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100

What does angina mean?

chest pain

100

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

100

National animal of Qatar

oryx

100

Who met Mother Teresa?

Dr. Mamtani

100

How many months have 28 days?

All

200

Which nerve is responsible for relaying smell information to the brain? (name and number)

Olfactory, I

200

What is a major characteristic of Alzheimer's disease?

Amyloid plaques

200

What year was Qatar founded?

1971

200

Dr. Clare's favorite animal

Rats!

200

What body part is the same size from age 5 to age 50?

eye balls

300

How fast is the speed of light approximately?

300 000 000 m / s

300

Cranial nerve C3, C4, & C5 innervate which structure?

diaghram

300

What spice is the most expensive by weight?

Saffron
300

Which faculty is known for birdwatching and photographing birds? (Hint: uses their names as quiz passcodes)

Dr. Simeon!

300

Which insect never sleeps and has no lungs?

ants

400

What are the 3 main amino acids that are phosphorylated in biological systems?

serine, threonine, and tyrosine

400

Which disease is MOST correlated with the Erlenmeyer flask deformity (seen on a radiograph) in the distal femur?

Gaucher's disease

400

Who made the big yellow teddy bear in Hamad International Airport? 

Fun fact: The artwork's actual name is "Untitled (Lamp/Bear)"

Urs Fischer

400

What is Dr. Dalia's middle daughter irrationally scared of?

Spiders

400

What's the 4th planet from the sun?

Mars

500

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

500

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)

500

Which fort is a UNESCO heritage site?

Al Zubarah Fort

500

What is the theme of Dr. Diego's introductory video for the biology semester 1 course?

Star Wars

500

Which country is the first to celebrate New Year?

Kiribati!