WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
THIS MONTH IS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
WHAT IS MARCH?
THE CIVIL WAR'S DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT
WHAT IS THE NAVY?
THE TRICUSPID VALVE IN THIS ORGAN KEEPS BLOOD IN THE RIGHT VENTRICLE FROM FLOWING BACK INTO THE ATRIUM
WHAT IS THE HEART?
IN 1903, MARY ANDERSON INVENTED THIS DEVICE THAT MAKES IT EASY TO SEE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING A CAR IN THE RAIN
WHAT ARE WINDSHIELD WIPERS?
THE LAST NATURALLY OCCURRING CASE OF THIS DISEASE WAS DIAGNOSED IN 1977, AND IT WAS CERTIFIED AS ERADICATED IN 1980
WHAT IS SMALLPOX?
TO FOOL THE NAZIS BEFORE AN ATTACK ON THIS LARGE ISLAND NEAR ITALY, THE ALLIES PLANTED A DEAD MAN WITH FALSE PAPERS
WHERE IS SICILY?
IN 1980, THIS PRESIDENT OF THE US SIGNED THE FIRST PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE WEEK OF MARCH 8TH AS NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK
WHO IS JIMMY CARTER?
SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL
WHAT IS THE ARMY?
THE THICK, TRIANGULAR DELTOID MUSCLE, WHICH ALLOWS THE ARM TO BE RAISED, COVERS THIS JOINT
WHAT IS THE SHOULDER?
MARGARET KNIGHT INVENTED A MACHINE TO MAKE THE SQUARE-BOTTOMED VARIETY OF THESE GROCERY STORE ITEMS IN 1870
WHAT ARE PAPER BAGS?
2010 SAW THE PASSING OF THE ACA, THIS ACT THAT ENABLED POORER CITIZENS TO GET HEALTH INSURANCE
WHAT IS THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT?
IN THE FIRST OF SEVERAL MARRIAGES, THIS ENGLISH KING MARRIED HIS SISTER-IN-LAW IN 1509
WHO IS HENRY VIII?
THE THEME FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS 'VALIANT WOMEN OF THE VOTE: REFUSING TO BE SILENCED' IN RECOGNITION OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THIS EVENT
WHAT IS THE RATIFICATION OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT?
THE RIGHT STUFF' GUY CHUCK YEAGER, AFTER 1947
WHAT IS THE AIR FORCE?
A DILATOR MUSCLE ENLARGES THIS PART OF THE EYE TO ALLOW MORE LIGHT IN
WHAT IS THE PUPIL?
THE HOLDER OF 28 PATENTS, HELENA AUGUSTA BLANCHARD INVENTED THE FIRST OF THESE THAT COULD DO A ZIGZAG STITCH
WHAT IS A SEWING MACHINE?
THIS HISTORY-CHANGING DRUG WAS FIRST USED IN 1942 TO TREAT A PATIENT WITH BLOOD POISONING
WHAT IS PENICILLIN?
THIS EIGHTH PRESIDENT LEFT HIS OWN WIFE OUT OF HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY
WHO IS MARTIN VAN BUREN?
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY WAS HELD ON MARCH 19TH OF THIS 20th CENTURY DECADE
WHAT WAS THE 1910s?
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
WHAT IS THE NAVY?
THE LOWER LEG CONSISTS OF TWO BONES: THE TIBIA AND THIS SMALLER ONE
WHAT IS THE FIBULA?
A HOLDER OF 49 PATENTS, BEULAH HENRY INVENTED ONE OF THESE TO DUPLICATE DOCUMENTS LONG BEFORE XEROX
WHAT IS A COPY MACHINE?
THE LIVE AID CONCERT TO HELP THE FAMINE IN ETHIOPIA TOOK PLACE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN PHILADELPHIA AND AT WEMBLEY STADIUM IN THIS NATIONAL CAPITAL IN 1985
WHAT IS LONDON?
DURING THE BATTLE OF THE MARNE IN THIS WAR, SIX THOUSAND FRENCH SOLDIERS WERE RUSHED TO THE FRONTLINE IN TAXICABS
WHAT IS WORLD WAR I?
WOMEN'S HISTORY WEEK WAS EXPANDED TO WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IN THIS YEAR, THE SAME YEAR AS THE IRAN-CONTRA HEARINGS
WHAT IS 1987?
ASSASSIN LEE HARVEY OSWALD
WHAT IS THE MARINES?
IN ADDITION TO PRODUCING INSULIN, THIS ORGAN PRODUCES DIGESTIVE JUICES TO BREAK DOWN FOOD
WHAT IS THE PANCREAS?
LILLIAN MOLLER GILBRETH INVENTED THE TYPE OF THIS HOUSEHOLD ITEM WITH THE STEP ON OPENER STILL USED TODAY
WHAT IS A GARBAGE CAN?
THE FIRST ONE OF THESE LIVE-SAVING BANKS WAS CREATED IN 1937 IN THE COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL IN CHICAGO
WHAT IS A BLOOD BANK?
AN 1881 AUTOPSY ON THIS ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT PROVED HE DIED FROM INFECTION FROM HIS DOCTORS' EFFORTS, NOT THE BULLETS
WHO IS JAMES GARFIELD?