AEGIS Medical Trivia Quiz 2016 Prelims

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AEGIS MedQuiz | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

1. This set of pictures depicts the word-origins
of a group of anatomical structures in the
human body. Which group is it?

Carpal bones
(scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium,
trapezoid, capitate, hamate)

2. This substance, ‘X’, was used in the late 19th
century as a treatment for a variety of
conditions such as toothache, dandruff, fatigue
and even as an anaesthetic during eye surgeries
– apart from being popular as a former
ingredient in Coca-Cola. X’s name is blackened
in the following pictures. What commonly
known substance are we talking about?

Cocaine

3. Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova has
been temporarily banned for consuming which
drug, for a period of about 10 years?

Meldonium / Mildronate

4. During a 1973 bank robbery in Sweden, several of its
employees were held hostage while their captors
negotiated with the police. Strangely, during this
impasse, the victims became emotionally attached to
their captors, rejected help from government officials
and even defended their captors after they were freed six
days later.
According to the FBI, this psychological phenomenon is
seen in about 8% of hostage victims, who essentially
mistake a lack of abuse from their captors for an act of
kindness. What is the name of this condition, jokingly
referred to by Dr Foreman in House MD as something
the trio might be having?

Stockholm syndrome

5. In June 2016, Google changed their logo to
this, for a day. Who was it in honour of?

Karl Landsteiner

6. The term “zeugmatography” was coined by
Lauterbur in 1972 for the joining of a magnetic
field and spatially defined radiofrequency field
gradients to generate a two-dimensional display
of proton density and relaxation times in tissues.
How do we better know this term now?

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

7. Which biological tendency do these three
fictional characters depict?

Atavism
• Nightcrawler – tail
• Chandler Bing of Friends – supernumerary
nipple
• Count Dracula – large canines; may also refer
to primitive behavior

8. The movie Gifted Hands: The _________ Story is
based on the life story of which neurosurgeon, who
was also a candidate in the 2016 US presidential
elections?

Ben Carson

9. In the naming of the precordial leads of an
ECG, what does the ‘V’ stand for?

Voltage

10. The first description of this disease has been
recorded as thus:
“On April the 5th, 1750, I went to see a most
deplorable object of a child… The skin was dry and
hard and seemed to be cracked in many places,
somewhat resembling the scales of a fish. The
mouth was large and round and open. It had no
external nose, but two holes where the nose should
have been. The eyes appeared to be lumps of
coagulated blood, turned out, ghastly to behold.
(continued)

(continued)
It had no external ears, but holes where the
ears should be. The back part of the head was
much open…”
The first documented case of this disease in
India was reported in June 2016. Which
disease is being talked about?

Harlequin ichthyosis

11. Which subject in MBBS gives its name to that
of this 2008 movie, whose poster is shown here?

Pathology

12. The ________ sign is a reflex movement
which occurs in brain dead patients, which
causes them to briefly raise their arms and drop
them crossed on their chests. A syndrome, by
the same name, refers to auto-resuscitation after
a failed attempt at CPR. They are named after a
Biblical figure whom Jesus is said to have raised
from the dead. What sign and syndrome are we
talking about?

Lazarus sign/syndrome

13. What is the full form of F-A-S-T in this
“song”, used as a mnemonic to quickly remember
how to identify and respond to someone having a
stroke?

Face
Arm
Speech
Time

14. In 1993, Oprah Winfrey interviewed Michael
Jackson, watched by over 62 million people.
MJ says, “Number one, as I know of, there is no such
thing as skin bleaching, I have never seen it, I don't
know what it is.” It was in this interview that Jackson
stated he had a skin disorder and also that it was
hereditary, rather than something he caused. “It’s
something that I cannot help,” explained Jackson,
“when people make up stories that I don't want to be
who I am it hurts me. It's a problem for me that I
can't control,
(continued)

(continued)
but what about all the millions of people who sit
out in the sun, to become darker, to become other
than what they are, no one says nothing about
that.”
This interview started a public discourse on the
topic of _______, a relatively unknown condition
before then. What skin condition, derived from the
Latin word for “veal”, did MJ suffer from?

Vitiligo

15. Jeevan Bindi, or life-saving dot, is an idea put
forward by a philanthropic agency that seeks to
help women across rural India to get their daily
required dose of ______. Fill in the blank.

Iodine

AUDIENCE QUESTION 1
What sign, typically seen in patients with
certain diseases of the proximal muscles,
is shown in this video?

Gowers’ sign, seen in Duchenne muscular
dystrophy

16. _______ has long been observed as a
contagious reflex. Various studies have
hypothesized that _______ may be a sign of
empathy, or the body’s way of controlling its
own temperature, or a survival instinct inherited
from our evolutionary past as a result of which
the group becomes more vigilant and alert to
danger. What are we talking about?

