CDC History
When did CDC begin operations?
1-Jul-46
Approximately how many lives has PEPFAR saved so far?
More than 25 million
This country earned the title as "the text capital of the world"
The Philippines
In what year did Atlanta host the Olympic Games?
1996
CTAT Training will be retired on October 1 and will no longer be free. What does CTAT stand for?
Counter Threat Awareness Training
In 1947, CDC paid Emory University $10 for how many acres of land?
15
CDC established its Global AIDS Program in what year?
2000
FETP was launched in 1980 in what country?
Thailand
What is Georgia's State flower?
Cherokee Rose
What 2 mandatory trainings are due in June?
Records Management and Security Awareness Training
"CDC" originally stood for what?
Communicable Disease Center
When does PEPFAR's current authorization expire?
March 25, 2025
The oldest evidence of ancient wine production has been found in this country
Georgia (~6000 BC)
What is Georgia's top agricultural product?
Poultry
For the first time in 221 years, Brood XIII and Brood XIX of what animal are emerging at the same time?
Cicadas
In what year was EIS established?
1951
Name 4 countries that are at or near 95-95-95.
Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
What do these people have in common?
Abdulrazak Gurnah (Tanzania)
Wole Soyinka (Nigeria)
Abiy Ahmed (Ethiopia)
Nobel Prize
Abdulrazak Gurnah (Literature, 2021)/ Wole Soyinka (Literature, 1986)/ Abiy Ahmed (Peace, 2019)
Name two cities that have served as Georgia's capitol.
Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, Atlanta
The 2024 total solar eclipse was visible in 15 States and the maximum totality lasted 4 minutes 28 seconds. When is the next total solar eclipse over the continental U.S.?
2044
Visible only in Montana and North Dakota
CDC's first international engagement was with what country?
Iran
1948 CDC assisted the Imperial Iranian Government in planning and establishing a national malaria control program
In how many countries does PEPFAR work?
56
(25 through country programs and 31 through 3 regional programs)
What is the longest (yes, longest) lake in the world?
Lake Tanganyika (Shared among Tanzania, DRC, Burundi, and Zambia)
Second to only Texas, Georgia has more of these than any other state.
Counties.
Georgia has 159. (Texas has 254)
The 2024 FIFA World Cup will be held where?
Uzbekistan