Medicine Trivia

186+ Best Medicine Trivia Questions & Answers

Mike Oberman

Updated: June 15th, 2023

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Ready to dive into the fascinating world of medicine? From ancient remedies to modern breakthroughs, this collection of over 180 medicine trivia questions will challenge your knowledge and leave you amazed at the wonders of the human body.

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Question: Can you name the Dutch footballer Manchester United attempted to sign in April 2000 only for the transfer to collapse over a failed medical?

Answer: Ruud van Nistelrooy

Question: A person who studies biology is known as a what?

Answer: Biologist

Question: Grasslands are located on every continent except which one?

Answer: Antarctica

Question: A jaglion is the offspring of a lion and which other big cat?

Answer: Jaguar

Question: Singultus' is the medical term for which condition?

Answer: Hiccups

Question: l240. Name the £l5million rated FA Premier League striker who United were linked with only 2days after the l999-2000 season had ended. for the transfer to collapse over a failed medical?

Answer: Robbie Fowler

Question: All the members of a single species that live in a habitat is called the what?

Answer: Population

Question: How is macroalgae commonly referred to?

Answer: Seaweed

Question: In medical history, what did Edward Jenner discover in 1796?

Answer: Vaccination

Question: One of the main problems with bacteria is they produce what?

Answer: Toxins

Question: During growth in the cell cycle which of the following increases inside the cell?

Answer: Organelles

Question: During meiosis, which creates four cells, how many times does the cell divide?

Answer: Twice

Question: How does insulin travel around the body?

Answer: Bloodstream

Question: Bovinophobia is a fear of what?

Answer: Cows

Question: Asexual reproduction requires what?

Answer: One parent

Question: Found on the human body, especially the face, what is another name for lentigines?

Answer: Freckles

Question: How many lungs does a normal human have?

Answer: 2

Question: Cephalgia is a medical term for what malady?

Answer: Headache

Question: A lack of iodine in your diet leads to which medical condition?

Answer: Goiter

Question: Medical History: What occurred first?

Answer: Fleming invents Penicillin

Question: According to US medical advice, which of these is the safest type of sun lotion?

Answer: Lotion

Question: Lateral epicondylitis is the medical term for which condition?

Answer: Tennis elbow

Question: A group of lions is known as a what?

Answer: Pride

Question: How do new species evolve?

Answer: Natural Selection

Question: Cell body, axon and dendrite are part of what?

Answer: Neurons

Question: I.V.F. or In Vitro Fertilisation is the medical term for test tube babies. What does 'in vitro' literally mean?

Answer: In glass

Question: From what plant was paper originally made?

Answer: Papyrus

Question: In the popular 70's TV show M.A.S.H., what war was the medical outfit involved in?

Answer: Korean

Question: How many bones in an adult human body?

Answer: 206

Question: As of 2008, which country is the leader in medical research and pharmaceutical development?

Answer: United States

Question: In savannah areas what animals wouldn't you find?

Answer: Penguins

Question: A predator species is most likely to have what?

Answer: Eyes at the front

Question: How are hormones transported around the body?

Answer: Blood Stream

Question: Cotton plants are grown to make oil and what else?

Answer: Fibers

Question: In human biology, what do melanin and carotene determine?

Answer: Hair colour

Question: Brachiotomy is the medical term for the removal of what part of the body?

Answer: Arm

Question: How often on average do humans dream?

Answer: 5 times a night

Question: How is the coloration of an animal determined?

Answer: Genetically

Question: Digits' are another name for which part of the body?

Answer: Fingers

Question: Felis cattus is the scientific name for which animal?

Answer: Cat

Question: In the medical world, what part of your body would interest 'Rhinologists'?

Answer: Your nose

Question: K-Y Jelly was first used in what medical field?

Answer: Surgery

Question: Dorsalgia' is the medical term for pain in what part of the body?

Answer: Back

Question: How does alcohol effect your reactions?

Answer: Slows them down

Question: How many upper chambers are there in the human heart?

Answer: 2

Question: Extremities feeling numb or turning very pale is a sign of what?

Answer: Frostbite

Question: How many distinct layers of skin are there on the human body?

Answer: 2

Question: In medical terms, what does the suffix '-cyte' mean?

Answer: Cell

Question: How many times does an average human heart beat in a day?

Answer: 115,200

Question: A mix of nitrous oxide and oxygen used as a medical anaesthesia during childbirth gas is called what?

Answer: Entonox

Question: Aerobic respiration releases more what than anaerobic respiration?

Answer: Energy

Question: How many lower chambers are there in the human heart?

Answer: 2

Question: Agoraphobia is a fear of what?

Answer: Public Spaces

Question: Epistaxis is the medical term for which common complaint?

Answer: Nose Bleed

Question: Insulin is an example of what type of protein?

Answer: Hormone

Question: How is the medical condition diplopia more commonly known?

