Pharma Quiz 2013

Pharma Quiz 2013

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Round 1One Two

Three

Rules for Round 1 Part 1• Each team will be asked one question that has a single

answer.

• Ten points for answering the direct question correctly.

• Unanswered / wrongly answered questions pass to the next team.

• Five points for answering the pass question correctly.

• You have 30 seconds to answer direct question and 5 seconds for pass question.

Round 1 – Part 1One

Name the first drug to be isolated in pure form.

Question No: 1

Team A

Team A

Morphine

Answer

Which is the first peptide mediator to be

characterized and the first to be produced

commercially for clinical use?

Question No: 2

Team B

Team B

Oxytocin

Answer

Name the first drug discovered to have local

anesthetic activity.

Question No: 3

Team C

Team C

Cocaine

Answer

Name the first successful drug for the treatment

of tuberculosis.

Question No: 4

Team D

Team D

Para amino salicylic acid

Answer

Name the first drug to be discovered that

prevents the entry of HIV into host cells.

Question No: 5

Team E

Team E

Enfuvirtide

Answer

Round 1 – Part 2Two

Rules for Round 1 Part 2• Every team will be asked two questions and each question has two

answers.

• Five points for every correct answer for the direct question. So totally 10 points for each direct question.

• Unanswered / wrongly answered questions pass to the next team.

• Two points for a single correct answer and five points for both correct answers for a pass question.

• You have 30 seconds to answer direct question and 5 seconds for pass question.

Name two groups of drugs for which phase I clinical

trials are conducted in patients.

Question No: 1

Team E

Team E

Anticancer drugs

Anti HIV drugs

Answer

Name two drugs that can induce as well as

inhibit microsomal enzymes.

Question No: 2

Team E

Team E

Alcohol

Ritonavir

Answer

Name two drugs that can cause

dissociative anesthesia.

Question No: 3

Team D

Team D

Ketamine

Phencyclidine

Answer

Name two antiviral drugs that can be

administered by inhalational route.

Question No: 4

Team D

Team D

Ribavirin

Zanamivir

Answer

Name two structures in which postganglionic

sympathetic fibers release acetylcholine.

Question No: 5

Team C

Team C

Skeletal muscle blood vessels

Thermoregulatory sweat glands

Answer

Name two drugs that can act as agonist or

antagonist for the same receptor depending

on the site of these receptors.

Question No: 6

Team C

Team C

Tamoxifen

Raloxifene

Answer

Name two drugs that can block T type calcium

channels.

Question No: 7

Team B

Team B

Valproic acid

Trimethadione

Ethosuximide

Answer

Name two aminoglycosides that can be

administered orally.

Question No: 8

Team B

Team B

Neomycin

Paromomycin

Answer

Name two drugs that can be administered by a

pen injector.

Question No: 9

Team A

Team A

Insulin

Epinephrine

Answer

Name two anticancer drugs that are bone

marrow sparring.

Question No: 10

Team A

Team A

Vincristine

Bleomycin

Answer

Name two third generation cephalosporins

that have anti-pseudomal activity.

Question No: 11

Audience

Audience

Ceftazidime

Cefoperazone

Answer

Round 1 – Part 3Three

Rules for Round 1 Part 3• Every team will be asked three questions and each question has three

answers.

• Five points for every correct answer for the direct question. So totally 15 points for each direct question.

• Unanswered / wrongly answered questions pass to the next team.

• Two points for a single correct answer, five points for two correct answers and eight points for all three correct answers for a pass question.

• You have 30 seconds to answer direct question and 5 seconds for pass question.

Name the three scientists who were awarded the

Nobel prize for medicine in 1945 for discovery of

penicillin.

Question No: 1

Team A

Team A

Alexander Fleming

H .W. Florey

E.B. Chain

Answer

What are the three basic tenets of medical

ethics?

Question No: 2

Team A

Team A

Autonomy

Beneficence and non-maleficence

Justice and Equality

Answer

Name the three diseases for which

ivermectin is the drug of choice.

Question No: 3

Team A

Team A

Onchocerciasis

Strongyloidiasis

Cutaneous larva migrans

Answer

Name the three editors of the book “Basic &

Clinical Pharmacology” – 12th edition.

Question No: 4

Team B

Team B

Bertram G. Katzung

Antony J. Trevor

Susan B. Masters

Answer

What are the three ‘R’s of ethics of animal

experimentation?

Question No: 5

Team B

Team B

Reduce

Refine

Replace

Answer

Name three antiarrhythmics that are not

included in the Vaughan Williams

classification.

Question No: 6

Team B

Team B

Digoxin

Adenosine

Magnesium sulphate

Potassium

Answer

Name three drugs affecting cholinergic

system that are used for diagnostic

purposes.

