Quackery
What disease was once falsely believed to be caused by “bad air”?
Malaria
Fever, cough, fatigue during flu season. Most likely diagnosis?
Influenza
In Grey’s Anatomy, what is the name of the hospital before it becomes Grey Sloan Memorial?
Seattle Grace Mercy West
What has 13 hearts but no lungs?
A Deck of Cards
What is the largest organ in the body?
Skin
What metal was historically used in “cures” and caused poisoning in many patients?
Mercury
Severe right lower quadrant pain, rebound tenderness.
Appendicitis
What medical sitcom follows JD, Turk, and Elliot as interns?
Scrubs
What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
A river
What structure connects muscle to bone?
Tendon
True or False: Coca-Cola originally contained cocaine.
True
Sudden facial droop on one side.
Stroke (or Bell’s palsy)
In Grey’s Anatomy, what surgical specialty does Cristina Yang pursue?
Cardiothoracic surgery
A father and son are in a car crash. The father dies. The surgeon says, “I can’t operate — that’s my son.” How?
The surgeon is the mother
What bone is commonly known as the collarbone?
What infamous 20th-century procedure involved severing connections in the brain to treat mental illness?
Lobotomy
Sudden itchy rash after eating peanuts.
Allergic reaction / Anaphylaxis
In House, what does Dr. House walk with due to chronic pain?
A cane
What increases the more you take from it?
A hole
How many lobes does the right lung have?
3
What “diagnosis” was historically used to pathologize women’s emotions in the 1800s?
Hysteria
Persistent thirst, high blood sugar.
Diabetes
What is the lead attending's name in The Pitt
Dr. Robby
The more you share it, the less you have. What is it?
A secret
What chamber of the heart pumps blood to the body
Left Ventricle