Title: Quiz: "How Ready Are You for the 133rd Annual APHA Meeting in Philadelphia?"

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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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Here’s a short quiz to help you guage how prepared you are for the meeting in Philadelphia. Answers appear in a separate newsletter article.

1. A "slightly irreverent” guide to APHA Annual Meetings advises “it is better to be an early member of this than a late member of another one.” What is it referring to?
   
   
   
   1. APHA.
   
   
   2. Sessions at the Annual Meeting.
   
   
   3. The annual meeting.
   
   
   4. CHPPD Leadership Meetings.



2. The number of papers that the CHPPD Section is sponsoring in Philadelphia is more than:
   
   
   
   1. 200.
   
   
   2. 300.
   
   
   3. 400.
   
   
   4. 500.



3. “Roundtables” are sessions where the presenters sit at the table, give a short introduction to the topic and facilitate a discussion. As a strategy to getting the most out of roundtable discussions, CHPPD members through the Irreverent Guide recommend:
   
   
   
   1. Allow equal time at each table so you can learn a little from every presenter.
   
   
   2. Not attending them.
   
   
   3. Limit the number of tables you move to so you can learn more from a few topics.
   
   
   4. Stay at one table.



4. One excellent networking opportunity at the APHA meeting is:
   
   
   
   1. Walking up to a colleague and introducing yourself.
   
   
   2. Participating in the CHPPD business meetings.
   
   
   3. Working at the CHPPD booth for an hour or two.
   
   
   4. All of the above.



5. "While these bodies may be ugly, there is a terrifying beauty in the spirits of those forced to endure these afflictions." What is this describing?
   
   
   
   1. The hard-working public health professionals attending APHA.
   
   
   2. The preserved corpses in artistic composition at the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia.
   
   
   3. Philadelphia’s residents who are fighting obesity like majority of people in the nation.
   
   
   4. The anatomical oddities in the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia.
   
   



6. Use moderation with a Rendelli, which is
   
   
   
   1. A hoagie (large sub) with pepperoni and sweet pepper.
   
   
   2. A birch-beer, tastes like a root beer, but has pungent edge and reddish color.
   
   
   3. A sponge-cake topped with butterscotch icing.
   
   
   4. A lightly fried corn meal patty.
   
   



7. Finally, the ‘Irreverent Guide’ says “chacun á son gout,” and this means
   
   
   
   1. Don’t have a gout preparing for the Annual Meeting.
   
   
   2. There is plenty of food to prevent gout.
   
   
   3. To each his/her own taste.
   
   
   4. Each one have a good time.