Alzheimer's Awareness
Parts of the Brain
Your university
Pillars of Brain Health
Miscellaneous
100
Alzheimer's is the most common form of this disease
What is Dementia?
100
What is the yellow lobe called?
What is Parietal lobe?
100
What is the name of our mascot?
Who is Rodney the Ram?
100
This type of breathing is used by Navy SEALs, and has been shown to promote emotional well-being which is one of the five pillars of brain health.
What is Box-Breathing?
100
What does DNA stand for?
What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
200
Individuals with Alzheimer's may lose their sense of ____.
What is smell?
200
What is the central nervous system made up of?
What is brain and spinal cord?
200
What is the oldest building on both the MPC and MCV campuses?
What is the Egyptian Building?
200
A ____-style diet rich in fish, whole grains, green leafy vegetables, olives, and nuts reduces the risk of developing Alzheimer's.
What is a Mediterranean?
200
The rarest blood type?
What is AB negative?
300
This famous actor was found to have 2 copies of the APOE4 gene which increases risk by 15% and people may develop symptoms 10 years earlier than the average person.
Who is Chris Hemsworth?
300
This is a picture of a neuron. What is B known as?
What is cell body or soma?
300
This famous author is a VCU alumni who has a scholarship named after him.
Who is David Baldacci?
300
Learning new things promotes cognitive fitness and a process where the nervous system makes new connections and restructures itself. The name of this process is____
What is Neuroplasticity?
300
The smallest bones in the body are located in ____
What is the ear?
400
1 in ____ seniors dies from Alzheimer's or another dementia.
What is 3?
400
This part of the brain, located at the back of the head, is responsible for processing visual information from the eyes.
What is the occipital lobe?
400
What year was VCU founded?
What is 1838?
400
What is the ideal sleeping temperature for adults?
What is 60-72 degrees?
400
This color has the longest wavelength
What is red?
500
These plaques block neuronal communication, and the accumulation of these plaques lead to Alzheimer's
What are Beta-amyloid plaques?
500
This structure connects the cerebrum of the brain to the spinal cord and cerebellum. It is responsible for vital functions of life, such as breathing, consciousness, blood pressure, heart rate, and sleep.
What is brain stem or Medulla oblongata?
500
What is the name of VCU's Nobel Peace Prize winner in Chemistry?
Who is John Fenn?
500
It has been shown that regular exercise decreases the risk of developing Alzheimer's by ____%
What is 45?
500
Alzheimer's onset may begin as soon as ____ years before symptoms even appear.
What is 30?