Henrietta Lacks

On what date did Henrietta Lacks first go to Johns Hopkins to have the knot in her womb explained?

January 29, 1951

Who were Henrietta's cousins that she first told about the knot she felt in her womb, prior to her visit to the hospital?

Margaret and Sadie

How old was Henrietta Lacks when she became pregnant with her fifth child?

29 years old

What was the birth name of Henrietta Lack's fifth child?

Joseph

When was Johns Hopkins Hospital founded?

1889

Who was the gynecologist that examined Henrietta Lacks when she first went to Johns Hopkins Hospital to have the knot in her womb seen?

Dr. Jones

What was Henrietta Lacks's name at birth?

Loretta Pleasant

Where was Henrietta Lacks born?

Roanoke, Virginia

When was Henrietta Lacks born?

August 1, 1920

What was the name of Henrietta Lacks's father?

Johnny Pleasant

Who was Henrietta's grandfather that raised her after her mother died?

Tommy Lacks

Where did Henrietta live with her grandfather growing up after her mother died?

How old was Henrietta when she gave birth to her first child?

14 years old

What was the nickname of Henrietta's cousin that tried to kill himself when he found out that Henrietta was marrying David?

Crazy Joe

On what date did Henrietta marry David Lacks?

April 10, 1941

Who was David and Henrietta's cousin that convinced David to look for work in the steel industry in Baltimore in 1941?

Fred Garret

What nickname did Dr. Richard Wesley TeLinde have at John's Hopkins in the 1950's?

Uncle Dick

Cervical carcinomas are divided into two types. What are these types?

Invasive Carcinomas & Noninvasive Carcinomas

When did George Papanicolaou publish a paper describing what is now known as the "Pap smear"?

1941

What year was it when a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven the possibility of immortal cells using mouse cells?

1943

On what date did the gynecologist from Johns Hopkins Hospital call and inform Henrietta Lacks that she had a malignant tumor?

February 5, 1951

Who discovered radium and its ability to destroy cancer cells?

Marie & Pierre Curie

Where was Roland Pattillo working as a professor of gynecology when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him regarding Henrietta Lacks?

Morehouse

When did Tuskegee syphilis study begin, as described by the author in Part 1:Life, Chapter 6?

In the 30's

What nickname did Deborah Lacks have within her family?

Dale

How old did Roland Pattillo say that Henrietta Lacks's husband was now, when Rebecca Skloot first contacted him to discuss Henrietta?

Around 84

How old was Henrietta Lacks's epileptic daughter when she died?

15

How old was Deborah Lacks's when Rebecca Skloot first called her to talk about her mother?

When did Alexis Carrel grow an "immortal chicken heart"?

January 17, 1912

How old was Alexis Carrel when he invented the first technique for suturing blood vessels together?

39

When was Alexis Carrel awarded the Nobel Prize for his blood vessel suturing technique?

Months later

What term refers to the belief and practice which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective reproduction?

Eugenicist

What best selling book did Alexis Carrel publish that criticized an "error" in the U.S Constitution of equality for all people?

Man, The unknown

What radio horror show in the 1930's related the fictional story of a Dr. Alberts who created an immortal chicken that overcame the earth?

Lights Out

Alexis Carrel died while he was awaiting trial for what crime?

The Nazis

Where did Rebecca Skloot travel to in order to meet David "Sonny" Lacks Jr. in Part 1: Life, Chapter 9?

Baltimore

Who wrote the 1976 Rolling Stone article about the Lackses?

Michael Rogers

Who was the preacher that led Rebecca Skloot to Speed's Grocery in Part 1: Life, Chapter 9?

Reverend Jackson

What was the name of of the BBC documentary that Courtney Speed borrowed from the library to show to Rebecca Skloot when she visited Turner Station?

The Way Of All Flesh

What was the population of Clover, Virginia, in 1998?

198

What was Hector Henry's nickname that he introduced himself as to Rebecca Skloot in Part 1: Life, Chapter 10?

Cootie

What illness did Hector Henry suffer from during his childhood?

Polio

How much blood did Henrietta's cousin Emmett and his friends donate when they heard Henrietta was in need of transfusions at the hospital?

8 pints

On what date did Henrietta Lacks die?

October 4, 1951
(12:15 a.m)

What was the name of the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Henrietta Lacks?

Dr. Wilbur

What was listed as the official cause of Henrietta Lacks's death?

Terminal Uremia

What image did Mary Kubicek describe to the author as having instilled in her the realization that Henrietta was a "real person" in Part 2: Death, Chapter 12?

Her toenails were covered in chipped bright red polish

Who dug Henrietta's grave in Clover?

Cliff and Fred

Which of Henrietta Lacks's children did not attend her funeral or know she'd died, according to the author in Part 2: Death, Chapter 12?

Elsie

What was the central reason that the HeLa factory was developed?

To Help Stop Polio

What U.S President created the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis?

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The first time that live human cells were ever shipped via the U.S Postal Service was when George Gey mailed HeLa cells to whom?

Scherer in Minnesota

Who was the director of "Negro Activities" for the Tuskegee Institute when the HeLa Distribution Center was developed?

