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November 2026

  1. #19 · Thursday 5 November 2026 Medium

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    1. Name a bone of the lower limb (hip to toes)

      Answers: Femur, Tibia, Patella, Fibula, Calcaneus, Hip bone, Talus, Metatarsal, Phalanx, Navicular, Cuboid, Medial cuneiform, Lateral cuneiform, Intermediate cuneiform

    2. Name one of the 15 countries with the highest fertility rate (UN World Population Prospects)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. Chad (5.84 births per woman)
      • 2. Somalia (5.81 births per woman)
      • 3. DR Congo (5.80 births per woman)
      • 4. Central African Republic (5.69 births per woman)
      • 5. Niger (5.64 births per woman)
      • 6. Mali (5.33 births per woman)
      • 7. Angola (4.89 births per woman)
      • 8. Burundi (4.57 births per woman)
      • 9. Afghanistan (4.56 births per woman)
      • 10. Mozambique (4.54 births per woman)
      • 11. Mauritania (4.49 births per woman)
      • 12. Tanzania (4.41 births per woman)
      • 13. Benin (4.34 births per woman)
      • 14. Yemen (4.33 births per woman)
      • 15. Nigeria (4.21 births per woman)

      Source: UN World Population Prospects

    3. Name one of the six functioning domains in the Washington Group Short Set on disability

      Answers: Seeing, Hearing, Walking, Remembering or concentrating, Self-care, Communicating

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  2. #18 · Wednesday 4 November 2026 Medium

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    1. Name an extraocular muscle

      Answers: Medial rectus, Lateral rectus, Superior oblique, Superior rectus, Inferior rectus, Inferior oblique, Levator palpebrae superioris

    2. Name one of the 10 personality disorders in DSM-5

      Answers: Borderline, Antisocial, Narcissistic, Obsessive-compulsive, Paranoid, Histrionic, Schizoid, Avoidant, Schizotypal, Dependent

    3. Name one of the 10 most commonly diagnosed cancers worldwide (GLOBOCAN 2022)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. Lung cancer (2.48m new cases)
      • 2. Breast cancer (2.30m new cases)
      • 3. Colorectal cancer (1.93m new cases)
      • 4. Prostate cancer (1.47m new cases)
      • 5. Stomach cancer (969k new cases)
      • 6. Liver cancer (866k new cases)
      • 7. Thyroid cancer (821k new cases)
      • 8. Cervical cancer (662k new cases)
      • 9. Bladder cancer (614k new cases)
      • 10. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (553k new cases)

      Source: IARC GLOBOCAN 2022, new cases

    4. Name one of the 10 best-selling medicines of 2024 (by global sales)

      Answers: Ozempic, Humira, Keytruda, Eliquis, Gardasil, Dupixent, Stelara, Skyrizi, Biktarvy, Darzalex

    5. Name one of the 15 countries that spend the most on health per person (WHO Global Health Expenditure Database)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. United States ($12,434 per person)
      • 2. Switzerland ($10,668 per person)
      • 3. Norway ($9,927 per person)
      • 4. Monaco ($8,765 per person)
      • 5. Ireland ($8,298 per person)
      • 6. Luxembourg ($8,175 per person)
      • 7. Austria ($7,891 per person)
      • 8. Germany ($7,758 per person)
      • 9. Sweden ($7,659 per person)
      • 10. Netherlands ($7,576 per person)
      • 11. Belgium ($7,388 per person)
      • 12. Australia ($7,072 per person)
      • 13. Denmark ($7,012 per person)
      • 14. France ($6,853 per person)
      • 15. Canada ($6,813 per person)

      Source: WHO Global Health Expenditure Database

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  3. #17 · Tuesday 3 November 2026 Easy

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    1. Name a chamber, valve or great vessel of the heart

      Answers: Left ventricle, Right ventricle, Left atrium, Right atrium, Aorta, Mitral valve, Aortic valve, Pulmonary artery, Tricuspid valve, Superior vena cava, Inferior vena cava, Pulmonary valve, Pulmonary veins, Coronary sinus

