NEDAW and 4/20
True or False: National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) was founded in 2002
False. It was founded in 2001.
True or false: The first Women's Day celebration in the United States was in 1908 in Washington D.C
False - it was in New York City.
NDAFW was launched in ____ by scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse
2010
True or false: Mason’s student community represents 130 different countries
True
How many legs does a spider have?
8
This term refers to no arrest, prison time, or criminal record for the first-time possession of a small amount of marijuana for personal consumption
Decriminalization
True or false: Susan B. Anthony was a leading suffragist was arrested and convicted of attempting to vote in the 1872 election?
True
“Alcohol” is a word derived from which language?
Classical Arabic
___ Nobel prizes have been won by George Mason University scholars.
2
Riddle: It occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour.
The letter M
There are over ____ slang terms for marijuana
200
This President was the first to declare in a Presidential Proclamation that the week of March 8 was officially National Women's History Week.
Jimmy Carter
How many standard drinks are in a bottle of wine?
7
How many Presidents has Mason had?
7
Who won the 2016 Best Actor Oscar?
Leonardo di Caprio for his role in The Revenant
True or false: one of the short terms risk of marijuana use is respiratory problems
False. Respiratory use is a long-term risk
Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States (1872)
Victoria Woodhull
Which U.S President signed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act, a law that required states to raise the drinking age to 21
Ronald Reagan
What is Mason's motto?
Freedom and Learning
Which animal has 3 hearts?
Octopus
How did the term "4/20" get its name?
In 1971, five students at San Rafael High School in California would meet at 4:20 p.m. by the campus to smoke marijuana.
What woman was turned down by 29 medical schools before being accepted as a student, graduated at the head of her class, and became the first licensed woman doctor in the U.S.?
Elizabeth Blackwell
This food item originally contained alcohol
Milkshakes - Originally served in bars, a milkshake was an alcoholic concoction of whisky, eggs and cream. If the customer enjoyed the drink, he shook hands and tipped the barman. By 1900, the whisky was replaced with chocolate, vanilla or strawberry syrup.
What year did Men's Basketball makes its first NCAA appearance.
1989
Who founded the first public library in the U.S?
Ben Franklin