Charles Bynum

What is described in Part 2: Death, Chapter 13 as "an essential part of science"?

Replication

What researcher at the NIH used HeLa cells to develop the first standardized culture medium that could be made by the gallon and shipped ready to use?

Harry Eagle

How many chromosomes are contained in a human cell?

46

What extra chromosome appears in individuals with Down Syndrome?

# 21

Who were the business partners that owned Microbiological Associates in the 1950's?

Monroe Vincent

The author says in Part 2: Death, Chapter 13 that George Gey took HeLa cells with him to the Far East in 1953 in order to study what disease?

Hemorrhagic Fever

What was the first publication to name the woman behind the HeLa cells in 1953?

Minneapolis Star

Who was the press officer at the NFIP that wrote to George Gey in 1953 to say that he intended to write a more detailed article about Henrietta Lacks once her name was revealed in the press?

Jerome Syverton

What disease nearly killed Henrietta's youngest son Joe not long after her death?

Tuberculosis

What war was Lawrence Lacks drafted into after lying about his age to get into the pool halls?

Korean War

How old was Lawrence when he and Bobbette moved in together?

24 Years Old

Who was Ethel's husband that sexually abused Deborah Lacks when she was a child?

Galen

What date was inscribed to indicate when Henrietta's mother died on her tombstone?

October 28, 1924

Where was researcher Chester Southam the chief virologist in 1954 when he began injecting cancer patients with HeLa cells?

New York City

Where did Chester Southam advertise for medical research volunteers in May of 1956?

Ohio State Penitentiary Newsletter

How many people does Rebecca Skloot estimate that Chester Southam injected with living cancer cells during his careers?

More than 600 people

Who was the director of medicine at the Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital in Brooklyn in 1963?

Emanuel Mandel

When did the U.S led international war tribunal at Nuremberg sentence seven Nazi doctors to death for conducting unthinkable research on Jews without consent?

August 20, 1947

How many points compose the code of ethics known as the Nuremberg Code?

10 Point Code

In what year did the term "informed consent" first appear in court documents regarding the case of patient Martin Salgo?

1957

For how long was Chester Southam's medical license suspended due to "fraud or deceit and unprofessional conduct in the practice of medicine" after he'd injected unknowing patients with cancer cells?

1 Year

Who was the Harvard anesthesiologist that published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that Chester Southam's cancer research was just one of hundreds of similarly unethical cases?

Henry Beecher

What discovery did the researchers make after sending HeLa cells into space in the 1960s?

Noncancerous cells grew normally in orbit, but HeLa became more powerful, dividing faster with each trip

What does "ATCC" stand for in reference to the federal cell bank established by Lewis Coriell and others?

American Type Culture Collection

Who were the British scientists that fused HeLa cells with mouse cells, creating the first human animal hybrids?

Henry Harris & John Watkins

When were HeLa cells fused with mouse cells to create the first animal human hybrid cells?

1965

How old was Deborah Lack's when she became pregnant with her first child?

16

Who coerced Deborah to continue at an all girls school after she became pregnant with her first child?

Bobbette

What was the name of Deborah Lacks's first child?

Alfred Jr

For how long was Joe Lacks in the military before being discharged?

9 months

On what date did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?

September 15, 1970

How did Joe Lacks murder Eldridge Lee Ivy?

He stabbed him in the chest with Deborah's knife

When did Joe Lacks turn himself into the police for the murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

September 29, 1970

What sentence was Joe Lacks given for the second degree murder of Eldridge Lee Ivy?

15 Years Out Of Possible 30

What did Joe Lacks change his name to after he converted to Islam in prison?

Zakarriya Bari Abdul Ranman

In what year did Bobbette Lacks discover the truth about HeLa cells and their connection to Henrietta Lacks?

1973

Where was Bobbette employed when she learned about Henrietta's connection to the HeLa cells from Gardenia's brother in law?

Patient Aide at Baltimore City Hospital

When was the Human Genome project begun?

June 1973

Who was the renowned geneticist that founded the worlds first human genetics department at Johns Hopkins?

Victor McKusick

How old was Deborah Lacks when the researchers from Johns Hopkins came to draw blood for DNA analysis of Henrietta's husband and children?

23 Almost 24

On what date did the law go into effect that required IRB approval and informed consent for all federally funded research?

June 30, 1974

What publication did Michael Rogers write for when he came to interview the Lackses?

Rolling Stone

What did the bathroom graffiti in the medical school restroom say that first inspired Michael Rogers to learn about HeLa cells and their background?

"Helen Lane Lives"

Who told Michael Rogers that Henrietta Lacks was actually the name of the patient whose cells became known as HeLa cells?

Walter Helson-Rees

When was the Human Genome project declared complete?

Rebecca Skloot states in Part 3: Immortality, Chapter 24 that a search of the U.S patent and Trademark Office database shows how many patents involving HeLa cells?

17,000 Patents

What was the cost for a vial of HeLa cells from the American Type Culture Collection at the time that The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks went to press?

$256 Per Vial