    2. Name a medicine used to treat or prevent malaria (WHO Guidelines for malaria)

      Answers: Chloroquine, Quinine, Artemether, Doxycycline, Mefloquine, Atovaquone-proguanil, Artesunate, Primaquine, Lumefantrine, Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, Amodiaquine, Dihydroartemisinin, Tafenoquine, Piperaquine, Clindamycin, Pyronaridine

    3. Name a tarsal bone of the foot

      Answers: Calcaneus, Talus, Navicular, Cuboid, Medial cuneiform, Lateral cuneiform, Intermediate cuneiform

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  4. #16 · Monday 2 November 2026 Easy

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    1. Name one of the 9 herpesviruses that infect humans

      Answers: Herpes simplex virus 1, Varicella zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus, Herpes simplex virus 2, Cytomegalovirus, Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, Human herpesvirus 6B, Human herpesvirus 7, Human herpesvirus 6A

    2. Name one of the 19 fungi on the WHO fungal priority pathogens list (2022)

      Answers: Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida auris, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Cryptococcus neoformans, Histoplasma, Mucorales, Coccidioides, Candida glabrata, Candida krusei, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Cryptococcus gattii, Fusarium, Talaromyces marneffei, Paracoccidioides, Eumycetoma agents, Scedosporium, Lomentospora prolificans

    3. Name one of the 8 most common cancers in men worldwide (GLOBOCAN 2022)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. Lung cancer (1.57m new cases)
      • 2. Prostate cancer (1.47m new cases)
      • 3. Colorectal cancer (1.07m new cases)
      • 4. Stomach cancer (627k new cases)
      • 5. Liver cancer (601k new cases)
      • 6. Bladder cancer (471k new cases)
      • 7. Oesophageal cancer (365k new cases)
      • 8. Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (311k new cases)

      Source: WCRF/IARC GLOBOCAN 2022, new cases

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  5. #15 · Sunday 1 November 2026 Genius

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    1. Name a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine from 1940 to 1950

      Answers: Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, Egas Moniz, Gerty Cori, Carl Cori, Paul Müller, Philip Hench, Edward Kendall, Hermann Joseph Muller, Bernardo Houssay, Tadeusz Reichstein, Walter Hess, Henrik Dam, Edward Doisy, Joseph Erlanger, Herbert Gasser

    2. Name a neglected tropical disease on the WHO list

      Answers: Dengue and chikungunya, Leprosy, Rabies, Chagas disease, Leishmaniasis, Schistosomiasis, Trachoma, Scabies and other ectoparasitoses, Lymphatic filariasis, Human African trypanosomiasis, Onchocerciasis, Snakebite envenoming, Soil-transmitted helminthiases, Dracunculiasis, Yaws, Taeniasis/cysticercosis, Echinococcosis, Buruli ulcer, Foodborne trematodiases, Mycetoma, chromoblastomycosis and other deep mycoses, Noma

    3. Name a fungus on the WHO Fungal Priority Pathogens List (2022)

      Answers: Candida albicans, Candida auris, Aspergillus fumigatus, Pneumocystis jirovecii, Cryptococcus neoformans, Histoplasma, Mucorales, Coccidioides, Nakaseomyces glabrata, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Fusarium, Cryptococcus gattii, Talaromyces marneffei, Pichia kudriavzevii, Eumycetoma agents, Scedosporium, Paracoccidioides, Lomentospora prolificans

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October 2026

  1. #14 · Saturday 31 October 2026 Hard

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    1. Name a bone of the human skull (excluding the ear ossicles)

      Answers: Frontal bone, Parietal bone, Temporal bone, Mandible, Occipital bone, Maxilla, Nasal bone, Zygomatic bone, Sphenoid bone, Ethmoid bone, Lacrimal bone, Palatine bone, Vomer, Inferior nasal concha

