Pathology Pub Quiz
Round 1: General pathology knowledge
1. Who is Blossom the Cow and what role she play in immunology?
2. Which French author wrote La Peste (English: The Plague) in 1947?
3. Which Scottish Nobel laureate accidentally discovered the world’s first antibiotic
Penicillin?
4. What percentage of body weight is made up of water in the average adult male?
5. In 2018, cyclist Mark Cavendish announced an ‘indefinite break’ from cycling
because he has Epstein-Barr virus. To which commonly-known family does this virus
belong?
6. According to Dominic Dyer, who is the CEO of the Badger Trust, £50m of public
money has been spent so far of the culling of badgers in a bid to control and
eradicate bovine tuberculosis. What is the current estimated cost per badger killed?
a. £150
b. £1400
c. £560
7. According to research, approximately how many mammalian viruses are we waiting
to discover?
a. 3.2 million
b. 3.2 billion
c. 320,000
8. Which of these diseases is not zoonotic? (i.e. which one is not able to be passed
from animals to humans?)
a. Tuberculosis
b. Ebola
c. Rubella
d. Ringworm
9. True or false: pathology concerns only diseases caused by pathogens.
10. What year was the Royal College of Pathologists founded?
a. 1518
b. 1841
c. 1962
Round 2: Music round
In this round you will hear the introduction to 10 songs. Each of the songs have something to
do with pathology. Each song is worth two points – one for the title of the song and one for
the name of the artists/band.
1. Last Nite – The Strokes
2. So Sick – Ne-Yo
3. Boys Don’t Cry – The Cure
4. Hate to Say I Told You So – The Hives
