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- 4. Name the US President who died in February
- 6. Which African American physician developed the HEART Program (Helping Everyone Assess Risk Today) to screen churches and community groups for heart disease and stroke risk?
- 8. Which President is Number 22 and 24?
- 11. Which President died in the month of February?
- 13. What annual month observance in Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It began as a way for remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora?
- 15. How many US Presidents suffer(ed) from heart disease related health challenges?
- 17. This champion of women's health, poet, dancer, author, died at 86 from complications of heart disease.
- 19. He suffered an heart attack in his home in Stamford Connecticut at the age of 53 after achieving 137 home runs, 734 RBI(s) and a batting average of .311
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- 1. This month highlights heart disease awareness, honors US Presidents, celebrates the legacy of African American contributions and culture, and is all about LOVE.
- 2. This disease kills more than 600,000 people.
- 3. This American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States also died of congestive heart failure.
- 5. Which African American physician was one of the first to perform successful open-heart surgery, operating on the pericardium to repair a stab wound to the chest?
- 7. This African American woman was Stanford University’s Dean over Diversity and Leadership for Stanford’s School of Medicine, and professor of Cardiovascular Medicine.
- 9. What day was originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, and became a popular holiday after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, as a means of creating more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers?
- 10. Which African American physician achieved 3 historic 1st enrolling in a segregated medical school in the south, becoming a resident at Baylor, and elected as the president of the National Medical Association?
- 12. How many US Presidents were born in February?
- 14. This term commonly used to describe the mass dispersion of peoples from Africa during the Transatlantic Slave Trades, from the 1500s to the 1800s.
- 16. What is the most common form of Heart Disease?
- 18. What is the total number of terms all 45 US Presidents have collectively served?
- 20. Which President's Executive order established the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in 1971 federalizing President’s Day?