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Medicine Trivia Quiz
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Considering all the tissues and cells in your body, 25 million new cells are being produced each second.

Medicine Trivia Quiz
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1. What is the Latin 'C' word that is used in English to refer to either an eyelash (when speaking anatomically) or an organelle on eukaryotic cells that projects from a much larger cell body (when speaking microbiologically)?

2. 'Bad Medicine' is a hit song from the 1988 album 'New Jersey' by what rock band?

3. What type of virus at a Chipotle near the Boston College campus sent over 80 students, including much of the men's basketball team, to the hospital in the fall of 2015?

4. What 1995 film is set in the year 2035 underneath the ruins of Philadelphia? Directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, and Brad Pitt, the film's plot revolves around a deadly virus and the film's production ran into many issues due to Philadelphia's harsh winter weather.

5. Caused by aging, disease, or trauma, what's the typical medical term for the opacity (cloudiness) on the crystalline lens of a human eye?

6. There is a common condition with unclear cause but believed to involve a number of genetic and environmental factors. It is not thought to be related to poor hygiene, and it often worsens during winter. Common signs are scalp itchiness and flakes. What is this condition?

7. Although now it formally does not stand for anything, the organization AABB was founded in the U.S. in 1947 as the American Association of ______ ______. The group works closely with the FDA and provides technical help in regulations regarding blood donations and storage across the country, while also accrediting transfusion sites. What two-word phrase fills the two blanks?

8. Which gland in the human body produces human growth hormone?

9. It is likely that the first of these animals was the 'Stellar' variety in which the male has a pronounced mane and is a fairly aggressive carnivore. This likely led to the misnomer for the creature. What is the name of these pinnipeds long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours, and a big chest and belly? They range from subarctic to tropical waters in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

10. The medical prefix 'brachi' refers to what part of the body?

11. What is the 'R' name for DNA created by combining fragments from different sources? These are occasionally referred to as 'chimeric' DNA and are considered a key feature in much of DNA biotechnology applications.

12. There's a new rapid test for the Hendra virus, spread to horses and people by what megabat with a kinda fluffy name?

13. Functioning extremely differently than mammalian eyesight, two different groups of snakes developed 'pits' that function as eyes by allowing them to see objects nearby based on what wavelength-based phenomenon?

14. What 'A' word typically refers to someone's inability to experience pleasure? This word is often described as a feeling of emotional emptiness and features prominently in the novel 'Infinite Jest.'

15. What breed of terrier dog gets it name from the dividing line between England and Scotland, in the Cheviot Hills?

16. The codified color associated with the intercollegiate academic discipline of medicine is what color? Put more simply, if you attend a Med School graduation, the graduates will be wearing black robes with what color trim?

17. Encephalitis is an inflammation of which organ in our body?

18. A nephrologist is a doctor who specializes in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases affecting what organ?

19. The 7th-biggest city by population in Minnesota was once named Medicine Lake but the current name is shared with one of the most famous granite boulders in the US. What is this city?

20. In 1895, one week after Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen first realized a cathode ray tube could help one peer into the human body, he used this primitive x-ray to view what body part of his wife?

21. Which term is used to describe a disease that's common or even constantly present in a specific population?

22. What is the five-letter 'B' word that is used to refer to a dosage of fast-acting insulin that is often given via the continuously-attached 'pump' device worn by some diabetics?

23. In 1899 Felix Hoffman, a German chemist at the drug company Bayer, successfully modified Salicylic Acid, a compound found in willow bark, to produce what drug?

24. Red blood cells get filtered by the 'red pulp' in what internal organ that humans are able to live without?

25. What 'B' condition is a treatable but incurable inflammation of the eyelids? Its name is derived from the Greek word for 'eyelid.'