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Date: 6th April, 2016
Venue: GMCH Auditorium Conference Room
QM: Bibhuti Handique

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week’s research by the quizmaster. Any resemblance to slides, blogs or
other similar sources is purely coincidental. Most of the questions
belong to novice mode, hence the quizmaster are pinning high hopes
on getting correct answers. I m neither a God nor the boss here, I am
just a normal person who have a high tendency on making mistakes. So
kindly have pity on me.

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THE FORMAT
 36 questions in total.
 5 normal rounds of alternate clockwise & anti-clockwise
rotation.(5x6=30)
 1 round open on pounce.(1x6=6)
 Direct and pass (+10).
 Infinite pounce (+10/-10).

1
Zamenis longissimus is a species of non venomous snake native to
Europe, a member of the Colubridae family. They are dark, long,
slender and typically bronze in color, with smooth scales that give them
a metallic sheen. However, these species of snakes are more commonly
known by a different name due to their association with something.
Either tell me the common name of these snakes or tell me what is so
special about these snakes in the field of medical science?

Answer
Aesculapian snake. It refers to the classical God of healing ‘Greek
Asclepius’ around whose temples the snakes were commonly found. It
is surmised that the typical depiction of the ‘Rod of Asclepius’ features
this species of snakes.

2
Which often used medical term basically traces its origin to the Old
French word ‘_______’ meaning lack of ease, inconvenience ? The
word was first recorded in English in the late 14th century.

Answer
‘Disease’ from des-(expressing reversal) + aise ‘ease’

3
It is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization
(NGO) and 1999 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, best known for its
projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic
diseases. Founded on 20 December 1971 in France, the organization
actively provides health care and medical training to populations in
about 70 countries and frequently insists on political responsibility in
conflict zones such as Chechnya and Kosovo. Id this world famous
organisation.

5
‘Dr. Kotnis ki Amar Kahani’ is a 1946
Indian film directed by V. Shantaram
and starring V. Shantaram and
Jayshree in the lead roles. The film is
based on the life of Dr. Dwarkanath
Kotnis, an Indian doctor who was sent
to China during World War II to
provide medical assistance to the
Chinese troops against the Japanese
invasion in Yenan province. However,
his main triumph was curing a deadly
disease, but eventually he succumbed
to the disease himself. Which deadly
disease is being talked about?

6
 The red colour of the whole background indicates a certain type of danger.
 The spread of the knowledge (in a particular field) throughout the world is denoted by
the two green coloured wings. The green colour also signifies the evergreen hopes and
faith to the profession in this world.
 The spreading wings from the stick and the snake are the symbols of Mercury.
 A map is depicted in white to signify truthfulness and purity. The rising sun and a dot
represent the rays of sun falling on the city. The surroundings of the map are in yellow, to
signify the courage and sacrifice. At the bottom is a symbol indicating that we are brave
and strong.
 The outline of the Badge is designed artistically to show that it is an art to lead happy life
and there are ups and downs in the life.
 Finally the white colour of the flag with yellow border represents truthfulness & purity
and courage & sacrifice.
What am I talking about?

7
He received his training in 1977-78 in otology, neurotology and
microsurgery of the ear under Prof. G.E. Shambaugh Jr. and Prof.
George A. Sisson at Northwestern University, Chicago, USA. He has
also undergone training in otology under Prof. Nager at Johns Hopkins
Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. In 1996, he went to Australia to
undergo training in cochlear implant surgery at the Melbourne
University and the Bionic Ear Institute, Melbourne. He is best known
for performing his country’s first bilateral cochlear implantation
surgery. Who?

Answer
Dr. Ramesh C. Deka, an alumnus of
Gauhati Medical College and Hospital
(GMCH) and Ex-Director of All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),
Delhi

8
Charles Richard Drew was an American physician, surgeon and
medical researcher, born in 1904 to an African-American middle class
family in Washington D.C. He did his graduate work at Columbia
University, where he earned his Doctor of Medical Science degree,
becoming the first African American to do so. What is his most
significant contribution in the world of medical science?

9
The Greek philosopher Socrates, in his later years, was found guilty of
both corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens and of impiety (“not
believing in the gods of the state”), and was subsequently sentenced to
death by drinking a mixture containing poison hemlock. After drinking
the poison, he was instructed to walk around until his legs felt numb.
After he lay down, the man who administered the poison pinched his
foot; Socrates could no longer feel his legs. The numbness slowly crept
up his body until it reached his heart. Shortly before his death,
Socrates speaks his last words to Crito: “Crito, we owe a rooster to
Asclepius (the Greek God for curing illness). Please, don’t forget to pay
the debt.” Now the question is, how are the last words of Socrates
immortalized in the world of medical Science?

