Acronym Fun
MD
What is Medical Doctor?
No tricks, all treats! This rhyming event is happening at the Akron Zoo this weekend. Put on your costume, grab a candy bag, and head to the zoo for this extraordinary Halloween experience.
What is Boo at the Zoo
In August 2018, Akron Children's opens the 230,000-square-foot addition to this building. The $82-million addition is 8-stories tall and brings together all of our outpatient clinics on the Akron campus.
What is Considine Professional Building?
This fifth generation of wireless technology offering faster download and upload speeds, lower latency, and more reliable connections than 4G
What is 5G
This term for a cut out Pumpkin originates from an Irish folktale about a cheap man named "Stingy Jack".
What is Jack-O-Lantern
MRN
What is Medical Record Number?
Akron U's mascot by this name is female, making her one of just eight female mascots in America
Who is Zippy
In 2018, she assumes the title of president and CEO of Akron Children's Hospital, as William H. Considine becomes CEO Emeritus.
Who is Grace Wakulchik?
This device connects multiple devices to your internet service provider
What is a router
A whopping 35 million pounds of this candy is made every year - amounting to about 9 billion pieces
What is Candy Corn
ARC
What is Authorization & Registration Center?
The Pickles family from this Nickelodeon show was originally from Akron
What is Rugrats
In 1992, ACH establishes this onsite machine. It is a safe and painless test that uses a magnetic field and radio waves to produce detailed pictures of the body's organs and structures.
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
This device uses flash memory to store data
What is an SSD drive
This beloved rhyming titled Disney movie was initially called Halloween House
What is Hocus Pocus
NDC
What is National Drug Code?
This professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors was not raised in Ohio but was born in the same hospital as Lebron James
Who is Steph Curry
In 1988, ACH opens a sports medicine center independently as the first pediatric sports medicine center in Ohio. This doctor is the director.
Who is Dr. Joseph Congeni?
This was the first general-purpose programmable computer
What is Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)
This popular Halloween activity originated on All Souls Day, the poor would go "souling", knocking on doors and offering prayers for residents' deceased loved ones in exchange for food.
What is the Trick or Treating
LFCN
What is Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve?
This band with albums such as Rubber Factory, Attack & Release, Brother, El Camino, and The Big Come Up were formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001
Who are the Black Keys?
In 1927, this disease first strikes Children's Hospital. Flare-ups continued with the next epidemic reported in 1933 when 50 cases were reported.
What is Polio?
This is the name of the first Smart Phone
What is IBM Simon
In 1958, this was the first First Lady to decorate the White House for Halloween.
Who is Mamie Eisenhower