nursing
What color uniform are nurses traditionally known for wearing?
White
Who was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare?
Oveta Culp Hobby
What machine is used to dig large holes and trenches?
Answer
Excavator
What type of store is Goodwill best known for operating?
Thrift stores
What is the mascot of Rex Putnam High School
Kingsmen
What famous nurse became known as “The Lady with the Lamp”?
Florence Nightingale
What disease was once commonly treated in special hospitals called sanatoriums?
Tuberculosis
What machine has a large bucket on the front and is used to move dirt?
Front-end loader
What decade is famous for poodle skirts?
1950s
What is Central Catholic's mascot?
Rams
Florence Nightingale became famous for her work during which war?
Crimean War
What did people commonly call penicillin when it first became widely used?
A “miracle drug”
What was commonly used to mark a straight line across a piece of wood?
Chalk line
What classic shoe became extremely popular with young people in the 1950s?
Saddle shoes
Central Catholic is traditionally associated with which Portland Catholic educational institution?
The University of Portland / Holy Cross educational tradition
Before modern hospitals, where did many people receive nursing care?
At home
True or False: Nurses once used glass thermometers that contained mercury.
True
What simple tool uses a string with a weight at the end to determine whether something is perfectly vertical?
Plumb bob
Goodwill's mission has traditionally included helping people with what?
Employment/job training and opportunities
What was Portland's first public high school, originally opened in 1869?
Portland High School, which eventually became Lincoln High School.
What famous American nurse founded the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
Before cell phones and pagers, how might a hospital contact a nurse?
Hospital intercom, telephone, or nurse's station
True or False: A plumber works primarily with electrical wiring.
False
True or False: Every item donated to Goodwill ends up being sold in a store
False
What subjects were taught at Portland's first high school besides the traditional “3 R's”
Rhetoric, philosophy, astronomy, geology and Greek.