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100

Body ______ Disorder is when how a person sees their body does not align with reality.

Dysmorphia 

100

What psychoactive street drug, known to some as molly, was developed by Merck in 1912, and was used as an enhancement for psychotherapy as late as the 1970s?

MDMA!

100

What is the name of the main character in Inside Out (2017)? 

Riley

100

what's the oldest park in the U.S.? 

Boston Common

100

What's the longest River in the world?

the nile

200

Fake Inmates and fake prison guards both got a mere $15 bucks a day, to participate in Philip Zimbardo infamous 1971 psych experiment at what university?

Stanford

200

During a clinical assessment, it is common that a psychiatrist may use a brain imaging technique known as a PET scan. What does PET stand for?

Positron Emission Tomography

200

What Marvel superhero was a renowned neurosurgeon before an accident damaged his hands, ending his career? 

Dr. Strange

200

In what neighborhood is the Paul Revere House? 

The North End

200

What's the strongest muscle in the human body?

Massester (jaw muscle)

300

Who is known for obedience to authority research?

Stanley Milgram

300

Oliver Sacks, a neurologist, wrote a book of case descriptions called “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A ______” in 1985.

Hat

300

Russell Crowe delivers an Oscar-winning turn as John Nash, the brilliant mathematician who struggles with paranoid schizophrenia in what movie? 

A Beautiful Mind

300

What's the name of the chain of parks designed by Fredrick Law Olmstead in Boston & Brookline? 

Emerald Necklace

300
who painted "the scream"? 

Edvard Munch

400

The MMPI is a standardized psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology. The first “M” in MMPI stands for which U.S. state, the location of the university where the test was first developed?

Minnesota

400

Who won the 1906 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for establishing the neuron, or nerve cell, as the basic unit of nervous structure? 

Ramon Cajal 

400

Where does Hitchcock's 1960 thriller "Pyscho" take place? 

Bates Motel

400

What is the most popular (sees the most people per day) stop on the T? 

South Station

400
What is the most streamed song on Spotify of all time? 

Blinding Lights 

-The Weeknd

500

What's the name of the phenomenon in which high expectations lead to improved performance in a given area and low expectations lead to worse performance? 

Pygmalion Effect

500

What is the name of cranial nerve IX? 

Glossopharyngeal 

500

What's the highest grossing movie ever from the psychological thriller genre? 

Joker 

500

The what dessert was created in Boston at the Omni Parker House in 1865 for its grand opening?

Boston Cream Pie

500

Who was the 19th US president?

Rutherford B. Hayes