63 Fascinating Medical & Health Trivia Questions To Test Your Team
Whether you're looking to spice up your team meetings, or just seeking a playful way to educate and challenge your colleagues, this collection of trivia questions is tailored for you. If you have a biochemist’s knowledge or can hardly tell your left foot from your right, we’ve meticulously curated a mix of questions that will not only test your team's knowledge but also spark interesting conversations. From human body facts to little-known medical mysteries, these questions cover a broad spectrum of medical and health-related topics, ensuring there's something for everyone.
Human Body Facts
1. Glycogen is the way the body stores glucose - better known by what common name? (Answer: Sugar)
2. How many square feet is the average adult human’s skin? (Answer: 19 feet)
3. What is the largest artery in the body? (Answer: The aorta)
4. What body system is the liver a part of? (Answer: Digestive System)
5. What does cartilage link? (Answer: Joints and bones)
6. What type of blood cells fight infections and diseases? (Answer: White blood cells)
7. What internal organ stores bile? (Answer: The gallbladder)
8. How many times does a heart beat over the course of an average human lifespan? (Answer: Over three billion times)
9. After what age do babies start shedding tears? (Answer: One month)
10. About how many inches a year does hair grow? (Answer: Six inches)
11. Where on your body is your skin the thinnest? (Answer: Eyelid)
12. Is it possible to breathe and swallow at the same time? (Answer: No)
13. What causes your fingers to move? (Answer: Tendons in your forearm)
14. What is the most common blood type? (Answer: O+)
15. What country has the highest life expectancy in the world? (Answer: Japan)
16. What is the name of the pigment responsible for giving skin and hair color? (Answer: Melanin)
17. What blood type is the universal plasma donor? (Answer: AB)
18. What fruit has the highest concentration of Vitamin C per serving? (Answer: Guava)
19. How many chambers does the heart have? (Answer: Four)
20. What part of the brain is responsible for regulating basic bodily functions like heartbeat and breathing? (Answer: Medulla Oblongata)
21. What organ produces Insulin? (Answer: Pancreas)
Diseases and Treatments
22. What is the medical term for the sideways curvature of the spine that most often occurs in young adults during a growth spurt? (Answer: Scoliosis)
23. The smallest school in Harvard awards degrees to students in what field of medicine? (Answer: Dentistry)
24. What is the common name for the disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus? (Answer: Chicken Pox)
25. What is the name for the class of pain relievers that includes ibuprofen and naproxen? (Answer: NSAIDS)
26. What is the three-word name for the disorder in which there's a strong urge to move one's legs? (Answer: Restless-Leg Syndrome)
27. Hyperhidrosis is the medical term for excessive what? (Answer: Sweating)
28. Azoles, like clotrimazole, ketoconazole, and voriconazoles, are compounds typically used to combat what general type of infection? (Answer: Fungal)
29. What is the name for the surgery that removes the gall bladder? (Answer: Cholecystectomy)
30. What term is used to describe a disease that is common or constantly present in a given population? (Answer: Endemic)
31. What is sepsis an infection of? (Answer: Blood)
32. What anti-malarial medication is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree? (Answer: Quinine)
33. What is the five-letter word that is used to refer to a dosage of fast-acting insulin that is given via the continuously-attached "pump" device worn by some diabetics? (Answer: Bolus)
34. During a clinical assessment, a brain imaging scan called a PET scan may be administered. What does PET stand for? (Answer: Positron Emission Tomography)
35. Warfarin belongs to what class of blood-thinning medications? (Answer: Anticoagulants)
36. What is the process used to treat kidneys by removing excess water, solutes, and toxins called? (Answer: Dialysis)
37. In the US, basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of what type of cancer? (Answer: Skin Cancer)
38. A nephrologist specializes in the treatment of which organ? (Answer: Kidneys)
39. The MMR vaccine prevents which three diseases? (Answer: Measles, mumps, and Rubella)
40. How many times a day should you take a medication if your prescription reads “q.i.d.”? (Answer: Four)
41. What active ingredient is included in Vicks Nyquil? (Answer: Acetaminophen)
42. What disease do 6 million Americans not know that they have? (Answer: Diabetes)
Medical History
43. What brand of over-the-counter acetaminophen was first introduced in 1955? (Answer: Tylenol)
44. Known for his serpent-entwined staff, who was the ancient Greek god of medicine? (Answer: Ascelpius)
45. What early German psychologist was the first to refer to his profession as psychology, as opposed to biology? (Answer: William Wundt)
46. What outbreak resulted in the deaths of approximately 9% of Philadelphia’s population in 1793? (Answer: The Yellow Fever)
47. What disease was deemed eradicated in 1980 after a worldwide vaccination program? (Answer: Smallpox)
48. Wilma Rudolph, an American Track and Field medalist from the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, had a childhood plagued by what disease? (Answer: Polio)
49. Thomas Hodgkin, an 1800s physician, is most commonly associated with what type of cancer today? (Answer: Lymphoma)
50. In what year did the FDA approve the vaccine that treats Chicken Pox? (Answer: 1995)
51. In what year was Gray’s Anatomy first published? (Answer: 1858)
52. What material were stethoscopes originally made out of? (Answer: Wood)
53. What psychoactive street drug was used as an enhancement for psychotherapy as late as the 1970s? (Answer: MDMA)
54. In which ancient empire was the first recorded reference to the brain found? (Answer: Egypt)
55. “Earkeckers” is an outdated term for what part of the body? (Answer: Tonsils)
56. Who is widely credited as the founder of genetics? (Answer: Gregor Mendel)
57. In what year was Florence Nightingale, widely considered the founder of modern nursing, born? (Answer: 1820)
58. The most widely used vaccine in the history of medicine is mostly used to treat which infection of the lungs? (Answer: Tuberculosis)
59. What body part was first x-rayed in 1895? (Answer: Hands)
60. What street drug was briefly marketed as a cough suppressant in 1898 as it was not believed to be addictive? (Answer: Heroin)
61. The first heart transplant, which occurred in the 1960s, took place in what country? (Answer: South Africa)
62. In what year did California become the first state to legalize medical marijuana usage? (Answer: 1996)
63. Who discovered the world’s first antibiotic in 1923? (Answer: Alexander Fleming)
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