Question No: 7

Team C

Team C

Edrophonium

Methacholine

Tropicamide

Answer

What are the three C’s of tricyclic

antidepressant toxicity?

Question No: 8

Team C

Team C

Convulsions

Cardiotoxicity

Coma

Answer

Name three drugs that were designed using

computers.

Question No: 9

Team C

Team C

Captopril

Amikacin

Saquinavir

Answer

Name three hit and run drugs.

Question No: 10

Team D

Team D

Phenoxybenzamine

Omeprazole

Aspirin

Answer

Name three groups of anticancer

agents that are derived from plants.

Question No: 11

Team D

Team D

Vinca alkaloids

Epipodophyllotoxin (etoposide, teniposide)

Taxanes

Camptothecin (topotecan, irinotecan )

Answer

Name three drugs contributed by Indians to the

armamentarium of drugs.

Question No: 12

Team D

Team D

Reserpine

Centchroman

Hamycin

Answer

Name three drug groups that can reduce

mortality in heart failure.

Question No: 13

Team E

Team E

Beta blockers

ACE inhibitors

K+ sparing diuretics

Answer

What are the three C’s followed by

pharmaceutical companies for promotion

of their products?

Question No: 14

Team E

Team E

Convince

Corrupt

Confuse

Answer

Name three GIT drugs that are not absorbed

in the intestines but still administered orally.

Question No: 15

Team E

Team E

Antacids

Sucralfate

Osmotic purgatives (magnesium hydroxide, sorbitol,

lactulose, polyethylene glycol)

Bile acid binding resins (Cholestyramine, colestipol,

colesevelam)

Answer

Round 2The Lighter

Side

Round 2 – Part 1Nicknames

Rules for Round 2• This round has two parts. Part 1 – Nicknames and Part 2 – Quotable

quotes.

• In Part 1 every team will be asked two questions and one question in Part 2. All questions have single correct answer.

• Unanswered / wrongly answered questions pass to the next team.

• You have 30 seconds to answer each direct question and five seconds for pass question.

• Ten points for answering the direct question correctly and five points for a pass question.

Which drug is nicknamed as “psych serine”?

Question No: 1

Team B

Team B

Cycloserine

Answer

Which drug is popularly known as “angel dust”?

Question No: 2

Team B

Team B

Phencyclidine

Answer

Name the drug that was nicknamed as “magic bullet” by Paul Ehrlich.

Question No: 3

Team C

Team C

Salvarsan

Answer

Which drug is also known as “resurrection drug”?

Question No: 4

Team C

Team C

Eflornithine

Answer

World Health Organisation (WHO) called this drug as the “most important advancement of 20th century”. Identify this drug.

Question No: 5

Team D

Team D

Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS)

Answer

Which drug is nicknamed as “truth serum” by forensic

psychiatrist?

Question No: 6

Team D

Team D

Thiopentone

Answer

Which drug was called “sweet oil of vitriol” in the 16th

century?

Question No: 7

Team E

Team E

Diethyl ether

Answer

Which drug is nicknamed as “date rape drug”?

Question No: 8

Team E

Team E

Gamma Hydroxy Butyric acid

Answer

Name the drug that is nicknamed as “smelly

forerunner of nitrates”.

Question No: 9

Team A

Team A

Amyl nitrite

Answer

The abstinence syndrome of this drug

constitutes restlessness, runny nose, diarrhea,

shivering and piloerection and hence the person

is named as “cold turkey”. Which drug causes

these symptoms on withdrawal?

Question No: 10

Team A

Team A

Morphine

Answer

Round 2 – Part 2Quotable Quotes

In 1680, Thomas Sydenham sang the glory of

this drug as “Among the remedies which it has

pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve

his sufferings, none is so universal and so

efficacious as this”. What drug did he refer to?

Question No: 1

Team A

Team A

Morphine

Answer

William Shakespeare described the effect of this

drug as “Provokes the desire, but takes away the

performance”. What drug was he describing?

Question No: 2

Team E

Team E

Alcohol

Answer

A famous rheumatologist described the action of this

drug in a lighter way as “The patient has to run before

he can walk”. What drug is he referring to?

Question No: 3

Team D

Team D

Colchicine

Answer

Oliver Wendell Holmes, the neurologist-poet-

philosopher appreciated the usefulness of this

drug as “The fierce extremity of suffering has

been steeped in the waters of forgetfulness and

the deepest furrow in the knotted brow of agony

has been smoothed forever”. Identify the drug.

Question No: 4

Team C

Team C

Ether

Answer

The famous adage for the toxicity of a drug is

given below. Identify this drug.

Hot as a hareBlind as a batDry as a boneRed as a beetMad as a hen

Question No: 5

Team B

Team B

Atropine

Answer

Round 3

Colorful Visuals

Rules for Round 2• This round has two parts. Part 1 – Colours and Part 2 – Visuals.

• In both parts every team will be asked three questions.