    2. Name one of the 10 countries with the highest alcohol consumption per person (WHO, 2019 data)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. Romania (16.9 L per adult)
      • 2. Latvia (14.4 L per adult)
      • 3. Georgia (14.3 L per adult)
      • 4. Seychelles (13.8 L per adult)
      • 5. Czechia (13.3 L per adult)
      • 6. Estonia (12.9 L per adult)
      • 7. Uganda (12.2 L per adult)
      • 8. Austria (12.1 L per adult)
      • 8. Poland (12.1 L per adult)
      • 10. Bulgaria (12.0 L per adult)

      Source: WHO Global status report on alcohol, 2019 data

    3. Name a prion disease (human or animal)

      Answers: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Mad cow disease, Variant CJD, Kuru, Scrapie, Fatal familial insomnia, Chronic wasting disease, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome, Feline spongiform encephalopathy, Transmissible mink encephalopathy, Sporadic fatal insomnia, Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy, Camel prion disease, Exotic ungulate encephalopathy

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  2. #13 · Friday 30 October 2026 Hard

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    1. Name one of WHO's '10 chemicals of major public health concern'

      Answers: Lead, Asbestos, Mercury, Arsenic, Air pollution, Highly hazardous pesticides, Benzene, Dioxins, Fluoride, Cadmium

    2. Name a branch of the external carotid artery

      Answers: Facial artery, Maxillary artery, Superficial temporal artery, Superior thyroid artery, Lingual artery, Occipital artery, Posterior auricular artery, Ascending pharyngeal artery

    3. Name one of the 8 most common cancers in women worldwide (GLOBOCAN 2022)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. Breast cancer (2.30m new cases)
      • 2. Lung cancer (909k new cases)
      • 3. Colorectal cancer (857k new cases)
      • 4. Cervical cancer (662k new cases)
      • 5. Thyroid cancer (615k new cases)
      • 6. Uterine cancer (420k new cases)
      • 7. Stomach cancer (341k new cases)
      • 8. Ovarian cancer (325k new cases)

      Source: WCRF/IARC GLOBOCAN 2022, new cases

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  3. #12 · Thursday 29 October 2026 Medium

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    1. Name a component of the CHA2DS2-VASc stroke-risk score in atrial fibrillation

      Answers: Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Diabetes, Age 75 or over, Prior stroke or TIA, Vascular disease, Age 65 to 74, Female sex

    2. Name one of the 10 modifiable stroke risk factors in INTERSTROKE (O'Donnell et al., Lancet 2016)

      Answers: Hypertension, Smoking, Diabetes, Physical inactivity, Alcohol, Diet, Obesity, Cardiac causes, Psychosocial stress, ApoB/ApoA1 ratio

    3. Name an artery of the circle of Willis or one of its main branches (incl. the vertebrobasilar system)

      Answers: Middle cerebral artery, Internal carotid artery, Basilar artery, Vertebral artery, Anterior cerebral artery, Posterior cerebral artery, Anterior communicating artery, Posterior communicating artery, Posterior inferior cerebellar artery, Ophthalmic artery, Anterior inferior cerebellar artery, Superior cerebellar artery, Anterior spinal artery, Lenticulostriate arteries, Pontine arteries, Anterior choroidal artery, Labyrinthine artery, Recurrent artery of Heubner

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  4. #11 · Wednesday 28 October 2026 Medium

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    1. Name one of the 14 modifiable dementia risk factors (Lancet Commission, 2024)

      Answers: Hypertension, Smoking, Diabetes, Physical inactivity, Obesity, Excessive alcohol, Hearing loss, Depression, Social isolation, Less education, Traumatic brain injury, Air pollution, High LDL cholesterol, Vision loss

