UVM
UVM is the 5th oldest university in New England, built after which 4 other universities?
(20 pts per, 100 for all)
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Brown
Who created the smallpox vaccine and is sometimes known as ‘the father of immunization’?
Edward Jenner
The generic form of this trade medication is named for lasting 6 hours
Furosemide (Lasix)
1977
Stayin' Alive
The Bee Gees
Which comedy show follows the career of Dr. Dorian at Sacred Heart Hospital?
Scrubs
UVM is an acronym for a latin phrase that translates to this English phrase...
(double points for English & Latin)
University of the Green Mountains
Universitas Viridis Montis
What infamous biotech startup that was founded in 2003 raised 1.4 Billion before shutting down in 2018 after defrauding investors with claims of a next-gen blood test?
Theranos
While the origin is unclear, most scholars believe that “Rx” is derived from this Latin word meaning “take”
Recipe
2015
Stitches
Shawn Mendes
In which 90s TV show did Neil Patrick Harris play a teenage surgeon working in L.A.?
Doogie Howser, M.D.
What are the 3 largest libraries on the UVM campus? (100 pts per)
Howe
Dana
Billings
He achieved fame in 1925 when he led a team of sled dogs (driven by Gunnar Kaasen) on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the disease.
Balto
In 1866, pharmacist John S. Pemberton created this concoction as a treatment for most common ailments, before removing the namesake ingredient in 1903
Coca-cola
1979
Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)
Robert Palmer
A long-running medical drama named after this textbook has featured guest stars including Demi Lovato, Kyle Chandler, Leslie Odom Jr., Tessa Thompson, and Millie Bobby Brown.
Grey's Anatomy
This famous actor attended UVM for a few months to study Spanish but broke his hip during a basketball game and moved to LA before fighting crime in Gotham on the big screen
Ben Affleck
The theory of humors that dominated western medicine into the 19th century was derived from the Ancient Greek surgeon and philosopher Galen of Pergamon who thought all illnesses were derived from these 4 fluids
Blood, Phlegm, Yellow Bile, Black Bile
(100 pts per)
This generic medication originally derived from bear bile has a trade name of actigall because it acts on the gallbladder
Ursodiol
(latin roots for bear + bile)
2001
Just Like a Pill
P!nk
Prior to manipulating time and the mystic arts, Dr. Strange practiced in which medical field?
Neurosurgery
This famous alum and namesake of the medical school graduated with his MD in what year?
1942
(250 pts if 1940-1944)
In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, he was the son of Apollo and hero/god of medicine. To this day he represents the healing aspect of the medical arts, and a representation of his ceremonial staff is carried at all LCOM commencement ceremonies?
Asclepius / Hepius
The patent on this leukotriene receptor antagonist expired in August 2012, but was developed by Merck in the Canadian city for which it's named.
Montelukast
Developed in Montreal!
1985
Like a Surgeon
Weird Al Yankovic
Which Doctor was partnered with Special Agent Fox Mulder to investigate unsolved and unusual cases in TV classic The X Files?
Dana Scully, M.D.