Career
School Life
Childhood
Personal Events
100

Which clinic did Carson perform residence and then later get a job at?

Johns Hopkins

100

Where did Ben Carson go to college?

Yale

100

Why did Carson's parents get divorced?

Ben's father cheated on him and his mom found out he had another family

100

What worried Carson about going to Australia?

Apartheid

200

What was extraordinary about the operation to separate the Siamese twins?

It had never been done successfully before (twins were connected at the head)

200

What stereotype did Ben face in primary school?

People expect him to be dumb because he is black

200

What did Carson like about being eight?

When you're eight, you don't have any responsibility

200

Why does Ben get involved in ROTC?

His brother, Curtis

300

What position did Carson receive at age thirty-three?

Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery

300

How many residence students did Johns Hopkins accept each year?

2

300

What was Carson's favorite Christmas present?

A chemistry set

300

What was Carson's narrow escape from death?

He fell asleep while driving a car and almost caused a car crash

400

What is the dilemma that Candy Carson describes in the introduction of the movie?

The twins need more blood but the hospital has run out

400

What area of medicine does Ben originally want to pursue?

Psychiatry

400

Where would Ben's mother really go when she said she was "going away for a few days" and left Ben and Curtis with the neighbor or their aunt?

To a mental institution

400

What disaster happened to Carson two weeks before the team was scheduled to go to Germany?

His passport was stolen during a robbery

500

How long did the Siamese twin surgery take?

22 hours

500

What two positive factors lead to Carson's rise to top of the class?

Getting glasses; mother's high expectations

500

What is "capping?"

making fun of/ bullying; Getting the better of another person

500

What leads Carson to decide that he wants to be a doctor?

Stories of missionary doctors that he hears in church