Answer: Double vision

Question: Dairy products are generally made from what common liquid?

Answer: Milk

Question: Deciduous trees provide mostly which type of wood?

Answer: Hard wood

Question: From which bean is ricin extracted?

Answer: Castor

Question: On which continent did the ostrich originate?

Answer: Africa

Question: Medical History: What occurred first?

Answer: X Rays discovered

Question: A common risk factor for heart disease is what?

Answer: Being overweight

Question: Chemicals secreted by glands are known as what?

Answer: Hormones

Question: How much of the human body is water?

Answer: About two thirds

Question: In pregnancy, what is the medical procedure whereby a small amount of amniotic fluid is taken to test for abnormalities in the fetus?

Answer: Amniocentesis

Question: Pertussis' is the medical term for which condition?

Answer: Whooping cough

Question: How many phases of rapid growth do humans have?

Answer: Two

Question: Having as wide a range of species as possible is referred to as what?

Answer: Biodiversity

Question: Body temperature can be measured from where?

Answer: The mouth

Question: Insulin is secreted and then glucose converted to glycogen when blood sugar is what?

Answer: Too high

Question: Eupepsia is the medical term for good what?

Answer: Digestion

Question: A pair of genes that code for a certain characteristic are called a what?

Answer: Allele

Question: How old was the oldest women ever recorded?

Answer: 122 years

Question: A deficiency in vitamin C causes which disease?

Answer: Scurvy

Question: A fungus is technically which of these?

Answer: None

Question: Earliest to latest, put these 20th century medical discoveries in order.

Answer: Chromosomes discovered

Question: In medical science 'renal' refers to?

Answer: Kidneys

Question: In medical terms, what does the suffix '-genic' mean?

Answer: Producing

Question: How many chambers does a human heart have?

Answer: 4

Question: Glaucoma effects which part of the body?

Answer: Eyes

Medium

Question: The liver belongs to which body system?

Answer: Digestive

Question: Trees that lose their leaves in the autumn are called what?

Answer: Deciduous

Question: The cornea is the surface of which body part?

Answer: Eye

Question: The study of growing gardens, orchards and ornamentals is known as what?

Answer: Horticulture

Question: What are elephants' tusks made of?

Answer: Ivory

Question: Put these historic medical practices in chronological order.

Answer: Trepanning

Question: Thyme, bay leaf, basil and mint belong to which group?

Answer: Herbs

Question: The zygote divides by mitosis to form what?

Answer: Embryo

Question: The aorta is the largest what in the body?

Answer: Artery

Question: Vertebrates are animals with what?

Answer: A spine

Question: The T-rex is often portrayed as which color?

Answer: Green

Question: The fear of what animal is known as 'arachnophobia'?

Answer: Spiders

Question: The bone at the base of your spine is known as the what?

Answer: Coccyx

Question: The liver belongs to which system?

Answer: Digestive

Question: Prepatellar bursitis is the medical term for which ailment?

Answer: Housemaid's knee

Question: What are the colorful parts of a flower called?

Answer: Petals

Question: Uveitis affects which part of the body?

Answer: Eye

Question: The disadvantage of animals relying on simple reflexes is that they can't what?

Answer: Respond to new stimuli

Question: Synchronous diaphragmatic flutter is a medical term for what?

Answer: Hiccups

Question: The flow of blood through your heart and around your body is called what?

Answer: Circulation

Question: The ability to do physical activity is known as what?

Answer: Fitness

Question: Sort these medical inventions in order from earliest to latest creation.

Answer: Cauterization

Question: St Jude Medical has which ticker symbol?

Answer: STJ

Question: The leaf from which plant is on the Canadian flag?

Answer: Maple

Question: The vegetables, fruits, meats, nuts, herbs and spices used in cooking are the what?

Answer: Ingredients

Question: The lungs, trachea and nose are part of which organ system?

Answer: Respiratory

Question: The pharynx is the medical term for what part of the body?

Answer: Throat

Question: Unlike plant cells, bacterial cells have no what?

Answer: Chloroplasts

Question: Varicella is the medical name for which illness?

Answer: Chickenpox

Question: Trees that shed their leaves every year are called what?

Answer: Perennial

Question: The Gall Bladder is attached to which other organ?

Answer: Liver

Question: Trees are what?

Answer: Plants

Question: What are herbicides designed to kill?

Answer: Plants

Question: The U.S. government is investigating the use of algae for what?

Answer: Fuel

Question: The Death Cap is the most poisonous variety of what?

Answer: Mushroom

Question: Penicillin, an antibiotic to fight bacteria, belongs to which family?

Answer: Fungi

Question: The speed at which chemical reactions take place in our bodies is known as what?

Answer: Metabolic rate

Question: The umbilicus is the medical term for which part of the body?

Answer: Navel

Question: One of the symptoms of hypothermia what?

Answer: Shivering

Question: Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards were pioneers in what medical field?

Answer: In-vitro fertilisation

Question: The death of every member of a particular species is known as what?

Answer: Extinction

Question: The study of forests and woods is called what?

Answer: Forestry

Question: The bones that make up your spine are called what?

Answer: Vertebrae

Question: Trachoma is a disease that affects what?

Answer: Eyes

Question: What are substances added to food for preserving flavors, or improving taste or appearance called?

Answer: Additives

Question: Toadstools are traditionally shown as what colors?

Answer: Red and white

Question: Oxygen diffuses across multi-lobed air sacs in the lungs called?

Answer: Alveoli

Question: The amount of mineral matter per square centimeter of bones is known as what?

Answer: Bone density

Question: Oystercatcher birds hunt mussels and are classified as stabbers or what?

Answer: Hammerers

Question: The medical treatment HRT is used to counteract the effects of what?

Answer: Menopause

Question: Typhoid is caused by which organism?

Answer: Salmonella

Question: The bones around your chest that protect organs such as the heart are called what?

Answer: Ribs

Question: Sickle cell disease effects which part of the body?

Answer: Blood

Question: Rubeola is the medical term for which disease?

Answer: Measles

Question: Order these feats in medical history from earliest to latest.

Answer: Minor surgery

Question: Trees that don't loose their leaves in winter are known as what?

Answer: Coniferous

Question: The DNA code is made up of which four letters?

Answer: ATCG

Question: The sternum is the medical name for what?

Answer: Breastbone

Question: The brain can modify a reflex arc via which neurons?

Answer: Motor

Question: Piles is a slang term used to describe what medical condition?

Answer: Hemorrhoids

Question: Vitamin B6 deficiency can cause what?

Answer: Anemia

Question: Varian Medical Systems has which ticker symbol?

Answer: VAR

Question: The failure to produce enough insulin leads to which medical condition?

Answer: Diabetes

Hard

Question: What does survival of the fittest mean?

Answer: Best adapted survive

Question: What do most people seek a chiropractors for?

Answer: Lower back pain

Question: What color is the chest of a male robin?

Answer: Red

Question: What is the medical condition of an enlarged thyroid gland known as?

Answer: Goiter

Question: What is 'botanophobia' a fear of?

Answer: Plants

Question: What is the medical term for a person with six fingers?

Answer: Polydactyl

Question: What do we call the study of dinosaurs?

Answer: Paleontology

Question: What is the colored part of the eye called?

Answer: Iris

Question: What does B stand for in BMD?

Answer: Bone

Question: What is an amount of biological material known?

Answer: Biomass

Question: What is the medical name for housemaid's knee?

Answer: Bursitis

Question: What do we call the hierarchy of which animals eat which?

Answer: Food Chain

Question: What do we call the study of the human body?

Answer: Anatomy

Question: What is the common name of the orca?

Answer: Killer Whale

Question: What do surgeons do before surgery in interest of hygiene?

Answer: Scrubbing Up

Question: What can happen if the number of individuals of a particular species becomes low?

Answer: Extinction

Question: What do scientists study to learn more about dinosaurs?

Answer: Fossils

Question: What does B stand for in BMI?

Answer: Body

Question: What is aquaculture?

Answer: Fish farming

Question: What is genetic information carried by?

Answer: DNA

Question: What is the medical term for a jawbone?

Answer: Mandible

Question: What is the medical name for the craving of bizarre foods that some women experience during pregnancy?

Answer: Pica

Question: What do food chains always start with?

Answer: Producer

Question: What causes red-green color deficiency?

Answer: Inherited disorder

Question: What do we call the natural openings in the skin?

Answer: Pores

Question: What is the medical name for a squint?

Answer: Strabismus

Question: What is the major concern about overuse of antibiotics?

Answer: Resistance

Question: What is an additional requirement specific to the basic processes of human life?

Answer: Differentiation

Question: What is the medical name for the 'Swine Flu'?

Answer: H1N1

Question: What does M stand for in BMD?

Answer: Marrow

Question: What has led scientists to conclude there was animal life 700 million years ago?

Answer: Fossils

Question: What is 'sternutation' the medical term for?

Answer: Sneezing

Question: What does oviparous mean?

Answer: Lays eggs

Question: What is the medical term for a defect in memory?

Answer: Amnesia

Question: What is fossilized tree resin called?

Answer: Amber

Question: What do chromosomes carry?

Answer: Genes

Question: What is the medical term for a repetitive movement, especially of the head?

Answer: Titubation

Question: What does the medical term dolent mean?

Answer: pain

Question: What is pediculosis capitis caused by?

Answer: Head lice

Question: What is the major function of the colon?

Answer: To take up fluid

Question: What class of creature is a Dromedary camel?

Answer: Mammal

Question: What do we call the openings in the skin?

Answer: Pores

Question: What is another name for maize?

Answer: Corn