    2. Name a muscle supplied by the facial nerve

      Answers: Buccinator, Orbicularis oculi, Orbicularis oris, Platysma, Occipitofrontalis, Zygomaticus major, Stapedius, Risorius, Mentalis, Procerus, Nasalis, Corrugator supercilii, Zygomaticus minor, Depressor anguli oris, Levator labii superioris, Posterior belly of digastric, Stylohyoid, Levator anguli oris, Depressor labii inferioris, Levator labii superioris alaeque nasi, Auricular muscles, Depressor supercilii, Temporoparietalis, Depressor septi nasi

    3. Name one of the 10 leading causes of death in low-income countries (WHO Global Health Estimates, 2019)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. Neonatal conditions
      • 2. Lower respiratory infections
      • 3. Ischaemic heart disease
      • 4. Stroke
      • 5. Diarrhoeal diseases
      • 6. Malaria
      • 7. Road injury
      • 8. Tuberculosis
      • 9. HIV/AIDS
      • 10. Cirrhosis of the liver

      Source: WHO Global Health Estimates 2019

    4. Name a main character in M*A*S*H (TV, 1972-1983)

      Answers: Hawkeye Pierce, Radar O'Reilly, Margaret Houlihan, Max Klinger, Trapper John McIntyre, Frank Burns, B.J. Hunnicutt, Henry Blake, Sherman Potter, Father Mulcahy, Charles Winchester

    5. Name one of the eight human herpesviruses (HHV-1 to HHV-8)

      Answers: Herpes simplex virus 1, Herpes simplex virus 2, Varicella zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus, Cytomegalovirus, Human herpesvirus 6, Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus, Human herpesvirus 7

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  5. #10 · Tuesday 27 October 2026 Easy

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    1. Name a bone of the upper limb (shoulder girdle to fingertips)

      Answers: Humerus, Radius, Ulna, Clavicle, Scapula, Scaphoid, Metacarpal, Phalanx, Lunate, Hamate, Pisiform, Capitate, Trapezium, Triquetrum, Trapezoid

    2. Name one of the 10 activities scored in the Barthel Index (Mahoney & Barthel, 1965)

      Answers: Feeding, Dressing, Bathing, Stairs, Mobility, Toilet use, Bladder, Bowels, Grooming, Transfers

    3. Name one of the 15 animals on Bill Gates' 'world's deadliest animals' chart (Gates Notes, 2014)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. Mosquito (750,000 deaths a year)
      • 2. Human (437,000 deaths a year)
      • 3. Snake (100,000 deaths a year)
      • 4. Dog (35,000 deaths a year)
      • 5. Freshwater snail (20,000 deaths a year)
      • 6. Assassin bug (12,000 deaths a year)
      • 7. Tsetse fly (10,000 deaths a year)
      • 8. Ascaris roundworm (4,500 deaths a year)
      • 9. Crocodile (1,000 deaths a year)
      • 10. Tapeworm (700 deaths a year)
      • 11. Elephant (500 deaths a year)
      • 11. Hippopotamus (500 deaths a year)
      • 13. Lion (22 deaths a year)
      • 14. Wolf (10 deaths a year)
      • 15. Shark (6 deaths a year)

      Source: Gates Notes 2014, deaths per year

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  6. #9 · Monday 26 October 2026 Easy

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    1. Name a vitamin

      Answers: Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, Vitamin A, Folate, Vitamin K, Vitamin E, Thiamine, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Biotin, Pantothenic acid

    2. Name a main-cast character in House MD (2004-2012)

      Answers: Gregory House, James Wilson, Lisa Cuddy, Eric Foreman, Robert Chase, Allison Cameron, Remy 'Thirteen' Hadley, Chris Taub, Lawrence Kutner, Martha Masters, Jessica Adams, Chi Park

    3. Name one of the 10 most-prescribed medicines in the USA (ClinCalc DrugStats, 2024)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. Atorvastatin (115.7m prescriptions)
      • 2. Levothyroxine (82.4m prescriptions)
      • 3. Metformin (82.3m prescriptions)
      • 4. Amlodipine (71.3m prescriptions)
      • 5. Lisinopril (66.7m prescriptions)
      • 6. Albuterol (62.0m prescriptions)
      • 7. Losartan (59.0m prescriptions)
      • 8. Metoprolol (58.2m prescriptions)
      • 9. Rosuvastatin (53.7m prescriptions)
      • 10. Omeprazole (49.8m prescriptions)

