Quiz

Welcome! Are you ready to put your knowledge to the test? 

Whether you’re looking to prove your expertise, review key takeaways from the conference, or are simply curious about science and healthcare, our quiz is the perfect opportunity to challenge yourself and expand your understanding. From general knowledge questions to in-depth healthcare information, this quiz is designed to examine your level of understanding and potentially highlight areas for further learning. 

So, are you up for the challenge? Gather your thinking cap and let’s begin!

 

Results

#1. How many bones are there in the foot?

26

16

36

#2. What precious metal is commonly used to make the housing for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)?

Lithium

Uranium

Titanium

#3. In urine analysis, what does the term ‘specific gravity’ tell us about someone’s health?

How dehydrated someone is

It identifies a specific person by their urine

How heavy someone is

#4. Which of these drinks has the lowest amount of sugar?

Milk

Fruit Juice

Lemonade

#5. What is the term used for medicines that treat bacterial infections?

Anti-retrovirals

Antibiotics

Anti-inflammatory

#6. What does NHSBT stand for?

National Health Service Blood and Transport

National Health Service Babies and Tissues

National Health Service Blood and Transplant

#7. What is the name of the heart’s main pumping chamber that delivers oxygenated blood to the body?

Right ventricle

Left ventricle

Left atrium

#8. What is formalin?

Liquid used to preserve tissue

Liquid used to colour tissue

Liquid used to cover tissue

#9. How many chromosomes does a human have?

23

46

44

#10. When having radiotherapy the patient feels which of the following?

Burning sensation

Nothing

Ticklish

#11. Which parasitic worm has to be pulled out from the infected person’s skin on a stick?

Guinea worm

Earth worm

Ringworm

#12. What does RBC stand for?

Red Blood Cell

Reduced Blood Cells

Right Blood Cell

#13. Can somebody catch shingles from a person with chicken pox?

Only if they are both in close contact

No

Only if they have not had shingles

#14. How many teaspoons of sugar does the average UK person eat every week?

85

10

140

#15. What does the colour flow doppler indicate on an echocardiogram?

Direction of blood flow

Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood flow

Movement of heart muscle

#16. What can a robotic exoskeleton be used for?

Building bridges

Helping people to walk

Scanning the bones of the body

#17. Radiotherapy is the use of ionising radiation to treat which of the following conditions?

Diabetes

Cancer

Heart Disease

#18. How many times will your heart beat today?

Around 50 000

Around 100 000

Around 250 000

#19. When HIV infection progresses to AIDS what part of the immune system becomes dramatically reduced?

Phagocytes

Antibody

Lymphocytes

#20. When modelling how infectious diseases spread, what does ‘R’ represent?

Reproduction number

Resistance level

Risk factor

#21. In beats per minute (bpm) What is the normal range for resting pulse rate in adults?

20 to 70

80 to 120

60 to 100

#22. Can a person get chicken pox more than once in their lifetime?

No

Only if they have had shingles

Yes

#23. What is the age of consent to be a bone marrow donor?

16

18

21

#24. Name a type of ionising radiation

X-rays

Inferred radiation

Light

#25. In which human body joint do you find the rotator cuff tendon?

Shoulder

Ankle

Wrist

#26. Who discovered a vaccine when observing the correlation between smallpox and cowpox?

Edward Jenner

Louis Pasteur

Robert Koch

#27. Toxoplasma is a parasite commonly transmitted to humans from which household pet?

Cat

Iguana

Hamster

#28. What are bacteria grown on in the laboratory?

Glass slides

Agar plates

In water

#29. What are maggots used for in the treatment of medical conditions?

Stimulating blood supply

Cleaning wounds

Extracting foreign bodies

#30. What are two medical terms used for what we would call poo?

faeces and recliners

faeces and stools

foetuses and stools

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