Well quizzers, we haven't had a quiz on this blog for many days. The last one appeared on June 14th - a whole month ago. So it's nigh time for me to get my thinking cap on. Just over two years ago, we all enjoyed a delightful quiz about the human body and the moment for another one has at last arrived. No matter where we reside - from Melbourne to Florence SC and from Ludwigsburg to West Hampstead, we all have bodies so we should naturally know a lot about this user-friendly subject. As usual, the answers will be given in the comments section.
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1) When you open your mouth you can see a dangly bit of flesh hanging down at the entrance to your throat but what is it called?
(a) Your vulva (b) Your tonsil (c) Your uvula (d) Your larynx
2) How many bones are there in a "normal" adult human body?
(a) 206 bones (b) 1026 bones (c) 2206 bones (d) 602.5 bones
3) Worldwide, around what percentage of people are left-handed?
(a) 2% (b) 5% (c) 10% (d) 14.5%
4) What's the glowing red thing?
(a) appendix (b) pancreas (c) kidney (d) gall bladder
5) In the average adult human body how many miles of nerves are there?
(a) 4.5 miles (b) 14.5 miles (c) 24 miles (d) 45 miles
6) People sometimes have MRI scans but what do the initials MRI stand for?
(a) Medical Research Inquiry (b) Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(c) Maximum Radiation Investigation (d) Multicellular Report Imagery
(c) Maximum Radiation Investigation (d) Multicellular Report Imagery
7) Varicella is the medical name for a common infectious disease that usually goes by another name. To which disease am I referring?
(a) German measles (b) Scarlet fever (c) Chickenpox (d) Mumps
8) Roughly how many sperm cells does an average man produce in his lifetime?
(a) 2.5 million (b) one hundred million (c) one billion (d) one trillion
9) What is the function of the pineal gland?
(a) it regulates the sleep-wake cycle (b) it regulates blood sugar levels
(c) it controls the body's calcium and phosphorus levels (d) it produces stress hormones (like cortisol and adrenaline) and regulates blood pressure.
10) If you stay awake for 24 hours, how many times will you blink?
(a) about 2800 times (b) about 28,800 times
(c) about 88,200 times (d) about 280,000 times
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That's all folks! How did you do?
Answers
ReplyDelete1) (c) Your uvula
2) (a) 206 bones
3) (c) 10%
4) (b) pancreas
5) (d) 45 miles
6) (b) Magnetic Resonance Imaging
7) (c) Chickenpox
8) (d) one trillion
9) (a) it regulates the sleep-wake cycle
10) (b) about 28,800 times
I got one out of 10. ( No. 4. Pancreas. )
ReplyDeleteAs for No. 8. Do my eyes deceive me ? One trillion ?
Genghis Khan may have sired as many as two thousand children.
But he could have had a lot more little Khans, it seems. Astonishing.
Pope Innocent VIII only had eight bairns. What went wrong there ?
Pope Innocent was too innocent.If he had set his mind to it, he could have had three trillion bairns give or take a few thousand.
DeleteTo think I don't even have a daughter to sing me a lullaby.
DeleteCould he have found enough women for that?
Deletecf:
"What have you done with your mother? (If Nun, write None.)"
I only got half of them right. Boo, hiss.
ReplyDeleteChill out Kelly! You're just a finger lickin' country gal from Arkansas. No one would have expected more than half.
DeleteMy knowledge of such things and for that matter your knowledge of my knowledge are on a need-to-know basis.
ReplyDeleteOh don't be a spoilsport Marcellous!
Delete4/10. Must try harder.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteOnly 6/10 for me this week.
ReplyDeleteLay off the booze gal.
Delete7/10 -- better than I expected to do!
ReplyDeleteWell done Debra the Zebra! A gold star for you lassie.
Delete6/10--a passing grade. Barely!
ReplyDeleteWell you are a retired lady Margaret!
DeleteSix out of ten, and I admit I knew the number of bones only because that question has come up a few times over the past 20 years of pub quizzes at my local.
ReplyDeleteSome pub questions do keep coming back.
DeleteGood of you to get your tum tattooed for the occasion!!
ReplyDeleteI got 6.....not too bad....some guesses.
God it hurt when I had that tattoo done down at "The Inky Black Ocean Tattoo Studio" but I think it looks rather beautiful. Why don't you get one Frances? You could have an image of your little dog on your tummy. Your belly button could be incorporated into the design as one of your dog's eyes.
DeleteI thought I was doing well, but scored only 3/10.
ReplyDelete1. I didn't know I had an uvula.
5. I don't know miles, so I was wrong. A considerate blogger would also give a figure in kilometres, as some at times might give an alternative US word for an English word.
8. The bigger they are the more they produce. What a shame Antonio Biaggi is gay.
I hate to tell you this Andrew but you seem to have become a Grumbling Old Man. I prescribe a tab of L.S.D.. That should get you back on track.
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