Amygdala Medi-Trivia Quiz (Prelims) | FAQ 2024

Preliminary Round of AMYGDALA Medi-trivia quiz | part of F.A.Q. 2024

1. AMYGDALA AN OPEN HEALTH AND MEDI-TRIVIA QUIZ

2. RULES This is not a quiz that wants you memorize and regurgitate facts. This is a quiz that has nothing to do with the trivia that you may have come across during day to day life. 20 Qs in the prelims. Top 6 go into the finals. 5 Qs are starred  and will be used to break ties. Please mark them on your sheet. Always try anything. No blanks. No negative marks. Regarding decisions today I'm the boss here.

3. French physician, Nicholas Andry , coined this term by joining 2 Latin words , meaning 'correct/ straight' and 'children' respectively and published it in his 1741 journal : “______, or the Art of Correcting & Preventing Deformities in Children.” Name this lucrative medical term. 1

4. Supplied by 2 different blood vessels and innervated by 2 different cranial nerves , this striated muscle is etymologically derived from its gross appearance: literally meaning ‘2 bellies’ . Name the muscle. 2

5. According to this disease foundations (logo mentioned) the name “blue butterflies” and butterfly imagery/symbol became associated with this condition.  Characterized by the presence of something 'unpaired' , this condition, got such symbol because that unpaired thing resembles a butterfly with its wings spread . Name this condition. 3

6. FITB 4

7. Former Alumni of Medical College Kolkata , this pediatrician had his training in Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children , London and John Hopkins University International Centre of Medical Research and Training . He worked in overflowing refugee camps during Bangladeshi liberation war . His pioneering work in formulating and popularizing X , a.k.a. "The most important medical discovery of 20th century” – according to The Lancet conferred him Polin Prize for Pediatric Research (2002), Prince Mahidol award (2006) and posthumous Padma Vibhushan in 2023 . Name him along with the discovery . 5

8. LHF27 , an water-borne bacterial epidemic , usually initiate with high fever, sore throat, nausea and following long bouts of fever other symptoms subsides except one particularly rare symptoms - typical velvety black rash at nape of the neck. Primary infection if recovered, usually followed by reinfection typically characterized by constant hiccups followed by death. Originally interpreted by the island tribe Orakas , what made this disease popular in recent times? 6

9. “ When I inform all at the table that ______ had dictated a letter to me to be read at the table, especially for her sister, whom it was believed she was jealous of, I took out the letter to read, and then my hand went straight to my upper pocket of the jacket to pull out the glasses to read... Mistake. I needed to feel around in my other pockets to ascertain where my glasses were, instead of my hand directly going to the pocket. For someone who is soon getting into the symptoms of Alzheimer's , where patients forget where and what they do, it was incorrect of me to go straight to my pocket, … Aah! still cringe every time I think of the mistake, or see it on replays! Damn! I am such a rotten actor.” Name the 2005 project this 6’2” speaker was talking about. 7

10. This protected Karnatakan area in the district Shimoga , got its share of international fame since 1957 when investigators from VRC, Pune landed here to report an undocumented febrile outbreak in the nearby villages and also to probe into the enormous death toll in local non-human primates , especially red-faced bonnet macaques and black-faced langurs . Acarologist and former ICMR director, KP Rajagopalan , first isolated the causative organism of this mysterious rural disease here; and concluded that construction of Linganamakki dam on river Sharavathi , caused this silent enzootic pockets of infection turn into this epizootic outbreak. Name this place. 8

11. The widespread endemic by the, now-eradicated , nematodal infection in African mainland, specially western Africa , possessed a great threat until early twentieth century. The female worm usually exited by piercing overlying skin and was manually withdrawn by gradually winding it around a small stick. This peculiar extraction process however inspired something dearest later in future. Name the worm/ disease and the latter it inspired. 9

12. The 2009 Govt. of India campaign project in collaboration with TATA Memorial Hospital gave this 24yr old Maharashtrian, Mr. Harane , such unlikely posthumous fame that he became the face of this very successful project while being widely acknowledged in media and people still remember him for, even after 14 years.  Why? 10

13. T he pharmaceutical company GERON’s this newest drug, targetting myelodysplastic syndrome , recently came into limelight. Give name & Why? 11

14. In his 2020 memoir: “Three Minutes of a dog: my life in a ____ ____” , late lawyer, writer, TikTok star with 330,000 followers, Paul Alexander described his life and his indomitable spirit and at in its center was ____ ____, his longest non-living companion , a negative pressure device, which a part of his life since 1952 till his death in March 2024; garnering him the Guiness World record of longest person alive with it . Alexander spent more than eight years writing the book, using a plastic stick and a pen to tap out on a keyboard or by dictating the words to his friend. FITB . 12

15. 13 2010  Sanjay Leela  Banshali  movie  'Guzaarish' (meaning 'yearning'), was plotted around a quadriplegic magician (played by Hrithik Roshan ), who yearned / battled for one thing, illegal in contemporary India. But it later got partially legalized 8 years later in March 2018. What did he yearned for?

