ANIMALS
Often called the “ghost of the mountains,” this elusive big cat is adapted for high-altitude cold with oversized nasal cavities and thick, woolly fur.
What is the snow leopard?
This actor is famous for playing Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean.
Who is Johnny Depp?
This type of precaution requires staff to wash their hands before and after every patient room, regardless of diagnosis.
What are Standard Precautions?
This U.S. state is known as “The Sunshine State.”
What is Florida?
This dish consists of rolled tortillas filled with meat or cheese, then covered in a chile‑based sauce—red, green, or mole.
What are enchiladas?
This large North American bird is known for its throat pouch, which can hold several gallons of water while fishing.
What is the pelican?
This actor won his first Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club, after years better known as a romantic‑comedy star.
Who is Matthew McConaughey?
Rooms of patients with infections like C. diff must be cleaned with this type of disinfectant to ensure spores are killed.
What is a bleach‑based disinfectant?
This Italian city is famous for its canals and gondolas instead of streets and cars.
What is Venice?
This Indian bread is cooked in a tandoor, giving it a blistered surface and chewy texture, often brushed with butter or garlic.
What is naan?
This marine mammal sleeps with one half of its brain at a time so it can keep swimming.
What is a dolphin?
She played a troubled ballerina whose descent into obsession and perfectionism earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Natalie Portman?
This type of cleaning is required after a patient on isolation precautions is discharged.
What is terminal cleaning?
This mountain range stretches over 4,000 miles along South America’s western edge, making it the longest continental mountain range in the world.
What are the Andes?
This Italian rice dish is cooked slowly with broth until creamy and is often flavored with mushrooms or saffron.
What is risotto?
This bird is the only one capable of flying backwards.
What is a hummingbird?
She played a groundbreaking Mexican painter known for her vivid self‑portraits and lifelong struggle with chronic pain.
Who is Salma Hayek?
This infection prevention practice requires EVS staff to use a special air pressure room and keep the door closed when entering the room of a patient with tuberculosis.
What is Airborne Precautions?
This California valley is one of the hottest places on Earth and sits at the lowest elevation in North America.
What is Death Valley?
This Mexican hot sauce combines guajillo peppers, vinegar, garlic, and spices, producing a deep red sauce with a mild, earthy heat.
What is Valentina?
This egg‑laying mammal has a duck bill, a beaver’s tail, and venomous spurs.
What is a platypus?
This actor is one of the few performers to win three Academy Awards for Best Actor, known for roles in There Will Be Blood, Lincoln, and My Left Foot.
Who is Daniel Day‑Lewis?
This type of safety document must accompany every cleaning chemical in the hospital and explains hazards, PPE, and handling precautions.
What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
This isolated island in the Indian Ocean is one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, with over 90% of its wildlife found nowhere else, including the indri and the fossa.
What is Madagascar?
This rare Japanese beef is famous for its marbling and tenderness; it comes from specially raised cattle.
What is Wagyu beef?