Answer
The logo of Karolinska Institute
(which awards Nobel Prize for
Medicine or Physiology every
year) features a rooster/ cock as
a tribute to the Greek
philosopher Socrates’ last words.

10
It is an outdoor sculpture in Jupiter, Florida, USA. The sculpture was
made in 2008 by German sculptor Julian Voss-Andreae. It was created
based on ________ structure published by E. Padlan for the Florida
campus of the Scripps Reasearch Institute. The sculpture is placed into
a ring referencing Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Vitruvian Man’ highlighting the
similar proportions of ________ and the human body. What sculpture
that Andreae found analogous to the ‘Vitruvian Man’ is being referred
to here?

Answer
The human antibody molecule

11
Two theories centering around a common belief:
1st , he was found of absinthe, a popular liquor containing thujone.
Excessive consumption of this liquor may cause the consumer to see all
objects with a yellow hue. Investigations conducted in 1991, however
showed that a person must drink 182 litres of absinthe to produce this
visual disorder, so we can discount this theory.
2nd, it involves overmedication with digitalis. People receiving large and
repeated doses of digitalis often see the world with a yellow-green tint.
They complain of seeing yellow spots surrounded by coronas.
Explanations for what?

Answer
This are the explanations behind yellow corona surrounding each star
in Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “The Starry Night”. The artist’s
physician, Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, may have treated van Gogh’s
epilepsy with digitalis which made Van Gogh see the world with a
yellow-green tint. In one of van Gogh’s three portraits of Gachet, the
physician holds a stem of Digitalis.

12
Located 120 miles east of Mexico
City, the tiny town of La Gloria-
population 2,300- is home to a
bronze statue of a little boy named
Edgar Hernandez. Standing 4ft 3in
and clad in shorts, a t-shirt, and
sneakers, the statue holds a frog in
its right hand. The bronze figure is
modeled after Belgium’s popular
urinating toddler statue,
Manneken Pis. What is the claim
to fame of this statue?

Answer
Edgar Hernandez is the so-called “kid zero” of the 2009 swine flu
outbreak, being the first case of the swine flu epidemic to have
successfully recovered.

13
He did his clinical training in internal medicine and infectious diseases
at UCLA School of Medicine (1978-82) and Massachusetts General
Hospital (1982-85) respectively. He has been at the forefront of AIDS
research for three decades. He published over 400 papers (cited June
2011), enabling the scientific community to understand the mechanism
of HIV replication.
Identify this Time magazine’s 1996 ‘Man of the Year’

15
In 1536, the French explorer Jacques Cartier, exploring the St. Lawrence
River, used the local natives’ knowledge to save his men who were
dying of a specific disease. He boiled the needles of the arbor vitae tree
(Eastern White Cedar) to make a tea to treat his men..
Between 1500 and 1800, it has been estimated that it killed at least two
million sailors. Jonathan Lamb wrote: “In 1499, Vasco da Gama lost 116
of his crew of 170; In 1520, Magellan lost 208 out of 230;…… all mainly to
_______” Which disease?

16
Henrietta Lacks was an African-
American woman born on August 1,
1920, in Virginia, to Eliza and Johnny
Pleasant. In her later life, she was
diagnosed with malignant epidermoid
carcinoma in her cervix. During her
radiation treatments for the tumor, two
samples of her cervix were removed – a
healthy part and a cancerous part-
without her permission and were given
to Dr. George Otto Gey and the rest is
history. What was so special about her
tumor?

Answer
Her cancerous tumor was the unwitting source of cells to create the
first known human immortal cell line for medical research, now known
as HeLa (named after Henrietta Lacks) cell line

17
Who is missing? And connect.

Answer
Sir Anthony Hopkins;
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
4 on-screen versions of Hannibal
Lecter:
Brian Cox, Anthony Hopkins, Mads
Mikkelsen and Gaspard Ulliel

18
The term was coined by Dr. Howard J. Bennett in a Letter to the Editor
of The New England Journal of Medicine on October 30,2003. Dr.
Bennett’s letter was entitled “________ ________ - Misery for
Muggles.
According to a standard definition, the term means a generalized
headache that occurs on spending many hours reading an unusually
long volume of books.
Give me the 2 word term.