16. Name this drug marketed as ‘safe’ in UK only between 1958-1962. 14

17. Who is being celebrated here? 15

18. This 1897 Edward Munch painting 'Inheritance',  inspired from his visit to Hôpital Saint-Loui s in Paris, discussed a contemporary taboo disease affecting both this mother and her newborn. The disease was considered unacceptable at that time . What socially ‘sensitive’ disease he was talking about? 16

19. "The woman bends over the child which is infected by the sins of the fathers. It lies in the lap of the mother. The mother bends over it and weeps so that her face becomes scarlet red. The red, tear-swollen, distorted face contrasts strongly with the linen white face of the child and the green background. The child stares with big, deep eyes at a world into which it has come involuntarily. Sick, anxious, and questioning does it look out into the room, wondering about the land of agony into which it has entered, asking, already. Why—why?

20. Often referred as Nasatya and  Dasras ,  this duo was born after Surya and Sanjana did love-making in form of a stallion and a mare respectively, according to Rigvedas . Why we know them in particular to today's event? 17

21. 18 While this is commonly done with the belief that it reduces pain, it is generally contraindicated as: It alters the distribution of the drug in the desired layer It interferes with the absorption/pharmacokinetics of the drug. If done vigorously it can cause adverse local reactions and even affect the structural integrity of some drugs What practice is this?

22. 19 Identify the voice? Hint : female athlete with Sjögren’s syndrome

23. In 1969 Accra , the epidemic grasped the whole Ghana in a storm and folks started referring the disease in a peculiar name as it coincided with the famous Apollo 11 moon landing. Two years later when the same entered Indian subcontinent through Mecca and then Bombay , caused large outbreaks including several army camps in eastern states and naturally got colloquially popularized by another name since it coincided with 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. Name that latter nickname. 20

24. PRELIMS ANSWERS

25. French physician, Nicholas Andry , coined this term by joining 2 Latin words , meaning 'correct/ straight' and 'children' respectively and published it in his 1741 journal : “______, or the Art of Correcting & Preventing Deformities in Children.” Name this lucrative medical term. 1

26. Orthopaedics

27. Supplied by 2 different blood vessels and innervated by 2 different cranial nerves , this striated muscle is etymologically derived from its gross appearance: literally meaning ‘2 bellies’ . Name the muscle. 2

28. Digastric

29. According to this disease foundations (logo mentioned) the name “blue butterflies” and butterfly imagery/symbol became associated with this condition.  Characterized by the presence of something 'unpaired' , this condition, got such symbol because that unpaired thing resembles a butterfly with its wings spread . Name this condition. 3

30. Turner syndrome

31. FITB 4

32. Melanoma

33. Former Alumni of Medical College Kolkata , this pediatrician had his training in Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children , London and John Hopkins University International Centre of Medical Research and Training . He worked in overflowing refugee camps during Bangladeshi liberation war . His pioneering work in formulating and popularizing X , a.k.a. "The most important medical discovery of 20th century” – according to The Lancet conferred him Polin Prize for Pediatric Research (2002), Prince Mahidol award (2006) and posthumous Padma Vibhushan in 2023 . Name him along with the discovery . 5

34. Dilip Mahalanabis , ORS

35. LHF27 , an water-borne bacterial epidemic , usually initiate with high fever, sore throat, nausea and following long bouts of fever other symptoms subsides except one particularly rare symptoms - typical velvety black rash at nape of the neck. Primary infection if recovered, usually followed by reinfection typically characterized by constant hiccups followed by death. Originally interpreted by the island tribe Orakas , what made this disease popular in recent times? 6

36. “ When I inform all at the table that ______ had dictated a letter to me to be read at the table, especially for her sister, whom it was believed she was jealous of, I took out the letter to read, and then my hand went straight to my upper pocket of the jacket to pull out the glasses to read... Mistake. I needed to feel around in my other pockets to ascertain where my glasses were, instead of my hand directly going to the pocket. For someone who is soon getting into the symptoms of Alzheimer's , where patients forget where and what they do, it was incorrect of me to go straight to my pocket, … Aah! still cringe every time I think of the mistake, or see it on replays! Damn! I am such a rotten actor.” Name the 2005 project this 6’2” speaker was talking about. 7

