AVMA 150th Anniversary Trivia Quiz #5

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The American Veterinary Medical Association is celebrating its 150th Anniversary in 2013. A lot has changed since 1863--for the AVMA and for veterinary medicine.

We've been posting bits of trivia over the past two weeks on our social media accounts. Have you been paying attention? Take the following quiz to see how much you know about the history of the AVMA and veterinary profession.

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  1. In what year did the AVMA establish the AVMA Foundation (today's AVMF)?
  2. Which major medical breakthrough did NOT occur in 1963?
  3. In 1922, this veterinarian was appointed to the position of AVMA executive secretary/editor, becoming the first full-time staff member of the AVMA:
  4. Today, the AVMA has approximately how many staff?
  5. In 1903, the AVMA held its first annual meeting in Canada, when it met in which city?
  6. The number of veterinary school grads fell by 75 percent following which major 20th Century event?
  7. Which veterinarian opened the nation's first feline-only house call service in 1932 in New York City?
  8. Which university's college of veterinary medicine was the first such school to be established south of Pennsylvania and east of Kansas?
  9. In 1937, this veterinarian was elected secretary of the AVMA Section on Small Animals, becoming the first woman to be elected to an AVMA office:
  10. The American Journal of Veterinary Research began publication in what year?

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