"20 Questions" About Silvia
"Remember, failure is not an option!"
1. What does the "N" in Silvia N. Bonaccorso stand for?
- Negrita
- Nancy
- Norma
- Nora
2. Where did Silvia earn her medical degree?
- University of Buenos Aires
- Princeton University
- Oxford University
- Karolinska Institute
3. According to Silvia, what is the strangest food she ever ate?
- Rocky Mountain Oysters
- fried worms
- chocolate-covered ants
- a Merck cookie
4. Which of the following languages does Silvia speak fluently?
- Spanish and Portuguese
- Italian
- English
- All of the above
5. What is Silvia's husband's name?
- John
- Carlos
- Orazio
- Guenter
6. Before working at Merck, Silvia was a flight attendant for which airline?
- Argentina Airlines
- Qantas Airways
- Air France
- Pan American Airways
7. What is Silvia's favorite musical group?
- AC/DC
- ABBA
- Run DMC
- B52s
8. In what field of medicine did Silvia specialize?
- Obstetrics
- Gastroenterology
- Nephrology
- Otolaryngology
9. What breed is Silvia's dog, Frankie?
- English Sheep Dog
- German Short-Haired Pointer
- Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Norwegian Buhund
10. Before working at Merck, Silvia appeared on a morning news program in Argentina in what capacity?
- as an anchorwoman
- as a music/movie critic
- as a weather girl
- as a medical reporter
11. Where was Silvia born and raised?
- Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Florence, Italy
- Paris, France
12. Silvia serves on the Editorial Board of which medical journal?
- New England Journal of Medicine
- British Medical Journal
- JAMA
- The Lancet
13. If a movie was being made about Silvia, which actress would she want cast to play her in the film?
- Isabella Rosellini
- Raquel Welch
- Angelica Houston
- Meryl Streep
14. When Silvia was a child, what did she want to be when she grew up?
- a soccer player
- a race car driver
- a singer in a Swedish pop band
- a doctor
15. In Silvia's spare time, what activity does she enjoy?
- scuba diving
- spelunking
- rollerblading
- parasailing
16. How long have Silvia and Olga Kallok worked together?
- 13 years
- 15 years
- 11 years
- 9 years
17. Which of the following soccer teams does Silvia follow?
- England and USA
- Australia and Germany
- Spain and Tunisia
- Argentina and Italy
18. What was Silvia's nickname in grade school?
- Silvi
- Schooey
- Negrita
- The Dancing Queen
19. If Silvia had to be stranded on a desert island with one person (family members excluded), who would that person be?
- Michael Schumacher
- Juan Pablo Montoya
- her best friend Alicia
- Fabio
20. What is Silvia's favorite place to visit?
- Provence, France
- London, England
- Hamburg, Germany
- Buenos Aires, Argentina