Yinz Know Pittsburgh?
The first safe and effective vaccine for what was developed in Pittsburgh in the 1950s?
What is the Polio Vaccine?
If you're lucky, you might see this CBMer driving around in their baby blue Vespa
Who is Eli Rice!
This CBMer mispronounced "perseverative" during a research presentation! (can they successfully pronounce it now??)
Who is Jackie Rodriguez-Stanley!
Adults are generally advised to get at least this many minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity per week
What is 150 minutes?
This fruit floats in water because roughly 25% of its volume is air
What is an apple?
This Pittsburgh sandwich institution is famous for putting french fries and coleslaw directly on the sandwich
What is Primanti Bros.?
This CBMer once attempted to ride their bicycle to a conference in Chicago ~200 miles away with their poster tube. 155 miles in, they called in quits and needed to be picked up by their mom in an elementary school parking lot!
This Browns fan is in enemy territory!
Who is Elana Gloger!
The nerve most commonly invoked when health psychologists start talking about HRV is also cranial nerve number 10
What is the vagus nerve?
This animal has three hearts
What is an octopus?
Pittsburgh is often called the “City of Bridges.” Approximately how many bridges does it have?
What is 446?
This CBMer arranged a lunch with their mentor and international investigators at a conference abroad. When they gave the address to the taxi driver, they were driven 30 feet to their destination! The mentor was duly impressed!"
Who is Jared Magnani!
This CBMer performed in operas as a child, with their big break as "street urchin" in La bohème
Who is Lydia Brown!
Your heart rate typically speeds up slightly when you inhale and slows when you exhale—a phenomenon with this name
What is respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA)?
What was the first commercial product to ever scan a barcode?
What is a pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit chewing gum? (in 1974!)
This ambulance service became the nation's first emergency medical service and blueprint for modern-day EMS
What is Freedom House Ambulance Service?
This CBMer can ride a horse, but not a bike!
Who is Angelina Franqueiro!
This CBMer has no last name on record in their birth certificate
Who is Shruti Kinkel-Ram!
This term refers to the physiologic “wear and tear” resulting from repeated or chronic adaptation to stress
What is allostatic load?
What is the only mammal capable of true, sustained flight?
What is the bat?
This fast-food staple was created in Pittsburgh!
What is The Big Mac?
This CBMer was chased by a baby cow on their grandma's farm and was traumatized by it!
Who is Lexi Thrower!
This CBMer went to the same high school as Mike "The Situation" Sorentino from Jersey Shore, and has seen his fancy car about town (with a GTL license plate)
Who is Andrea Goldschmidt!
The classic Type A behavior pattern was historically proposed as a cardiovascular risk factor and prominently featured these two characteristics
What are hostility and time urgency/competitiveness?
Bananas are botanically classified as berries, while this commonly named “berry” is not actually a berry
What is a strawberry?