19
He received his medical degree from
Gauhati Medical College in 1975. He joined
GMCH as a demonstrator in Pathology and
completed his Diploma in Clinical
Pathology. He completed his MD degree in
Internal Medicine and joined AIIMS, New
Delhi as Senior Resident, where he
completed three years’ training in
Neurology, leading to DM degree. In 1984,
to address inadequate availability of quality
healthcare in NE India, he returned to
Assam. What happened next?

Answer
He is Dr. Nomal Chandra Borah.
Guwahati Neurological Research Centre (GNRC) was founded by him

20
A case of Sacral Insufficiency
Fracture or SIF. Just identify the
sign.

21
He is a billionaire Indian scientist
and businessman, best known
outside India for defying large
Western pharmaceutical companies
in order to provide generic AIDS
drugs and treatments for other
ailments primarily affecting people
in poor countries. In February 2013,
he was the 28th richest Indian
according to Forbes. What was
founded by his father in the year
1935, something which is the oldest
of its kind in India?

Answer
He is Yusuf Hamied and his father was Dr. Khwaja Abdul Hamied, the
founder of CIPLA, India’s oldest pharmaceutical company

22
The inventor of the world’s first
ophthalmoscope. Whose tomb
is this?

Answer
Charles Babbage, the father of
modern computer, also invented
the world’s first ophthalmoscope
in 1847.

23
________ sive morbus gallicus is a 1530
epic poem by Girolamo Fracastoro who was
an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in
mathematics, geography and astronomy.
The poem is about a shepherd boy named
______ who insulted Greek god Apollo and
was punished by that god with a horrible
disease. The poem suggests using mercury
and “guaiaco” as a cure. The name of
which disease comes from the name of this
Shepherd Boy?

Answer
Syphilis, from the Shepherd boy ‘Syphilus’.

24
Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is a chronic granulomatous
infection caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae. Symptoms that
develop include granulomas of the nerves, respiratory system, skin and
eyes. Among the various complications of Leprosy are loss of eyebrows
(madarosis), premature senility and mega lobules of ear etc. How is
the condition ‘mega lobules of ear’ better known among the masses?

25
It is a type of persecutory/grandiose delusion in which patients believe
their lives are staged plays or reality television shows. The term was
coined in 2008 by brothers Joel and Ian Gold, a psychiatrist and a
neurophilosopher respectively. It is not officially recognized nor listed
in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatrist
Association; but there have been over 40 recorded instances of people
suffering from this disorder in the U.S., the U.K. and elsewhere.
What am I rambling about?

Answer
‘The Truman Show’ delusion

26
He was a Scottish lecturer at the
medical school of the University of
Edinburgh in the 19th century. He
studied medicine at the University
of Edinburgh Medical School and
received an MD degree in 1859. He
served as a personal surgeon to
Queen Victoria whenever she visited
Scotland. He wrote the book
‘Manual of the Operations of
Surgery’ which was published in
1866. X first met him and served as
his clerk at the Edinburgh Royal
Infirmary. Identify X & what did he
inspire X to create?

Answer
X- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
He is Dr. Joseph Bell. In his great grandfather’s instruction, Dr. Joseph
Bell emphasized the importance of close observation in making a
diagnosis. To illustrate this, he would often pick a stranger and, by
observing him, deduce his occupation and recent activities. According
to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dr. Joseph Bell was the inspiration behind
the character Sherlock Holmes.

27
The ‘barber chair phenomenon’ is a symptom rather than a sign
suggestive of a lesion of the dorsal columns of the cervical cord or of
the caudal medulla of the spinal cord. It is a classical finding in
multiple sclerosis, and is also seen in a number of other conditions
including transverse myelitis, trauma, radiation myelopathy, vitamin
B12 deficiency, tumors, high dose chemotherapy. It was first discovered
by Pierre Marie and Chatelin in 1917. Jean Lhermitte, a French
neurologist and neuropsychiatrist published his first report in the year
1920. How is this symptom/phenomenon better known to a layman?

Answer
A chill down one’s spine

28
The _______ __________ technique includes holding your arm up over
your face and then sneezing into your elbow. During the H1N1 swine flu
pandemic, the Centre For Disease Control recommends this technique
to avoid spreading germs. According to the Centre For Disease Control,
sneezing into your sleeve helps prevent the spread of cold and flu
germs. Fill in the blanks.