• Unanswered / wrongly answered questions pass to the next team.

• You have 30 seconds to answer each direct question and five seconds for pass question.

• Ten points for answering the direct question correctly and five points for a pass question.

Round 3 – Part 1Colors

Identify the Nobel laureate who is credited with the

discovery of first clinically useful beta blocker.

Question No: 1

Team C

James Black

Answer Team C

Name a drug that causes black discoloration of feces.

Question No: 2

Team C

Iron salts, Bismuth

Team CAnswer

What is meant by black box warning?

Question No: 3

Team C

A warning about the serious adverse effect of a drug

that is printed within a black box on the carton.

Team C Answer

Which drug causes red man syndrome? Why does it

cause this adverse effect?

Question No: 4

Team D

Vancomycin.

Due to release of histamine (when rapidly infused)

Team DAnswer

Name the drug that causes loss of red-green color

discrimination.

Question No: 5

Team D

Ethambutol

Team D Answer

Name the drug that is extracted from a red colored bacteria.

Question No: 6

Team D

Erythromycin from Streptomyces erythreus

Team D Answer

Name the drug that causes yellowish brown discoloration

of teeth in children.

Question No: 7

Team E

Tetracycline

Team EAnswer

Which country’s ADR reporting form is called as

“yellow form”?

Question No: 8

Team E

United Kingdom (UK)

Team E Answer

Which kind of waste materials should be disposed

in a yellow bag?

Question No: 9

Team E

Infectious waste and any material in contact with body fluids.

Team EAnswer

Name the drug that causes grey-blue

discoloration in sun exposed areas.

Question No: 10

Team A

Amiodarone

Team A Answer

Name an antibiotic that causes methhemoglobinemia.

Question No: 11

Team A

Dapsone

Team A Answer

Name the cardiovascular drug that causes cyanide

poisoning.

Question No: 12

Team A

Sodium nitroprusside

Team A Answer

Name the drug which causes ‘purple toe syndrome’.

Question No: 14

Team B

Warfarin

Team BAnswer

Name the drug obtained from this plant which is

named after its purple colored flowers.

Question No: 15

Team B

Digoxin

Team B Answer

If a patient is receiving this

purple colored strip of tablets,

what disease is he suffering

from? What could be his type /

category of disease?

Question No: 13

Team B

Leprosy

Multi bacillary leprosy

Team BAnswer

Round 3 – Part 2Visuals

Name the special type of

intravenous infusion set which

has the Murphy’s chamber as

shown. What is the purpose of

this modification?

Question No: 1

Team B

Team B

Paediatric infusion set

To provide micro drops

Answer

Two tablets (A and B) were

dropped into a glass of water

with no effervescence. This

picture shows them after a few

minutes. Mention the type of

tablet A.

Question No: 2

Team B

A B

Team B

Dispersible tablet

Answer

This neonate has developed

cyanosis and weakness

after administration of an

antimicrobial. Identify this

adverse effect and the drug

responsible for this.

Question No: 3

Team B

Team B

Gray baby syndrome

Chloramphenicol

Answer

What is the name given for

this special type of

ampoules which have a

white band (indicated by

arrow)?

Question No: 4

Team A

Team A

Snap open ampoules

Answer

Name the antibacterial available as solution for

nebulisation.

Question No: 5

Team A

Team A

Tobramycin

Answer

Name a cardiovascular

drug that can cause this

adverse effect.

Question No: 6

Team A

Team A

Spironolactone

Digoxin

Answer

Identify this device. Name a

drug that can be administered

by this device.

Question No: 7

Team E

Team E

Vaginal applicator

Clotrimazole

Answer

Name the drug that is administered

as a swallow while taking this

contrast radiograph of esophagus.

Question No: 8

Team E

Team E

Barium

Answer

The photo of a patient before and after 6 months of systemic therapy with a drug is shown. Identify the nature of the drug.

Question No: 9

Team E

Before therapy After six months of therapy

Team E

Corticosteroids

Answer

Identify this instrument

used for administration

of drugs.

Question No: 10

Team D

Team D

Intravenous infusion pump

Answer

What is the meaning of the term ‘eutectic’?

Question No: 11

Team D

Team D

Mixture of two solids whose resultant melting point

becomes less than the individual components.

Answer

Mention the drug that can lead to twin pregnancy.

Question No: 12

Team D

Team D

Clomiphene

Answer

Name a drug that is slowly released by a drug eluting stent.

Question No: 13

Team C

Team C

Sirolimus

Answer

What is the name of these

special boxes and how

many such box(es) will be

used to complete the full

course of treatment by a

tuberculosis patient?

Question No: 14

Team C

Team C

Patient wise box (PWB)

A brown carton contains two coloured sachets (blue / red)

of which one is for intensive phase and the other one is

for continuation phase.

Answer