NYC Knowledge Knockout
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Guess the CAB Chair
Health and Wellness
100

Which NYC borough is home to the city's botanical garden, zoo, AND the Yankees?

What is the Bronx?

100

Which H+H facility is the oldest public hospital in the U.S.?

What is Bellevue Hospital?

Bellevue is the oldest public hospital in the US, founded in 1736 - 40 years before the American revolution

100

What program provides free and low-cost healthcare regardless of immigration status or ability to pay?

What is NYC Care?

100

If you were recently a Middle School student in Queens, you may bump into your former Assistant Principal who is now the CAB Chair of one of our Queen's facilities. 

Who is Robin Hogans?

(NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens)

100

Which vitamin do we naturally get from sunlight?

What is Vitamin D?

200

What NYC borough is the largest by population? 

What is Brooklyn?

200

Which hospital established the first civilian ambulance corps with horse driven vehicles?

What is Bellevue Hospital?
200

Which hospital recently renamed it's pavilion after a former Borough President?

What is Queens Hospital? What is the Claire Shulman Pavilion?

200

At the age of 18, this CAB Chair became the youngest and longest-serving President of the Community School Board, later serving on the Community Education Council and as the Bronx Democratic District leader. 

Who is Richard Izquierdo Arroyo?

(NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln) 

200

Which food group should make up the largest portion of your plate according to USDA guidelines?

What are vegetables?

300

What Queens neighborhood is one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world?

What is Jackson Heights/Elmhurst?

300

Which hospital performed the first open-heart surgery in New York State?

What is Kings County?

300

Which hospital celebrated it's 140 year anniversary and was also the first hospital to have a female physician and ambulance surgeon?

What is Gouverneur?

300

This CAB Chair is no stranger to NYC H+H. With over 30 years of nursing experience they began their career at Kings County School of Nursing and retired from Bellevue as Associate Executive Director of Nursing. 

Who is Lorna Chin?

(NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County)

300

What is the only food that never spoils?

What is honey?

400

What  piece of advice do subway announcements give riders at the end of some stops?

What is “Stand clear of the closing doors, please.”?

400

Which hospital has the oldest municipal hospital-medical school association affiliation in the United States? 

What is Metropolitan Hospitals? 

Partnership with New York Medical College

400

What is the name of NYC H+H’s electronic health record system?

What is EPIC or MyChart?

400

When serving as CAB Chair, as a volunteer firefighter, or in any other role, this "serial volunteer" with over 30 years of experience in public relations and 20+ years in commercial real estate, is guided by their personal mantra - P.U.S.H - Persevere Until Success Happens

Who is Rob Seitz? 

(NYC Health + Hospitals/NCB)

400

What organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body?

What is the heart?

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