Pre-Med & Foundation Academic
What does angina mean?
chest pain
A child enters the ER. You are an amazing medical student and just learned how to use the vitals machine. You slap it on to the little patient and realize that their heart rate is 30 bpm! What kind of arrhythmia is this?
bradycardia
National animal of Qatar
oryx
Who met Mother Teresa?
Dr. Mamtani
How many months have 28 days?
All
Which nerve is responsible for relaying smell information to the brain? (name and number)
Olfactory, I
What is a major characteristic of Alzheimer's disease?
Amyloid plaques
What year was Qatar founded?
1971
Dr. Clare's favorite animal
Rats!
What body part is the same size from age 5 to age 50?
eye balls
How fast is the speed of light approximately?
300 000 000 m / s
Cranial nerve C3, C4, & C5 innervate which structure?
diaghram
What spice is the most expensive by weight?
Which faculty is known for birdwatching and photographing birds? (Hint: uses their names as quiz passcodes)
Dr. Simeon!
Which insect never sleeps and has no lungs?
ants
What are the 3 main amino acids that are phosphorylated in biological systems?
serine, threonine, and tyrosine
Which disease is MOST correlated with the Erlenmeyer flask deformity (seen on a radiograph) in the distal femur?
Gaucher's disease
Who made the big yellow teddy bear in Hamad International Airport?
Fun fact: The artwork's actual name is "Untitled (Lamp/Bear)"
Urs Fischer
What is Dr. Dalia's middle daughter irrationally scared of?
Spiders
What's the 4th planet from the sun?
Mars
A WCM-Q student named Diligent is quickly pippetting some blue dye to add to his suspicious fizzy drink. He likes it a certain shade of blue which is achieved by adding exactly 0.7 mL of of blue dye. However, tragedy strikes when he realizes after mixing the dye that it's too light (he identifies through serious observation that he added 0.69973 mL). What pipetting error may he have made?
pipetted too quickly
A 60-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction is prescribed a new medication that acts on the proximal convoluted tubule. The primary therapeutic mechanism of this drug class is...
inhibition of SGLT2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter 2)
Which fort is a UNESCO heritage site?
Al Zubarah Fort
What is the theme of Dr. Diego's introductory video for the biology semester 1 course?
Star Wars
Which country is the first to celebrate New Year?
Kiribati!