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Odd Medical Facts Trivia Quiz

Strange facts about medical things and people.

A multiple-choice quiz by morrow. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
morrow

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
70,677

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
10700

Last 3 plays: Samoyed7 (10/10), Guest 85 (5/10), Guest 184 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the chief symptom of the visual disorder known as diplopia? Hint

double vision

blindness

tired eyes

seeing red spots

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Question 2 of 10

2. What are you afraid of if you suffer from metrophobia? Hint

planets

bears

poetry

stars

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which two books of the Bible were written by a physician? Hint

John and Mark

Luke and Acts

Acts and Romans

Matthew and Luke

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these scientists made a major contribution to the development of the thermometer? Hint

Galileo

Franklin

Edison

Bell

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Question 5 of 10

5. When was the first book on birth control published in the U.S.? Hint

1908

1937

1927

1830

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Question 6 of 10

6. Where in an adult human body would you find the muscles that contract the most frequently over the course of a typical day? Hint

In the eyes

In the feet

In the heart

In the chest

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Question 7 of 10

7. How many quarts of blood does the average adult heart pump through its chambers during an hour of just sitting quietly? Hint

900

1200

300

600

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the name of the world's first human test-tube baby? Hint

Louise

Sarah

Martha

Heather

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who had the first medicine balls made for his patients? Hint

Spandmeyer

Jackson

Hippocrates

Franklin

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Question 10 of 10

10. In what country was the first known cataract surgery performed? Hint

India

France

USA

England

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the chief symptom of the visual disorder known as diplopia?

Answer: double vision

In medical terminology the prefix di means two, thus giving you double. Ironically enough also in medical terminology bi also means two.

2. What are you afraid of if you suffer from metrophobia?

Answer: poetry

I guess Jack and Jill would neither be cute nor funny!

3. Which two books of the Bible were written by a physician?

Answer: Luke and Acts

Written by St. Luke who of course was a physician.

4. Which of these scientists made a major contribution to the development of the thermometer?

Answer: Galileo

One of the many things he invented that has lasted over the ages.

5. When was the first book on birth control published in the U.S.?

Answer: 1830

The book Moral Physiology was written by social reformer Robert Dale Owen.

6. Where in an adult human body would you find the muscles that contract the most frequently over the course of a typical day?

Answer: In the eyes

The small muscles that constantly adjust eye position move, on average, three to four times per second in patterns called saccades. For comparison, the human heart beats only one to one and a half times per second (60 to 90 per minute) at rest and rarely faster than three beats per second (180 per minute) even at maximum exertion.

7. How many quarts of blood does the average adult heart pump through its chambers during an hour of just sitting quietly?

Answer: 300

During exercise this can increase as much as 1200 quarts or 300 gallons an hour.

8. What was the name of the world's first human test-tube baby?

Answer: Louise

She was Louise Brown, and she was born in England in 1978.

9. Who had the first medicine balls made for his patients?

Answer: Hippocrates

He had the balls sewn out of animal skins and stuffed with sand. He directed his patients to lob them back and forth to prevent and recover from certain injuries.

10. In what country was the first known cataract surgery performed?

Answer: India

As close as they can figure it was performed sometime aroud the year 500 B.C.

Source: Author morrow

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