Interesting Medical Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
Cretinism is caused by a failure of what gland?
A: Thyroid
An anti-tussed is used to treat what type of aliment?
A: Coughs
To what part/s of the body does the word volar refer?
A: Palms of hands and soles of feet
What are you doing when you pandiculate?
A: You Yawn
A phlebotomist does what?
A: Draws blood samples
Tchaikovsky died of what type of
disease?
A: Cholera
In the days of sailing
ships, who often acted as the ships
doctor?
A: The Cook
Which medicine was discovered in 1928, but not introduced
until 1940?
A: Penicillin
Antibiotics were first used in
Egypt using what?
A: They used moldy bread
Frigophobia is the fear of what being what?
A: Cold
Only fifty five percent of men do wash their hands after
what?
A: Using the toilet
In ancient Japan, what was used to clean
teeth?
A: Stale Urine
Florence Nightingale took what because she was around
young men?
A: Bromide
What did Dr. Watson's first wife die of?
A: Diphtheria
In 1750 John Huxham invented what new
word?
A: Influenza
Anton Chekov was a well known Russian
author and what?
A: Doctor
Women do what twice as often as men?
A: Blink
Where would you find your shank?
A: The sole of your foot
What causes an Iatrogenic illness?
A: Doctors or treatment
Charles Osborne had what for 69 years?
A: The hiccups