Healthcare Workers
UConn
Human Anatomy
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General Knowledge
100

These healthcare professionals work directly with patients to administer medications, monitor vitals, and provide bedside care in hospitals and clinics.


What are nurses?

100

I would go here if I am having trouble writing an essay.

What is the Writing Center (W Center)?

100

This organ is responsible for pumping blood throughout the body.


What is the heart?

100

This animated Disney film features a lion cub named Simba who becomes king of the Pride Lands.


What is The Lion King?

100

This is the capital city of the United States.


What is Washington, D.C.?

200

These doctors specialize in treating children from infancy to young adulthood.


What are pediatricians?

200

The current name and number of our mascot.

Who is Jonathan the 15th?

200

This largest organ of the human body acts as a protective barrier against the environment.


What is the skin?

200

Tom Hanks plays a man with a low IQ who unwittingly influences major historical events in this 1994 film.


What is Forrest Gump?

200

Water freezes at this temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.


What is 32 degrees?

300

These healthcare professionals assist with rehabilitation by helping patients regain movement and manage pain after injury or illness.


What are physical therpaists?

300

The current UConn President.

Who is Radenka Maric?

300

The smallest bones in the human body are located in this part of the body.


What is the ear?

300

This 1975 thriller about a killer shark was directed by Steven Spielberg and is often credited with creating the concept of the "summer blockbuster."


What is Jaws?

300

This large ocean is located on the west coast of the United States.


What is the Pacific Ocean?

400

This specialist performs surgeries on the brain, spine, and nervous system, often dealing with conditions like tumors or traumatic injuries.


What is a neurosurgeon?

400

The men's and women's basketball coaches.

Who are Dan Hurley and Geno Auriemma?

400

This nerve, the longest in the human body, runs from the lower back down to the foot.


What is the sciatic nerve?

400

In The Matrix, the protagonist, Neo, is offered a choice between two pills and chooses this color pill.


What is the blue pill?

400

This planet is known as the "Red Planet" due to its iron-rich soil.


What is Mars?

500

This highly trained medical professional operates heart-lung machines during surgery to support patients undergoing open-heart procedures.


What is a perfusionist? 

500

Before becoming the University of Connecticut, the school was originally founded in 1881 under this name.

What is the Storrs Agricultural School?

500

This organ, part of the endocrine system, regulates metabolism by producing hormones like T3 and T4.


What is the thyroid gland?

500

In Back to the Future, the first to travel time using the time machine.

Who is Einstein, Doc's dog?

500

This author wrote the novel 1984, which introduced terms like "Big Brother" and "doublethink."


Who is George Orwell?