2026 HOSA BOWL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon? - ✔✔3 tsp
✔✔Approx. how many mL are in a tablespoon? - ✔✔~15 mL
✔✔How many tablespoons are in a fluid ounce? - ✔✔2 tbsp
✔✔Approx. how many mL are in a fluid ounce? - ✔✔~30 mL
✔✔How many fluid ounces are in a cup? - ✔✔8 fl oz
✔✔Approx. how many mL are in a cup? - ✔✔~237 mL
✔✔How many cups are in a pint? - ✔✔2 cups
✔✔How many fluid ounces are in a pint? - ✔✔16 fl oz
✔✔Approx. how many mL are in a pint? - ✔✔~473 mL
✔✔How many pints are in a quart? - ✔✔2 pints
, ✔✔Approx. how many mL are in a quart? - ✔✔~946 mL
✔✔1,000 micrograms (mcg) is equal to? - ✔✔1 milligram (mg)
✔✔1,000 grams (G) is equal to? - ✔✔1 kilogram (kg)
✔✔1,000 milligrams (mg) is equal to? - ✔✔1 gram (G)
✔✔2.2 pounds (lbs) is equal to? - ✔✔1 kilogram (kg)
✔✔1 milliliter (mL) is equal to? - ✔✔1 cubic centimeter (cc)
✔✔1,000 milliliters (mL) is equal to? - ✔✔1 liter (L)
✔✔Which ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"? -
✔✔Hippocrates
✔✔Who was the first woman to graduate from medical school (1849) and become a
doctor in the United States? - ✔✔Elizabeth Blackwell
✔✔Dr. Lauterbur and physicist Sir Peter Mansfield were awarded a Nobel prize for
developing what imaging system in the late 1970s and early 1980s? - ✔✔Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI)
✔✔Usually including an adjustable cuff and a rubber tube, the device called a
sphygmomanometer takes what important measurement? - ✔✔Blood pressure
✔✔A band of rubber or a strip of cloth that is commonly used to wrap around an injured
limb to prevent bleeding is known as what medical device? - ✔✔A tourniquet
✔✔Hemodialysis filters blood through a dialyzer, which is like an artificial version of
which organ? - ✔✔A kidney
✔✔What is the medical term for finger and toe bones-a name that comes from the
ancient Greek word for an army formation that has the soldiers lined up side by side? -
✔✔Phalanges
✔✔What gas, used for pain medicine in surgery and dentistry, is often linked with
carbon dioxide and methane as one of the three biggest greenhouse gases contributing
to climate change? - ✔✔Nitrous oxide
✔✔How many bones are in an adult human body? - ✔✔206
SURE A+
✔✔How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon? - ✔✔3 tsp
✔✔Approx. how many mL are in a tablespoon? - ✔✔~15 mL
✔✔How many tablespoons are in a fluid ounce? - ✔✔2 tbsp
✔✔Approx. how many mL are in a fluid ounce? - ✔✔~30 mL
✔✔How many fluid ounces are in a cup? - ✔✔8 fl oz
✔✔Approx. how many mL are in a cup? - ✔✔~237 mL
✔✔How many cups are in a pint? - ✔✔2 cups
✔✔How many fluid ounces are in a pint? - ✔✔16 fl oz
✔✔Approx. how many mL are in a pint? - ✔✔~473 mL
✔✔How many pints are in a quart? - ✔✔2 pints
, ✔✔Approx. how many mL are in a quart? - ✔✔~946 mL
✔✔1,000 micrograms (mcg) is equal to? - ✔✔1 milligram (mg)
✔✔1,000 grams (G) is equal to? - ✔✔1 kilogram (kg)
✔✔1,000 milligrams (mg) is equal to? - ✔✔1 gram (G)
✔✔2.2 pounds (lbs) is equal to? - ✔✔1 kilogram (kg)
✔✔1 milliliter (mL) is equal to? - ✔✔1 cubic centimeter (cc)
✔✔1,000 milliliters (mL) is equal to? - ✔✔1 liter (L)
✔✔Which ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"? -
✔✔Hippocrates
✔✔Who was the first woman to graduate from medical school (1849) and become a
doctor in the United States? - ✔✔Elizabeth Blackwell
✔✔Dr. Lauterbur and physicist Sir Peter Mansfield were awarded a Nobel prize for
developing what imaging system in the late 1970s and early 1980s? - ✔✔Magnetic
Resonance Imaging (MRI)
✔✔Usually including an adjustable cuff and a rubber tube, the device called a
sphygmomanometer takes what important measurement? - ✔✔Blood pressure
✔✔A band of rubber or a strip of cloth that is commonly used to wrap around an injured
limb to prevent bleeding is known as what medical device? - ✔✔A tourniquet
✔✔Hemodialysis filters blood through a dialyzer, which is like an artificial version of
which organ? - ✔✔A kidney
✔✔What is the medical term for finger and toe bones-a name that comes from the
ancient Greek word for an army formation that has the soldiers lined up side by side? -
✔✔Phalanges
✔✔What gas, used for pain medicine in surgery and dentistry, is often linked with
carbon dioxide and methane as one of the three biggest greenhouse gases contributing
to climate change? - ✔✔Nitrous oxide
✔✔How many bones are in an adult human body? - ✔✔206
