Before and After
A standardized management structure for coordinating emergency responses and the Armenian-American alternative metal band formed in 1994.
Incident Command System of a Down
One unverified origin story of this guiding principal credits the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan and his "Khan Rule" for food that was too special to be spoiled by a brief moment on the floor.
What is the 5-second rule?
This picky eater's diet consists mainly of gum leaves, a less-common name for a plant that's toxic to most other animals.
What is a Koala?
The entire Maryland portion of this 2,200-mile trail has been hiked by Erin Kafka of MD.
What is the Appalachian Trail?
Eyamba Sowers Scott of South Carolina has spent time as an actress and model, loving to bring stories to life on screen! However, she shares this fear with 20% of Americans, reportedly the most common fear.
What is public speaking?
A set of food safety guidelines published by the FDA and cherry-flavored Mountain Dew.
Food Code Red
Heidi Flory, Lebanon County Dairy Princess and PA Elite Ms. US Agriculture and PA Miss Agriculture Advocacy Ambassador, held this tell-tale internal organ in her hand while it was still functioning inside a cow.
What is the heart?
A sausage made from this internal organ contributed to a widespread outbreak of Listeria last year.
What is liver?
In 1977, a former British sailor, George Meegan, became the first person to walk from Argentina to this US state. After an incredible 2,425 days, Meegan concluded his remarkable odyssey in 1983. Bevin Durant Fidler (PA epi) also lived there and walked a bit.
What is Alaska?
Ben Weirick of PA is descended from Governor William Bradford of this first English colony in New England.
What is Plymouth Colony?
The sub-zero fruit vehicle implicated in a 2023 multistate Hep A outbreak and a 1967 Beatles hit song.
Frozen Strawberry Fields Forever
Caroline Wilkinson of VA loves these treats commonly associated with the state of Pennsylvania and its German heritage (locally known as PA Dutch). They are called by many names throughout the US, but we are looking for the Pennsylvania name for a sandwich cake filled with frosting.
What is a whoopie pie?
Enteric disease epidemiologist Shannon McGinnis attended a Philadelphia university with this animal as their mascot. The great horned variety is one of the skunk's only natural predators.
What is an owl?
This June, AnneMarie McKenzie of MD is getting in shape to hike Mt. Bierstadt, a 14,065-foot mountain in this state.
What is Colorado?
This agriculturally-related term involving a quadruped refers to a confusing, disorganized situation often attributed to or marked by human error.
What is a goat rodeo?
A living arrangement where relatives occupy multiple homes on the same property and food for animals that is a specially formulated mix of ingredients and nutrients.
Family Compound Feed
Claire Umstead of TN grew up in Murray, KY, which is infamous for an incident involving these undead humanoid blood drinkers.
What are vampires?
PA RRT Coordinator, Kelly Kline, has two dogs that share their names with these two Muppet characters named after common laboratory items.
Who are Bunsen and Beaker?
At the midpoint of the Appalachian Trail, thru-hikers often attempt the "Half-Gallon Challenge," which involves consuming a half gallon of this food.
What is ice cream?
Nichole Martz from PA has been speeding around the Northeast on this motorized vehicle with skis on the bottom since she was 10 years old.
What is a snowmobile?
Infant botulism antitoxin and a 2017 HBO series following three mothers of Monterey, CA, based on a Liane Moriarty novel of the same name.
BabyBIG Little Lies
Erik Bungo from VA interned in the food safety lab in this state's Department of Agriculture, long before he would have been a colleague of Angie, Mike, and Eli.
What is Pennsylvania?
Along with a bearded dragon, a cat, a rabbit, a lizard and fish, these spiders from the family Salticidae make up part of the diverse personal menagerie of Phil Harchack of PA.
What are jumping spiders?
Mike Nageotte of PA encountered torrential rain and a cyclone-induced blizzard at 17,000 feet while trekking up this highest point in Africa during the "dry" season.
What is Kilimanjaro?
Nottasorn Plipat of PA suffered from chest pain that woke her at night, but also gained a love of tennis and morning yoga after her bout with this virus.
What is COVID?