Answer
The Dracula Sneeze Technique

29
X is the 2nd largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous
region of Italy, has nearly 2,000 km of coastline, sandy beaches and a
mountainous interior popular for hiking. Y is a term given by
Phoenician colonists to elderly people who could no longer take care of
themselves. The criminals in X were given an intoxicating potion that
resulted in Y, they were then dropped from a high rock/beaten to
death. Scientists in Italy have now identified the potion to be derived
from Oenanthe crocata, which is common in X. It is scientifically
proven that high amount of toxic chemicals in this plant could result in
Y. Give me X & Y.

Answer
X- Sardinia, Y- Risus Sardonicus/ Sardonic Grin

30
He won 6 nominations for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine but
could not win in any of the occasions:
1929-by Sudhamoy Ghosh.
1942-by U Basu.
1942-by M Bose.
1942- by S Mahalanobis.
1942- by Sudhamoy Ghosh.
1942- by C Bose.
Who is this famous Indian and what is his contribution to the field of
medical treatment?

Answer
Upendranath Brahmachari, known for Urea stibamine, the medicine for
Kala azar.

31
Roderick MacKinnon is a professor of Molecular Neurobiology and
Biophysics at Rockefeller University who won the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry together with Peter Agre n 2003 for his work on the
structure of ____________. German sculptor Julian Voss-Andreae made
a sculpture for Roderick MacKinnon based on his discovery. Which
important discovery is being talked about here?

Answer
Laennec’s stethoscope

33
He is Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, an
Indian entrepreneur and
cardiologist born in Madras,
India in 1933 and educated in
Stanley Medical College in
Chennai. A 1991 Padma Bhushan
and a 2010 Padma Vibhusan
awardee, what was founded by
him in the year 1983?

34
In 1792, he developed a sudden serious illness which included
dizziness, weakness, delirium, sickness, abdominal pain, deafness, and
partial blindness. By the time, he returned to ______, in 1793, he was
completely deaf. Various diagnosis of this serious illness have been
offered: syphilis, lead poisoning, cardiovascular disease, acute infection
of the central nervous system and the rare condition of Vogt-Koyanagi-
Harada syndrome. In 1819, he had a 2nd serious illness. He later wrote,
“_______ in gratitude to his friend ______ for the skill and care with
which he saved his life in his acute and dangerous illness suffered at the
end of the year 1819 at the age of 73.” Who?

Answer
Francisco Goya; Goya’s painting
“Self-portrait with Dr Arrieta”

35
Schmid-Fraccaro syndrome is a rare condition caused by the short arm
(p) and a small section of the long arm (q) of human chromosome 22
being preset three (trisomic) or four times (tetrasomic) (usually 3
times) instead of the usual two times.
Just give me the nickname of this syndrome.

36
CONNECT (exhaustive list):
1. The ability of a blind person to sense accurately a light source or other
visual stimulus even though unable to see it consciously,
2. The phenomenon of relieving a person of the symptoms of a disease
or condition.
3. The human gene which contains the human leukocyte antigen and
which encodes cell surface antigen-presenting proteins.
4. A payment to the beneficiary on an annuity, pension, or life insurance
policy upon the death of the policy holder.
5. The communication of disease from one person or organism to
another by close contact.

6. An organism that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or
plant to another.
7. A trait, condition etc. that indicates the presence of a medical or
psychological disorder.

Answer
Robin Cook’s Novels of Jack Stapleton and Laurie montgomery series
1. Blindsight
2. Cure
3. Chromosome 6
4. Death Benefit
5. Contagion
6. Vector
7. Marker

1. Blindsight - The ability of a blind person to sense accurately a light source
or other visual stimulus even though unable to see it consciously,
2. Cure - The phenomenon of relieving a person of the symptoms of a
disease or condition.
3. Chromosome 6 - The human gene which contains the human leukocyte
antigen and which encodes cell surface antigen-presenting proteins.
4. Death benefit - A payment to the beneficiary on an annuity, pension, or
life insurance policy upon the death of the policy holder.
5. Contagion - The communication of disease from one person or organism
to another by close contact.

6. Vector - An organism that transmits a disease or parasite from one
animal or plant to another.
7. Marker- A trait, condition etc. that indicates the presence of a medical
or psychological disorder.

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