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100
This inventor is known for their invention of medical sutures that indicate infection with surgical wounds.
A) Rebecca Lee Crumper
B) Marilyn Hughes Gaston
C) Alexa Irene Canaday
D) Dasia Taylor
D) Dasia Taylor
100
What is the prefix that means "below or under?"
A) Hydr(o)
B) Hyper
C) Hypo
D) Hemo
C) Hypo
100
How many U.S. states are there?
50!
100
What are the layers of the heart?
A) Sedimentary, Indigenous, Igneous
B) Renal capsule, The perirenal fat capsule, The renal fascial
C) Mucosa, Submucosa, Muscularis propria, and Serosa
D) Pericardium, Myocardium, Endocardium
D) Pericardium, Myocardium, Endocardium
100
What does the term HBCU stand for?
Historically Black College or University
200
This engineer invented the control unit that improved the peacemaker!
A) Otis Boykins
B) Percy Julian
C) James McCune Smith
D) Daniel Hale
A) Otis Boykins
200
What is the suffix that means "blood?"
A) hem(o)
B) emia
C) plasty
D) path
B) emia
200
What is the world's largest ocean?
A) Atlantic
B) Artic
C) Indian
D) Pacific
D) Pacific
200
What is the difference?
Heart Rate vs Heart Rhythm?
Answer) Rate is number of beats per minute. Heart Rhythm is the pattern of electrical signals that cause the heart to beat.
200
How many current HBCU medical schools are there?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
D) 4
Howard University College of Medicine-Washington D.C.
Meharry Medical College-Nashville, TN
Morehouse School of Medicine-Atlanta, GA
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science-Willowbrook, CA
300
This ophthalmologist invented the laserphaco probe, a device and technique to remove cataracts!
A) Kizzmekia S. Corbett
B) Patricia Bath
C) Otis Boykin
D) Percy Julian
B) Patricia Bath
300
What does bradycardia mean?
A) A fast heart rate
B) A steady heart rate
C) A slow heart rate
C) A slow heart rate
300
Which NFL teams have the most Super Bowl Wins?
A) The Panthers & The Steelers
B) San Francisco 49ers & The Dallas Cowboys
C) New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers
D) The Falcons & The Eagles
C) New England Patriots and the Pittsburgh Steelers
300
Which of the following is not a medication for hypertension?
A) Lisinopril
B) Valsartan
C) Aliskiren
D) Ibuprofen
D) Ibuprofen
300
In what year was Howard University Founded?
A) 1860
B) 1867
C) 1870
D) 1877
B) 1867 
400
Working alongside Dr. Alfred Blalock, this surgical technician and researcher helped pioneer procedures for treating congenital heart conditions.
A) Vivien Thomas
B) Rebecca Lee Crumper
C)Daniel Hale
D) Patricia Bath
A) Vivien Thomas
400
What is a cholecystectomy?
A) A gallbladder removal
B) A heart transplant
C) A kidney removal
D) A heart transplant
A) A gallbladder removal
400
The song "Can We Talk" is on which Tevin Campbell album?
A) I'm Ready
B) T.E.V.I.N.
C) Back To The World
A) I'm Ready
400
Put the medical terms for these valve issues in order!
Valve bulges backwards, valve doesn't fully close, and valve stiffens or narrows
A) Prolapse, Regurgitation, Stenosis
B) Regurgitation, Stenosis, Prolapse
C) Stenosis, Prolapse, Regurgitation
A) Prolapse, Regurgitation, Stenosis
400
One of the first acupuncture clinics in America was started by this group!
A) The Freedmen's Bureau
B) The Black Panther Party
C) The NAACP
D) The National Urban League
B) The Black Panther Party
Founded in 1970 in the South Bronx by an alliance between the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords, and other revolutionary groups, Lincoln Detox was an attempt to provide alternative methods of drug addiction treatment. Acupuncture can help with pain management, digestive issues, and anxiety reduction
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500
This physician, surgeon, and medical researcher is known as the "Father of the Blood Bank"
A) Otis Boykin
B) Charles Drew
C) Daniel Hale
D) Purcy Julian
B) Charles Drew
500
Give us the word terminals for these definitions in order!
Pertaining to/small or little/of or belonging to/to perform or to put into action
A) an, ate, ule, ary
B) ia, ian, ate, ular
C) ac, cle, an, ate
D) ate, an, cle, ace
C) ac, cle, an, ate
Pertaining to: ac, ary, al, ia, ic
Small or little: cle, ule, ular
Of or belonging to: an, ian
To perform, to put into action: ate
500
Name the members of the Banks family with the last name Banks from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air!
Phillip, Vivian, Hillary, Carleton, and Ashley
500
What are the 4 chambers of the heart?
Answer)
Right Atrium → Right Ventricle
Left Atrium → Left Ventricle
500
What is the name of the group considered to be the first emergency medical service (EMS)?
A) The Huntington Life Saving Crew
B) Philadelphia Bureau of Fire Auxiliary Rescue
C) The Freedom House Ambulance Service
C) The Freedom House Ambulance Service