1 | The disease rickets is caused by a deficiency in which vitamin? D |
2 | How is the childhood illness “pertussis” more commonly known? Whooping Cough |
3 | Once called “The Royal Disease” as it was common in the European Royal families in the 19th & 20th C, which genetic disease did Queen Victoria’s son Prince Leopold suffer from? Hemophilia |
4 | Dr Edward Jenner developed the technique of vaccination to combat which disease? Smallpox |
5 | Florence Nightingale came to fame as a result of her nursing of soldiers during which war? Crimean War |
6 | Sir Robert Ross was the UK’s first Nobel Prize winner, when he was awarded the 1902 prize in Medicine for his work on which tropical disease? Malaria |
7 | Pediculus humanus capitis is the Latin name for which parasite? Head Louse |
8 | Which part of the body would be affected, if you suffered from “Quinsy”? Throat/Tonsils |
9 | Spread by the bite of an infected Tsetse fly, how is the disease Human African Trypanosomiasis more commonly known? Sleeping sickness |
10 | What does the acronym ADHD stand for? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |