AEGIS Medical Trivia Quiz 2016 Finals

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The AEGIS MedQuizFINAL ROUND

ROUND 1Infinite Pounce IAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

RULESQuestions shall be asked to each team in a sequenceOther teams are allowed to pounce on the question (by raising a hand) until 10 seconds after it has been askedTeams pouncing shall write down the answer on a piece of paper; they shall NOT read the answer aloud+10 / 0 on a direct question+ 10 / -5 on a pounceThe question will not pass on to the teams who have pounced+10 / 0 on a question that has been passedAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

1. From a time as early as that of the Mayan civilization, ________ have been considered to be an effective treatment for wound healing. Though this form of treatment using live organisms might sound repulsive at first, the FDA in 2004 approved it for the management of non-healing wounds and foot ulcers, among others. What are we talking about?

AEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

And the answer isAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

Maggots(larvae of flies)


2. An article by Dr. Richard Beasley and colleagues in the European Respiratory Journal described the first reported case of _______, which occurred in a New Zealand man who developed deep vein thrombosis after periods of sitting at a computer for up to 18 hours a day. Considered a newly recognized variant of DVT, and also named Seated Immobilization Syndrome, whats the fancy name given to it wherein the cause is totally attributed to computers/gaming consoles and such techie electronic stuff?



E-thrombosis


3.


The picture reads, When the human heart is stopped by any accident, the new self-starter is used as shown in this picture. Here, the needle is being inserted by one of its inventors, C Henry Hyman.

This invention was called the Hyman-otor. In the modern era, there are many variants of this device external, transvenous or implanted depending on the type needed. Some external units of this device allow laymen or bystanders to use them successfully with little or no training. Whats this device?



Defibrillator


4.

The _____ index is a stock market analysis indicator devised by Peter Martin and Byron McCann, used to measure the riskiness of investments such as securities, commodities or mutual funds. It is a measure of volatility in a downward direction. Other volatility measures treat up and down movement equally, but a trader doesn't mind upward movement; it's the downside that is troublesome.

What name is given to this index because of the apparent health effects it causes in a stock trader?

Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks, please read the offer documents carefully before investing This is a statement often seen in ads.AEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad


Ulcer indexAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

5. Dog is mans best friend. There are many interesting anecdotes and serendipitous stories about how dogs have been loved, named and tested by many anaesthesiologistsIn his famous Dunked Dog demonstration at a medical convention, Dr Guedel wanted to prove that a cuffed ET tube would prevent aspiration. So, he submerged his dog with the cuffed ETT while it was anaesthetized, pulled the dog out of the water and woke him up. The dog then ran out of the auditorium, thus proving his invention a success. What was the fitting name he gave his dog, in whom he had put the ETT?



Airway


6. This inability is the result of a genetic mutation which occurred in humans as recently as 3,000 years ago with the paradox that people who possess the mutation do not have the inability, while people who do not possess the mutation suffer from it. Viewed by researchers as a sign of mans changing food habits, which inability are we talking about, whose prevalence is shown in the map here?




Lactose intolerance / Lactase deficiencyAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

AUDIENCE QUESTIONConnect the four pictures here to arrive at a commonly known medical condition!AEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad



ComaAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

7. This disease was initially called Dum Dum Fever, after a place in West Bengal, India where X first identified the causative organisms in smears taken from the spleen of a patient who had died from this. He proposed them to be trypanosomes, found for the first time in India. Which disease, named after X, are we talking about?



LeishmaniasisAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

8. As in nearly all cultures, in ancient Egypt, the doctor was a part of the priesthood. Each physician was responsible for curing only one illness. The God King was attended to by a host of them, each specializing in one body part and bearing titles such as the Royal Keeper of the Pharaohs Left Eye, Keeper of the Right Eye, Shepherd of the Royal Anus, and so onIf the Shepherd of the Royal Anus was very good at his job, he could progress to being the Keeper of the Royal Rectum, and make the royal _____.

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Perhaps the only city in the world to have an _____ statue is in Russia Inozemtava. This $42,000 sculpture is held up by four angels. What entity, most frequently used to relieve constipation and clear the bowel before a medical exam or surgery are we talking about here?



Enema


9. In 1743, German anatomist Lorenz Heister listed the treatment options for a _______ wiping the lump with saliva; taking a bullet that had killed a wild animal (ideally a stag) and strapping it to the cyst; or even rubbing it with the hand of a dead man.

Not surprisingly, these treatments have fallen out of favor, but judging by some eye-watering videos on YouTube there is one intervention that plenty of people are still happy to try

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hitting the lump very hard with a huge book. Historically, a Bible was the largest or only book in any given household and became the ideal book for the task, hence the nickname Bible cysts or Bible bumps.

The name also refers to a collection of cell bodies outside the central nervous system.

What is being talked about?



Ganglion cyst


10. During an excavation in 2000 in a tomb near the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, archaeologists found this curious artefact - subsequently named the Cairo toe. Another similar artefact, named the Greville Chester toe, is now in the British museum and also dates back to about 600 BC. What is so special about these two artefacts?



Worlds first prostheticsAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

11. The following trick is sometimes played in a mess or at a party: a victim is persuaded to hyperventilate for about a minute and then his chest is suddenly compressed by someone standing behind him. He usually loses consciousness in a few seconds.Another practice goes as follows: a boy desiring to indulge in this activity squats on his haunches and takes 20 deep breaths.He then rises quickly to his feet, closes his nostrils with his fingers, and blows hard. The immediate result is that he drops to the ground and passes out for about half a minute.What are these two phenomena known as?



Mess trick and fainting larkAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

12. The 1918 flu pandemic has left an indelible mark on history, having infected half a billion people across the world and killing as much as 5% of the worlds population, dropping life expectancy by 12 years. For a long time, it was believed that the H1N1 influenza virus was solely responsible for the disaster; however, new research suggests that ______ poisoning might have contributed substantially to the mass fatalities. What is the name of this freely available agent widely used as a painkiller, which was prescribed for the flu symptoms?



Aspirin


AUDIENCE QUESTION_________ is the cleverest thief, because she not only steals from you, but she steals the very thing you need to remember whats been stolen. Jarod Kintz. Fill in the blank.



AlzhiemersAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

ROUND 2Differential Written Round IAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

RULES1 team correct 24 points2 teams correct 18 points each3 teams correct 12 points each4 teams correct 8 points each5 teams correct 6 points each6 teams correct 3 points each AEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

1. The ________ manoeuvre is an example of a tactic that demonstrates a basic cardiovascular physiological feedback loop. The purpose of this is to induce firing of the vagus nerve from the medulla, in order to slow down the heart. Originally used to expel pus from the middle ear, it is now also used in treating an episode of supraventricular tachycardia. Fill in the blank.


2. In 1978, the Nobel-Prize winning scientist Linus Pauling sent a letter to another Nobel laureate Richard Feynman who was dying of cancer, urging him to take large quantities of _________, about 20 g a day, as a treatment. In response, Feynman made this hilarious video. What chemical compound had Pauling asked him to take?


3. This gastrointestinal disease could just have easily ended up with the name Ginzbergs disease or Oppenheimers disease. In 1932, three NY physicians named Burill Bernard_______, Leon Ginzberg and Gordon Oppenheimer published a paper describing a new sort of intestinal inflammation. Since their names were listed alphabetically, the condition ended up bearing _____s name.Seantrel Henderson, who is a right-tackle in the NFL can take on the most powerful and aggressive men in his sport but knows that a tomato sandwich on a wheat bread could send him to the hospital. So, he skips eating them, like the disease that skips its way through his intestine. What disease are we talking about?


4. Which neurological phenomenon is responsible for this optical illusion?


5. Three attacks of infective endocarditis with consequent emergency surgery to the aortic and mitral valves leave their mark. These are the impressions of a physician at the receiving end of his medical environment, an experience which entailed 4 periods of hospitalisation in 2 hospitals.These are the personal accounts of a physician who is better known to us through the following descriptions, which he observed on himself:________ window, referring to the diamond-shaped gap formed when two opposing fingers are placed back to back.________ sign, referring to the obliteration of this window.AEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

6. What sign, described in 1970, refers to hyperpigmentation of the thighs caused by the repeated pressure from sitting forwards with arms resting on the thighs, i.e. a tripod position, especially seen in patients with long-standing COPD?


7. Called every emergency physicians favourite lab test, it was initially believed to be a pathogenic secretion since it was elevated in a variety of diseases including cancer. Later, it was discovered to be synthesised in the liver, thus showing that it is a native protein. Discovered in 1930, this protein was named _____ because it reacted with the C polysaccharide antigen of Pneumococcus. Which protein are we talking about?


8. Pierre (Peter) Chamberlen was the name of two brothers, Peter the Elder and Peter the Younger, famous for inventing the modern use of ________.Initially, this was a closely guarded secret and would be brought to the patients house in a box with gilded carvings. The pregnant woman would be blindfolded and all others had to leave the room. The people outside heard screams, bells, and other strange noises until the cry of the baby indicated a successful delivery. Fill in the blank.


ANSWERSAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

1. The ________ manoeuvre is an example of a tactic that demonstrates a basic cardiovascular physiological feedback loop. The purpose of this is to induce firing of the vagus nerve from the medulla, in order to slow down the heart. Originally used to expel pus from the middle ear, it is now also used in treating an episode of supraventricular tachycardia. Fill in the blank.


Valsalva


2. In 1978, the Nobel-Prize winning scientist Linus Pauling sent a letter to another Nobel laureate Richard Feynman who was dying of cancer, urging him to take large quantities of _________, about 20 g a day, as a treatment. In response, Feynman made this hilarious video. What chemical compound had Pauling asked him to take?


Vitamin C


3. This gastrointestinal disease could just have easily ended up with the name Ginzbergs disease or Oppenheimers disease. In 1932, three NY physicians named Burill Bernard_______, Leon Ginzberg and Gordon Oppenheimer published a paper describing a new sort of intestinal inflammation. Since their names were listed alphabetically, the condition ended up bearing _____s name.Seantrel Henderson, who is a right-tackle in the NFL can take on the most powerful and aggressive men in his sport but knows that a tomato sandwich on a wheat bread could send him to the hospital. So, he SKIPS eating them, like the disease that skips its way through his intestine. What disease are we talking about?


Crohns disease


4. Which neurological phenomenon is responsible for this optical illusion?


Lateral inhibition


5. Three attacks of infective endocarditis with consequent emergency surgery to the aortic and mitral valves leave their mark. These are the impressions of a physician at the receiving end of his medical environment, an experience which entailed 4 periods of hospitalisation in 2 hospitals.These are the personal accounts of a physician who is better known to us through the following descriptions, which he observed on himself:________ window, referring to the diamond-shaped gap formed when two opposing fingers are placed back to back.________ sign, referring to the obliteration of this window.AEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

Schamroth


6. What sign, described in 1970, refers to hyperpigmentation of the thighs caused by the repeated pressure from sitting forwards with arms resting on the thighs, i.e. a tripod position, especially seen in patients with long-standing COPD?


Thinkers sign / Dahls sign / Target sign


7. Called every emergency physicians favourite lab test, it was initially believed to be a pathogenic secretion since it was elevated in a variety of diseases including cancer. Later, it was discovered to be synthesised in the liver, thus showing that it is a native protein. Discovered in 1930, this protein was named _____ because it reacted with the C polysaccharide antigen of Pneumococcus. Which protein are we talking about?


CRP (C-Reactive Protein)


8. Pierre (Peter) Chamberlen was the name of two brothers, Peter the Elder and Peter the Younger, famous for inventing the modern use of ________.Initially, this was a closely guarded secret and would be brought to the patients house in a box with gilded carvings. The pregnant woman would be blindfolded and all others had to leave the room. The people outside heard screams, bells, and other strange noises until the cry of the baby indicated a successful delivery. Fill in the blank.


Obstetric forceps


AUDIENCE QUESTIONThis British military doctor conducted a series of experiments on a patient named Husein Khan in Secunderabad in 1897, which led to him making an important discovery that laid the foundation for the treatment of a certain disease, and for which he received a Nobel Prize. Name the doctor and the disease.



Sir Ronald Ross; Malaria


ROUND 3Infinite Pounce IIAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

1. In a famous case just before Christmas 2015, charges of driving under the influence of alcohol against a New York woman were dismissed. The woman was charged with driving while intoxicated when a breath analyser test showed her blood-alcohol content to be 0.33%, way above the legal limit of 0.08%. She was acquitted citing a rare condition where high blood levels of alcohol could be found even without actually being drunk. What condition is this?



Auto-brewery syndrome / Gut fermentation syndromeAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

2. This is a popular test, in which the subject is asked to name the colour of the ink, and not the word that is printed. It is based on the ______ effect, whose original paper is one of the most cited papers in the history of experimental psychology. What effect, used to demonstrate the interference in the reaction time of a task, are we talking about? AEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad



The Stroop EffectAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

3. In 2006, at the age of 97, Dr. Michael Ellis deBakey became the oldest person ever to undergo the surgery which was pioneered by himself years earlier, and named after him. What condition did he suffer from?



Aortic dissection


4. These are all examples of a certain kind of outfit used to relieve the symptoms of a certain condition. What condition is it?



Sleep apneaAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

5. While the Occams razor is often cited in medicine while arriving at a diagnosis, which states that a doctor should strive to look for the fewest possible causes that will account for all the symptoms, a counter-argument has also been put forward to warn against its pitfalls. This is stated as Patients can have as many diseases as they damn well please. What is the popular name by which this statement is known as?



Hickams dictum


6. Whats the medical term for someone who has a severe case of ants in their pants after taking a dose of metoclopramide, described as a syndrome characterized by an inability to remain seated, with motor restlessness and a feeling of muscular quivering?



Akathisia


AUDIENCE QUESTIONYou might have seen this pack quite often during your clinical postings. Sometimes called a banana bag owing to its colour, what do these IV fluid packs usually contain?



Multi-vitamins!

These banana bags usually contain thiamine, folic acid and 3 g of magnesium sulphateAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

7. This 19th century diagram depicts the specific points on the body for a procedure considered therapeutic for virtually every disease at that time, the mention of which can be found in texts from as far as the 5th century BC. In modern medicine, this practice has been largely abandoned, but a much more controlled and sophisticated version of this procedure is used for treating a small number of diseases. Which procedure are we talking about?




Bloodletting / Phlebotomy


8. While treating wounded American soldiers during World War II, Dr Henry Beecher ran out of morphine. Desperate, he continued to tell the soldiers he was giving them morphine, although he was actually giving them just a saline solution. Surprisingly, 40% of the soldiers reported that it had eased their pain.

What commonly known effect did he demonstrate?



The placebo effect


9. A famous case of dysprosody was that of a 28-year old Norwegian woman, Astrid L, who sustained a shrapnel injury to the left side of her brain during a bombing raid in 1941. Subsequently, she developed a strong German accent though she didnt speak German before, and had never been to Germany and was shunned by Oslos wartime community. Whats the more common name of this unfortunate speech disorder that has sometimes occurred following traumatic brain injury or stroke?



Foreign accent syndromeAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

10. This is a statue outside the Pasteur Institute, Paris. Who is the boy depicted in this statue, and what is he famous for?



Joseph Meister being bitten by a rabid dog; he was the first one to be inoculated with the rabies vaccine by Louis PasteurAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

11. The wording of this advert in the British Medical Journal is particularly tragic eventually, they would have realized they got it totally wrong. Distaval was the brand name of which medication?AEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad



Thalidomide


12. In the 1700s, doctors were baffled by a mysterious condition that affected many people in Derbyshire. The afflicted were mostly women, and suffered a swelling on the bottom of their throats which was described as thus:

It generally occupies the whole front of the neck, said local scholar Thomas Prosser, as the whole _______ _____ is here generally enlarged, but is rather in a pendulous form, not unlike the flap or dew-cap of a turkey cocks neck.

What commonly known condition was referred to as the Derbyshire neck, and what was the structure enlarged that caused it?



Goitre; Thyroid gland


AUDIENCE QUESTIONWhat does the word stat mean in medical practice?



Immediately!


ROUND 4Differential Written Round IIAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

RULES1 team correct 24 points2 teams correct 18 points each3 teams correct 12 points each4 teams correct 8 points each5 teams correct 6 points each6 teams correct 3 points each AEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

1. X was an American farmer whose cells were taken for a biopsy in 1951. These cells were grown in a laboratory and became the first human immortalized cell line, instrumental to many scientific achievements such as the polio vaccine, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization. Till date, over an estimated 20 tonnes of Xs cells have been grown. Who is X?


2. This logo designed by Ammar Khalifa depicts a 'triad' of two adults and an infant, which reinforces the importance of support. The proportions and forms between the two adults have been equalized to symbolize equality, equity and the collaborative act of nurturing.

What event/campaign does this logo signify? (Answer in English please!)



3. Described by Hippocrates nearly 2500 years ago in a patient with empyema, it is considered to be the oldest sign in clinical medicine. Which sign, seen in apparently unrelated conditions such as lung cancer, congenital heart diseases and Crohns disease, are we referring to?


4. This disease was first described in the Napoleonic era but came to prominence with the advent of a form of trench warfare in World War I.This WW1 affliction made an unwelcome comeback at the wet Glastonbury Festival weekends of 1998 and 2007. The festivals medical team now consists of a dozen podiatrists. What disease, characterized by ischemia, maceration and gangrene of the feet when they are cold and damp for hours at a time, are we talking about?


5. Just like we have 5 senses, the heart has 5 properties, and they have been given fancy names too..

Inotropy ability to contract (contractility)Chronotropy ability to initiate an impulse (firing of SA node)Dromotropy ability to conduct an impulse_____tropy ability to respond to stimulation(excitability)____tropy ability to relax

Fill in the blanks.


6. Anupam Hospital in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand is like any other small town private nursing home in India, but for one small detail: the worlds first clinical trial on the revival of brain-dead patients is all set to happen here, having obtained ethical approval to recruit 20 clinically dead patients by the government. Christened _________, the project is born out of anecdotal studies wherein effects of stem cell therapy, median nerve stimulation and laser therapy on comatose patients were studied. The trials technical name is First in Human NeuroRegeneration and NeuroReAnimation. Whats the non-technical name?


ANSWERSAEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

1. X was an American farmer whose cells were taken for a biopsy in 1951. These cells were grown in a laboratory and became the first human immortalized cell line, instrumental to many scientific achievements such as the polio vaccine, gene mapping and in vitro fertilization. Till date, over an estimated 20 tonnes of Xs cells have been grown. Who is X?


Henrietta Lacks (HeLa cell line)


2. This logo designed by Ammar Khalifa depicts a 'triad' of two adults and an infant, which reinforces the importance of support. The proportions and forms between the two adults have been equalized to symbolize equality, equity and the collaborative act of nurturing.

What event/campaign does this logo signify? (Answer in English please!)



World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August)


3. Described by Hippocrates nearly 2500 years ago in a patient with empyema, it is considered to be the oldest sign in clinical medicine. Which sign, seen in apparently unrelated conditions such as lung cancer, congenital heart diseases and Crohns disease, are we referring to?


Nail clubbing


4. This disease was first described in the Napoleonic era but came to prominence with the advent of a form of trench warfare in World War I.This WW1 affliction made an unwelcome comeback at the wet Glastonbury Festival weekends of 1998 and 2007. The festivals medical team now consists of a dozen podiatrists. What disease, characterized by ischemia, maceration and gangrene of the feet when they are cold and damp for hours at a time, are we talking about?


Trench foot


5. Just like we have 5 senses, the heart has 5 properties, and they have been given fancy names too..

Inotropy ability to contract (contractility)Chronotropy ability to initiate an impulse (firing of SA node)Dromotropy ability to conduct an impulse_____tropy ability to respond to stimulation(excitability)____tropy ability to relax

Fill in the blanks.


Bathmotropy and Lusitropy


6. Anupam Hospital in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand is like any other small town private nursing home in India, but for one small detail: the worlds first clinical trial on the revival of brain-dead patients is all set to happen here, having obtained ethical approval to recruit 20 clinically dead patients by the government. Christened _________, the project is born out of anecdotal studies wherein effects of stem cell therapy, median nerve stimulation and laser therapy on comatose patients were studied. The trials technical name is First in Human NeuroRegeneration and NeuroReAnimation. Whats the non-technical name?


Project ReAnima


THANK YOU!Claps or raps, taalis or gaalis, pats or brickbats do send us your feedback here!Saurav Biswas [email protected] Rajamani [email protected] AEGIS MedQuiz 2016 | Saurav Biswas & VM Rajamani | Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad

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