Title: Answers to the Quiz "How Ready are you for the 133rd Annual Meeting in Philadelphia"

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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development

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Answers to short quiz that guages how prepared you are for the meeting in Philadelphia are in bold with some additional information.

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: CHPPD members are advised to plan their sessions at least a day in advance as the sessions are spread over several facilities so you don't have to rush to your sessions and find you are not able to get through the door because the room is packed. APHA has a nifty Personal Scheduler to help you plan your iterinary down to the room number and location.
   
   
   3. The annual meeting.
   
   
   4. CHPPD Leadership Meetings.



2. The number of papers that that the CHPPD section is sponsoring in Philadelphia is more than:
   
   
   
   1. 200
   
   
   2. 300
   
   
   3. 400: The change of venue from New Orleans to Philadelphia did reduce the number of presenters, yet the majority of the presenters will be able to present their work in Philadelphia. Program chairs continue to work on developing late-breaking sessions.
   
   
   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 round table 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: CHPPD veterans say the most satisfied participants tend to be those who limit their moves, and pursue a few topics in greater detail.
   
   
   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: Look forward to meeting you at every opportunity.



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 tireless work of the 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:
   This description of the museum's mute inhabitants was written by former-curator Gretchen Worden, who died in 2002 from complication of Hodgkins Disease, in a 2002 coffee-table book "Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia." The Museum has been highly recommended as a "must-see" by several CHPPD members.
   



6. Use moderation with a Rendelli which is
   
   
   
   1. A hoagie (large sub) with pepperoni and sweet pepper: The Rendelli was named in honor of former Mayor Ed Rendell, possibly the first politician in town to finish an entire hoagie in one sitting in public. It is large and calorie-rich.
   
   
   2. A birch-beer, tastes like a root beer, but has pungent edge and reddish color. (A Pennsylvania Dutch contribution).
   
   
   3. A sponge-cake topped with butterscotch icing (also called Krimpet).
   
   
   4. Lightly fried corn meal patty(called scrapple - Pennsylvania Dutch contribution).
   
   



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: Refers to this statement when advising about how to get the best out of roundtables at APHA.
   
   
   4. Each one have a good time.
   
   

The photograph of the Liberty Bell, Philadelphia was taken from the National Park Service Web site at http://www.nps.gov/inde/liberty-bell.html. The quiz questions and answers were compiled by Priti Irani, Editor.