Famous Presidents
This president, through enslaved labor, introduce macaroni and cheese to the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
A barber pole was an indicator of the practice of what two professions in Early Modern Europe?
Surgery and hair dressing
What woman worked with and advocated for the death and blind community?
Helen Keller
What now famous scientist was denied her rightful Noble prize in science for her work with the discovery of DNA?
Rosalind Franklin
The music performer Janet Jackson was part of what adolescent music group out of Gary, Indiana?
The Jackson 5
This president had the largest free cheese on his inauguration?
Andrew Jackson
When surgeons in the ancient and early modern period engaged in brain surgery, what was the name of the procedure?
Trepanning
What woman famously carried an ax to anti-drinking and acholol events during Prohibition?
Carrie Nation
What famous American is both famous for his political work in the Independence movement and his work with electricity?
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington Carver was famous for his uses of peanuts. What disease did he invent a medicine for that utilized peanuts?
Tuberculosis
This president famously swam in the nude at the Potomac almost every day?
John Quincy Adams
This famous African American scientists died as a result of not being allowed to be treated with this medical product?
Plasma
This woman was famous for helping her brother reign over the Eastern part of the Roman Empire?
Theodora
Who is credited for perfecting, not inventing the steam engine?
James Watt
What famous first lady was quoted as saying, "When they go low, we go high."
Michelle Obama
Who was the last president to lead troops into battle in active combat?
James Monroe
This report ushered in the period of professionalization of medicine during the twenieth century?
Flexner Report
This Empress has become famous as of late because of her ruthless path to power during the Tang Dynasty?
Wu Zetian
What is the medical term for bad breath?
Halitosis
Who was the first African American model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine?
Tyra Banks
What president caused a dinner guest to lose a bet? The bet was that she could get this president to say three words, he responded "You lose!"
Calvin Coolidge
What was the first type of drug that killed bacterial infections in the body?
Sulfa drugs
This woman both elevated French cuisine and made it more accessible to the average American woman?
Julia Child
What element did Joseph Priestley discover in 1774?
Oxygen
Who was the first African American woman to hold a professional pilot's license in the United States?
Bessie Coleman