Red Cross History
What is Switzerland?
Our BASE Red Cross advisor is this Biomedical teacher.
Who is Dr.Ruff?
People wear these to look like ghosts, witches, or superheroes.
What are costumes?
You need to be this age to donate blood
What is 16 years old
This man developed the smallpox vaccine.
Who was Edward Jenner?
The Red Cross emblem—a red cross on a white background—is the reverse of this country’s flag
What is Switzerland?
This is the name of our BASE Red Cross club region.
What is the Cascades Region?
What is a pumpkin
This blood type is the most common
What is type O+ blood?
This man helped to develop the theory of evolution
Who was Charles Darwin?
The founder of the Red Cross also held this profession
What is a nurse
This year was the last time BASE Red Cross held a blood drive.
When was 2023?
The origins of Halloween are rooted in this country, similar to those of St. Patrick's Day.
What is Ireland?
You save this many lives per blood donation
What are three lives?
He was considered the “father of medicine”
Who was Hippocrates?
The Red Cross was awarded this prestigious honor three times—in 1917, 1944, and 1963—for its humanitarian work
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
BASE (also counting HS2) Red Cross was founded in this year.
When was 2014
This popular Halloween candy was actually named after a dog.
What is Snickers?
You need to wait this much time between donations.
What is 56 days
He discovered the world's first broadly effective antibiotic, penicillin.
Who was Alexander Fleming?
This American woman founded the American Red Cross in 1881 after working as a nurse during the Civil War
Who is Clara Barton?
This teacher subs in for Dr.Ruff when she is not able to supervise our meetings.
Who is Mrs.Medlock?
This contract is where we get the name Halloween.
What is ’All Hallows eve’?
A typical blood donation takes this amount of time
What is 45 minutes to an hour?
She was the founder of modern nursing.
Who was Florence Nightingale?