Yawning

17. According to a widely accepted theory, the
English name of which human body part is derived
from the Latin word meaning “a witness”?
The same body part also gives its name, in another
language, to that of this fruit!

Testis

18. The term Genovese syndrome comes from the case
of Kitty Genovese who was raped and murdered on
Friday the 13th, of March, 1964. This case stimulated
research into a certain psychological phenomenon. The
significance of this case as an example of this syndrome
was blown out of proportion by initial newspaper
reports, thus it has become more parable than fact.
This syndrome is commonly known as ______ _____, a
phenomenon wherein individuals do not offer any
means of help in an emergency situation to a victim
when others are present nearby. The greater the number
of bystanders, the less likely it is that any one of them
will help. What is it called?

The bystander effect

19. In 1905, the British Medical Journal held the
view that by using the _______________, “we
pauperise our senses and weaken clinical acuity”.
Incidentally, in the same year, a Russian physician
described a series of sounds related to the same
clinical method, which is now taught to medical
students all over the world. Fill in the blank and
name the physician who was far ahead of his
time.

Sphygmomanometer; Korotkoff sounds

20. Which peculiar condition, as you might be
able to see, do these famous celebrities have?

Heterochromia iridis
(Mila Kunis and Benedict Cumberbatch)

21. In 2014, cardiologists in Texas identified a new
symptom to look for in patients with severe heart
failure. They define this as “shortness of breath
when bending forward”.
It has a strong association with a raised JVP; so if
you can’t see the pesky JVP, just get the patient to
tie up their shoes (the mean time for shortness of
breath being 8 seconds). This rather crude term
was coined thus to be easily identifiable among
patients and physicians. What are we talking
about?

Bendopnea

22. A study published in the journal Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences found out that a
certain structure in the brains of London taxi
drivers is more highly developed than those of
their fellow citizens. Which structure is this?

Hippocampus

23. This radiological sign is seen in passive
hepatic congestion following congestive heart
failure, caused by the dilatation of the inferior
vena cava and the hepatic veins. What sign are
we talking about, named after a popular
magazine?

Playboy bunny sign

24. When an American doctor chides you for
diagnosing a “zebra”, what does he really mean?

Exotic / rare diagnosis

The counter-argument also holds true…

25. Which chemical, now used as a standard
medication in psychiatry, was once an
ingredient of the famous soft drink 7-Up?

Lithium

26. In May 2016, a South Korean convenience
store chain Withme FS created the Gyeondyo-
bar, a grapefruit-flavored ice cream bar with a
small amount of oriental raisin tree fruit juice.
This raisin juice has been considered a treatment
for a condition since the 1600s.
John Nash’s friend in the movie A Beautiful Mind
describes this condition as, “Having a _______ is
like not having enough water in your body to run
your Krebs cycle.” Veisalgia, the medical term for
this condition is better known as _______?

Hangover

27. In an ophthalmologist’s prescription, what do
these letters O.D. and O.S. stand for?

Oculus dexter (right eye)
Oculus sinister (left eye)

28. This disease, characterized by inflammation of
the blood vessels, was named after X. Following
reports of X’s former association with Nazism, a
campaign was launched to rename the disease. In
2011, three leading medical associations finally
agreed to rename the disease as a response to the
campaign. Which disease is being talked about?

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, formerly known
as Wegener’s granulomatosis

29. Dr. William Halsted writes:
“In the winter of 1889 and 1890—I cannot recall the
month—the nurse in charge of my operating-room
complained that the solutions of mercuric chloride
produced a dermatitis of her arms and hands. As she
was an unusually efficient woman, I gave the matter
my consideration and one day in New York
requested the Goodyear Company to make as an
experiment two pairs of thin _______. On trial these
proved to be so satisfactory that additional ______
(continued)

were ordered. In the autumn, on my return to town,
an assistant who passed the instruments and
threaded the needles was also provided with ______
to wear at the operations. At first the operator wore
them only when exploratory incisions into joints
were made. After a time the assistants became so
accustomed to working in ______ that they also
wore them as operators..”
This has been called the most famous paragraph
ever printed in medical literature, not only for its
(continued)

description of the introduction of ______, but also
because it represents the beginning of a love affair
being recorded in medical literature. Halsted later
married the nurse, Caroline.
Although the importance of these was realized
later, these “______ of Love” soon entered surgical
practice and proved to be of the greatest
importance for the development of aseptic surgical
work.
What are we talking about?

Rubber gloves

30. The British and American Heart Associations
have recommended that the beats of this song
may be used as an aid to learn and perform a life-
saving procedure. Which particular method of the
procedure is it?

Hands-only CPR
Note (in reference to the following video) :
To call an ambulance in Hyderabad, dial 1-0-8
instead of 9-9-9!

See you in the
final round!

AEGIS Medical Trivia Quiz 2016 Prelims

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