Zumba Party Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rock

A geologist's work involves the study of all materials making up the earth, and other planets as well, and how these act upon planets, shaping and forming them. Their work also involves the search for oil, gas, and precious gems and minerals, as well as monitoring, and keeping the public informed of the possibility of disastrous events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes.

The pun for this question combines the meaning of the word "rock" - a major component of a geologist's work - with "rock music".

Answer: It was very filling

The work of the dreaded dentists involves inspecting, diagnosing, and treating various health issues relating to our teeth - cleaning, drilling, filling, and, where necessary, extraction. When a tooth is filled, a dentist initially drills into the tooth to remove any decay that may have set in, before he or she then packs the cavity with different alloys or amalgams in order to keep the tooth stable and protected for, hopefully, many years to come. Usually all this is preceded by a numbing injection so that the patient doesn't feel any pain while the procedure is being carried out. Dentists have come a long way since the days when teeth were treated by the local barber, but they're still regarded with emotions akin to fear and panic by most sane people. The secret of course to avoid having to come into contact with them, is to take good care of your pearly whites, but even then, it's wise to have periodic check-ups by these mask-wearing, drill waving fiends.

The pun for this question combines the word "filling" - one of the standard tasks carried out by a dentist - with eating a large and consequently very "filling" meal.

Answer: He made cutting remarks

Surgeons are highly trained, enormously skilled physicians, who are qualified to carry out various surgical procedures on patients with the ultimate aim of improving a medical condition that is causing pain or distress to a patient, or to save a patient's life in one way or another. Many surgeons, by undertaking further studies, are so skilled at certain procedures that they become specialists in those fields.

The pun for this question combines the meaning of the word "cutting" - which is the initial incision made on a patient before the surgery begins - with the description applied to sarcastic comments made by anyone. These can be so hurtful, that they are often said to be "cutting".

Answer: His excuse was transparent

Radiologists today use various forms of medical imaging to take internal images and printouts in order to diagnose health problems within the human body. These techniques include "X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine including positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)" (Wikipedia), with each one requiring very specific training. Many of the machines used in these procedures are large and alarming - particularly for small children - but they are not painful. The most frightening thing about them is the sense of isolation you feel once the specialist has stepped into another booth to press assorted buttons and switches, leaving you alone, strapped to a bed, and lying helplessly at the mercy of monstrous, sometimes very noisy machines. When x-rays are taken of any part of the human body, the resulting image is actually a photograph of one's bones and larger organs. You have before you a transparent photograph of part of your skeleton and innards. Ever so delightful.

The pun for this questions combines the "transparent" image of an x-ray - with the easily seen through "transparent" excuse given to his wife by the radiologist.

Answer: Blood curdling

The work of a haematologist centres around diseases of the blood, their cause, likely outcomes, and treatments. These specialists deal with bone marrow diseases, coagulation issues, bleeding disorders such as haemophilia and leukaemia, stem cell transplants, transfusions and a host of other issues that are all blood related. Their extremely skilled work requires years of intensive training and study.

The pun for this question combines the use of the horror associated phrase of "blood-curdling" - with the "blood" related work of a haematologist.

Answer: Her beauty was only skin deep

Dermatologists are specialists who work in treating diseases and other health issues related to skin, hair and nails. To be eligible to work in this field, dermatologists undergo years of training, commencing with a basic Doctor of Medicine degree, followed by house and general medical training, and a further four years of specialist training in their ultimate field. That training is well and truly needed for the extensive range of tasks their job entails.

The pun for this question combines part of the work a dermatologist covers - the "skin" - with the old proverb that beauty is only "skin" deep.

Answer: Lumbarjack

Lumberjacks, who are employed in the logging business, could be looked upon as the front line workers in that industry. Their job involves the initial harvesting of giant beautiful gifts of nature, chopping them down and then transporting their beautiful destroyed trunks to delegated mills for the dissection work to be carried out and the shaping of logs that are eventually turned into various structures and goods. It's necessary work, but heartbreaking nonetheless, to see giants of the forests toppling in this way. To a certain extent, the term lumberjack today is a somewhat old-fashioned one, and has been replaced by the word "logger" instead. Lumberjacks referred more to a time when these men had to carry out their work using only hand held, non-automated equipment. Oh my gosh, they must have been incredibly strong.

The pun for this question turns a lumberjack into a lumBARjack instead - with "lumbar" being an adjective that roughly applies to the lower back or spine of an individual. Ongoing pain in that area of the body can require the expertise of a trained chiropractor to fix.

Answer: A heart warming one

The immensely important work of a cardiologist covers all areas of diagnosis and treatment for disorders relating to the heart. This could include a developing disease, a birth defect, heart attacks, anything at all to do with that precious pump that keeps the very life blood circulating throughout our bodies. A cardiologist's works stops at performing surgery on the heart, however. That is the realm and area of expertise of a cardiac surgeon, or a cardiothoracic surgeon.

The pun for this question combines the focus of a cardiologist's work - the heart - with the description of a speech that has moved the emotions of its audience, and often described as "heart-warming".

Answer: Very vain

Phlebotomists are those grim folk who stick a needle into a vein in your elbow (usually) in order to draw out what seems to be gallons of your life's blood. This can be for testing of the substance, or to hook you up to give blood donations, or for research purposes. Their work is skilled and thorough. The actual process of drawing the blood is known as venipuncture - which is even less reassuring - as visions of vampires! teeth! veins! dance in your head. Blood of course can be collected by pricking the ends of the fingers instead and squeezing out drops of blood onto sample disks, or, with babies, by heel pricks. It's all very frightening for a child alone in a hospital, but it doesn't really hurt at all. Indeed, a really skilled phlebotomist can carry out the procedure with you hardly knowing it has happened. The fear is all in the mind.

The pun for this question combines the word "vein" - a part of the body worked on by a phlebotomist, with the word "vain" - a word to describe someone who is proud and conceited about his or her appearance.

Answer: He fell asleep on the job

An anaesthesiologist is a medical specialist whose focus is on keeping a patient unconscious enough during any surgical procedure so that the operation can be carried out without the patient's awareness, or sensation of pain - that comes later - but not so deeply unconscious that the patient never recovers. It is described as a "highly refined, safe and effective field of medicine" (Wikipedia) but there are some people who would completely disagree with this description, some who have woken up during the middle of an operation to incredible pain, and some, as children, who will forever remember being forcibly held down on that terrible operation table while a big black mask is forced down, inexorably, upon their faces. Those are the exceptions that prove the rule however.

The pun for this question unites the work of an anaesthesiologist - that of sending patients safely to "sleep" during surgery - with the natural physical act of falling asleep for a good night's rest.