Naturally, quizzes at "The Hammer and Pincers" have a British bias. That's because we are in Britain and the pub quizzers are all British. However, here in the blogosphere, quizzers come from all over the world though I must admit I have never had any visitors from Nyasaland - called Malawi since 1963.
Seeking fairness, I wanted to find a quiz theme that would not be biased towards any particular country. Suddenly, in a flash of celestial inspiration, I thought - I know - the human body! After all we have all got human bodies haven't we?
So here goes...
- How many chambers are there in the human heart?
- What is the medical, latinate term for the kneecap?
- Which sense organ allows us to smell?
- What is the name of the pipe that takes food from the mouth to the stomach?
- Where is your achilles tendon located?
- Which organ of the body secretes insulin?
- Where in the human body will you find a liquid called aqueous humour/humor?
- With reference to adult humans, if stretched out in a line, what is the average combined length of the large and small intestines? (a) 5 feet (b)20 feet or (c)37feet
- Where in the human body will you find the incus or anvil bone?
- What is the pollex commonly known as?
As usual, answers are given in the "Comments" section.
ANSWERS
ReplyDelete1. four
2. patella
3. nose
4.oesophagus
5. calf to heel
6. pancreas
7. eye
8. (b)20 feet
9.ear
10.thumb
Only 7 right this time.
ReplyDeleteThink positive Ellen! 7 is 70%. I doubt that D. Trump could match your score.
DeleteI missed two. If you'd had a length between 5 ft. and 20 ft., I'd have gone with that, but 20 just seemed like so much that I chose 5 instead. I couldn't remember about pollux, either.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't believe me, why not pull out your intestines and check?
Deletethose 2 semesters of anatomy & physiology years ago were very helpful today. 9/10
ReplyDeleteSo glad my education wasn't wasted
You should have been a doctor! I wonder which one you got wrong?
Deletepollex
DeleteNo need to swear at me Kylie!
DeleteI got 9/10. I didn't know what a pollex is and the average length of the intestines is 26 feet. I tell my patients 28 feet, I may need to change my spiel.
ReplyDeleteOh pollex! Now you will be able to help a patient who complains about pain in his pollex.
Delete8 for me.
ReplyDeleteNot bad for a teacher Margaret!
DeleteThis was a little harder for me since I don't know the English names for some of the parts you asked for. I still got six right, though.
ReplyDeleteYou could have used German terms. As you know I am fluent in German.
DeleteAlright then! Bauchspeicheldrüse? Kniescheibe? Speiseröhre? Gehörgang? I am sure all these terms roll off the tip of your tongue easily :-D
DeleteYou got me! I am caught like a rabbit in headlights. Just a no-good liar!
Delete10 out of 10 for me but then I do love watching medical programmes and I have a daughter who is a doctor
ReplyDeleteI was going to say - that's like cheating! But instead I will say - huge congratulations ADDY!
DeleteI did quite well......got 9 right, failed on the intestines! ( I said 37ft). They always say on " The Chase" if you don't know go for the largest or smallest and I knew it was more than 5!
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be some dispute about the length but 20 feet is closest. I guess our intestines are quite stretchy.
DeleteI looked it up trying to prove you wrong, and yes there are various answers but you are right of course! ( I just wanted to get them all right!!)
DeleteTrying to prove me wrong is like trying to prove that Harpenden has not been taken over by space aliens.
DeleteNine out of ten for me this week.
ReplyDeleteGood lad David! Here, have a "Freddo" chocolate bar.
DeleteThank you for tipping me off that rectum would not be one of the answers. After some thought, I was able to remember the name of another part of the human body, so will instead use that in my scattergun strategy to ensure I get at least one right. 1. gonads, 2. gonads, 3. gonads, 4. gonads, 5. gonads, 6. gonads, 7. gonads, 8. gonads, 9. gonads, 10. gonads.
ReplyDeleteDo not even think about becoming a military strategist as your tactic failed abysmally.
DeleteNo one is reporting their answers, so I won't either beyond my score, 5/10.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid 'I have a drippy pollex', won't go down well in conversations.
I have got two pollexes!
DeleteWell, I did better than I thought I would - 7/10 - which came as quite a surprise to me!
ReplyDeleteIs it too late to take up a nursing career Carol?
DeleteThe NHS has enough problems without me adding to them!
DeleteGood morning and happy Monday! 9/10...missed the intestines length.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a tape measure? You could have just pulled your own intestines out to check. That's what the belly button is for.
DeleteI was whipping through them easily until I got to number seven and then missed three of the last four questions. So 70% for me.
ReplyDeleteDon't share this information with your daughters.
Delete7 out of 10 this week,
ReplyDeleteNot bad for an old guy.
DeleteYes, we all have human bodies, but we don't all call our various limbs and organs by the same names... 'Aqueous humour' for example turned out a mystery even to Google Translate, whose attempt to translate it was humourous, but unhelpful. Having found the correct Swedish word via an old dictionary ("glaskropp") I do know very well that that one belongs in the eye, though. (I might also have recognised it if you had used 'vitreous' instead of 'aqueous'.) Another tricky one was No 1. Translating "chamber" as Sw. "kammare", my spontaneous answer was two, because in Swedish the heart has two "kammare" + two "förmak" (Swedish word for a smaller chamber). One question I would have missed even in Swedish is No 10, though. But I think I'll just disqualify myself for use of dictionaries this week! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI did do a short course in Swedish when I was at university but it only lasted for one semester so I am afraid I am unable to write this entire blog in Swedish. I apologise for any stress this quiz has caused you.
DeleteNo stress... Just noting that there are things one is still better at in one's first language even when one considers oneself quite fluent in another.
DeleteI hope you appreciate that I was just jesting Monica.
DeleteYes, YP, I thought you were.
DeleteI didn't know 10, and "nose" seemed too easy for 3, so I was thinking "olfactory nerve," but then nose was the answer! Keep it simple, right?
ReplyDeleteGood effort Stephen!
Delete9/10
ReplyDeleteOh Pollux
I thought that a nurse would automatically score ten.
Delete1. Four
ReplyDelete2. Kneecap?
3. Nose?
4. Esophagus.
5. Ankle?
6. This I do not know, I was going to say liver or kidney but those seem wrong.
7. Funny bone? I am just here for the jokes!
8. I think 37 feet.
9. Ear, inner ear.
10. Good thing I never went to med school.
Don't give up the day job Bob!
DeleteWell, drat, I missed the intestine length (said 37) and didn't know pollex! However, I did spell "esophagus" correctly, unlike you, so there's that :)
ReplyDeleteWhy do Canadians spell like Americans?
DeleteHow did I miss this yesterday? Here goes: 1- four; 2- patella; 3- nose; 4- oesophagus; 5- heel; 6- pancreas; 7- eyes; 8- 20 feet; 9- inner ear; 10- no idea
ReplyDeleteNine out of ten Nurse Elsie! Well done!
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