37. This protected Karnatakan area in the district Shimoga , got its share of international fame since 1957 when investigators from VRC, Pune landed here to report an undocumented febrile outbreak in the nearby villages and also to probe into the enormous death toll in local non-human primates , especially red-faced bonnet macaques and black-faced langurs . Acarologist and former ICMR director, KP Rajagopalan , first isolated the causative organism of this mysterious rural disease here; and concluded that construction of Linganamakki dam on river Sharavathi , caused this silent enzootic pockets of infection turn into this epizootic outbreak. Name this place. 8

38. Kyasanur Forest Disease (Monkey fever)

39. The widespread endemic by the, now-eradicated , nematodal infection in African mainland, specially western Africa , possessed a great threat until early twentieth century. The female worm usually exited by piercing overlying skin and was manually withdrawn by gradually winding it around a small stick. This peculiar extraction process however inspired something dearest later in future. Name the worm/ disease and the latter it inspired. 9

40. Dracunculus medinensis , Staff of Asclepius

41. The 2009 Govt. of India campaign project in collaboration with TATA Memorial Hospital gave this 24yr old Maharashtrian, Mr. Harane , such unlikely posthumous fame that he became the face of this very successful project while being widely acknowledged in media and people still remember him for, even after 14 years.  Why? 10

42. T he pharmaceutical company GERON’s this newest drug, targetting myelodysplastic syndrome , recently came into limelight. Give name & Why? 11

43. IMETELSTAT (1st FDA approved  telomerase inhibitor )

44. In his 2020 memoir: “Three Minutes of a dog: my life in a ____ ____” , late lawyer, writer, TikTok star with 330,000 followers, Paul Alexander described his life and his indomitable spirit and at in its center was ____ ____, his longest non-living companion , a negative pressure device, which a part of his life since 1952 till his death in March 2024; garnering him the Guiness World record of longest person alive with it . Alexander spent more than eight years writing the book, using a plastic stick and a pen to tap out on a keyboard or by dictating the words to his friend. FITB . 12

45. Iron Lung

46. 13 2010  Sanjay Leela  Banshali  movie  'Guzaarish' (meaning 'yearning'), was plotted around a quadriplegic magician (played by Hrithik Roshan ), who yearned / battled for one thing, illegal in contemporary India. But it later got partially legalized 8 years later in March 2018. What did he yearned for?

47. Euthanasia

48. Name this drug marketed as ‘safe’ in UK only between 1958-1962. 14

49. 12

50. Thalidomide

51. Who is being celebrated here? 15

52. Kadambini Ganguly

53. This 1897 Edward Munch painting 'Inheritance',  inspired from his visit to Hôpital Saint-Loui s in Paris, discussed a contemporary taboo disease affecting both this mother and her newborn. The disease was considered unacceptable at that time . What socially ‘sensitive’ disease he was talking about? 16

54. "The woman bends over the child which is infected by the sins of the fathers. It lies in the lap of the mother. The mother bends over it and weeps so that her face becomes scarlet red. The red, tear-swollen, distorted face contrasts strongly with the linen white face of the child and the green background. The child stares with big, deep eyes at a world into which it has come involuntarily. Sick, anxious, and questioning does it look out into the room, wondering about the land of agony into which it has entered, asking, already. Why—why?

55. Syphillis

56. Often referred as Nasatya and  Dasras ,  this duo was born after Surya and Sanjana did love-making in form of a stallion and a mare respectively, according to Rigvedas . Why we know them in particular to today's event? 17

57. Ashwinikumara brothers

58. 18 While this is commonly done with the belief that it reduces pain, it is generally contraindicated as: It alters the distribution of the drug in the desired layer It interferes with the absorption/pharmacokinetics of the drug. If done vigorously it can cause adverse local reactions and even affect the structural integrity of some drugs What practice is this?

59. Rubbing IM needle puncture site

60. 19 Identify the voice? Hint : female athlete with Sjögren’s syndrome

61. Venus Williams

62. In 1969 Accra , the epidemic grasped the whole Ghana in a storm and folks started referring the disease in a peculiar name as it coincided with the famous Apollo 11 moon landing. Two years later when the same entered Indian subcontinent through Mecca and then Bombay , caused large outbreaks including several army camps in eastern states and naturally got colloquially popularized by another name since it coincided with 1971 Bangladesh liberation war. Name that latter nickname. 20

63. Joy Bangla!