’s can be a fading sense of _______ (fill in the blank)
Smell
This sense deterioration often occurs long before memory loss becomes noticeable due to damage in the olfactory bulb
200
Who is immediately above the school prinicapal?
Superintendent
200
In what century did the Spanish arrive to Mexico?
1500s
200
What is the correct name for the first day of fall?
The autumnal equinox
300
What is it called when an employer prevents workers from working during a labor dispute?
A lockout
300
Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are _______. (Fill in the blank)
Women
300
What school subjects focuses on foundational concepts like variables, linear equations, inequalities, and functions?
Algebra
300
What disease did the Spaniards pass along to the Aztec people that resulted in widespread death?
Smallpox
300
People "autumn" or "fall", what did English speakers simply call this season?
Hint: Especially rural folks
Harvest
400
What federal agency is responsible for enforcing workplace safety and health standards in the United States?
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
400
Medical term for tissue shrinkage
Atrophy
For dementia, it is cerebral atrophy
400
What major city did the first public school open?
Boston
The oldest public school in America is the Boston Latin School, which opened in 1635
400
Yucatán Peninsula juts into the Gulf of Mexico from Mexico's southeastern tip. It was once the home of which ancient civilization?
The Mayans
400
How did the "harvest moon" get its name?
It gave farmers extra light to gather crops
500
Before alarm clocks, how were people in major cities awakened on time?
A profession of someone called a "knocker up" involved waking workers by tapping on their windows
500
Point to one of your occipital lobes
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500
What is the official name of the graduation cap?
The square graduation cap is called a mortarboard because it looks like the wooden boards used by masons to hold mortar.
500
What symbol is on the Mexican flag?
An eagle holding a snake in its mouth on a cactus
500
Instead of leaves "turning colors", a much simpler scientific process actually happens. What would that be?
Leaves do not actually turn colors. Yellow and orange pigments stay in the leaves all year, but green chlorophyll hides them until sunlight fades. Red and purple colors come from trapped sugars