AEGIS Medical Trivia Quiz 2016 Prelims (copy)

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

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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

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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

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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!


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AEGIS Medical Trivia Quiz 2016 Prelims (copy)