      Source: ClinCalc DrugStats 2024

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  7. #8 · Sunday 25 October 2026 Genius

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    1. Name a numbered blood clotting factor (Factor I to XIII)

      Answers: Fibrinogen (Factor I), Prothrombin (Factor II), Factor VIII, Factor V, Factor VII, Factor IX, Tissue factor (Factor III), Factor X, Factor XI, Factor XII, Factor XIII, Calcium (Factor IV)

    2. Name one of the 15 countries with the highest cancer rate (WCRF/GLOBOCAN, 2022)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. Australia (462.5 per 100,000)
      • 2. New Zealand (427.3 per 100,000)
      • 3. Denmark (374.7 per 100,000)
      • 4. United States (367.0 per 100,000)
      • 5. Norway (357.9 per 100,000)
      • 6. Canada (345.9 per 100,000)
      • 7. Ireland (344.7 per 100,000)
      • 8. Netherlands (341.4 per 100,000)
      • 9. France (339.0 per 100,000)
      • 10. Hungary (336.7 per 100,000)
      • 11. Belgium (324.7 per 100,000)
      • 12. Croatia (313.4 per 100,000)
      • 13. Sweden (310.0 per 100,000)
      • 14. United Kingdom (307.8 per 100,000)
      • 15. Slovenia (305.1 per 100,000)

      Source: WCRF/GLOBOCAN 2022, age-standardised rate

    3. Name a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine from 1901 to 1910

      Answers: Robert Koch, Ivan Pavlov, Paul Ehrlich, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Camillo Golgi, Ronald Ross, Emil von Behring, Ilya Mechnikov, Theodor Kocher, Alphonse Laveran, Niels Finsen, Albrecht Kossel

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  8. #7 · Saturday 24 October 2026 Hard

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    1. Name one of the six diseases targeted by WHO's original Expanded Programme on Immunization (1974)

      Answers: Polio, Measles, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tuberculosis

    2. Name one of the 10 leading causes of death in the USA in 1900 (CDC)

      Ranked answers:

      • 1. Pneumonia and influenza
      • 2. Tuberculosis
      • 3. Diarrhoea and enteritis
      • 4. Heart disease
      • 5. Stroke
      • 6. Nephritis
      • 7. Accidents
      • 8. Cancer
      • 9. Senility
      • 10. Diphtheria

      Source: CDC/NCHS, USA 1900

    3. Name an author of the three April 1953 Nature papers on the structure of DNA

      Answers: James Watson, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, Raymond Gosling, Alexander Stokes, Herbert Wilson

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  9. #6 · Friday 23 October 2026 Hard

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    1. Name a fictional TV or film doctor

      Answers: Dr house, Meredith grey, Dr who, Grey's anatomy, Scrubs, John carter, Doug Ross, Jd, Perry cox, Derek shepherd, Dr Frankenstein, Hannibal lecter, Mark greene, Dr carter, Dr cox, Turk, Miranda bailey, Mcsteamy, Callie torres, Dr cameron, Dr chase, Dr foreman, Wilson, Lisa cuddy, Shaun murphy, Dr evil, Dr Robby, Doogie howser, Dr Quinn, Hawkeye pierce, Cristina yang, Elliot Reid, Dr dolittle, Dr frankenfurter, Dr seuss, Dr octopus, Dr no, Dr strangelove, Dr watson, Dr moreau, Dr crane, Frasier, Dr phil, Dr venkman, Dr emmett brown, Dr manhattan, Dr kildare, Doc martin, Dr strange, Dr Zhivago, Dr Jekyll, Dr mccoy, Dr crusher, Dr nick riviera, Dr hibbert, Dr spaceman, Dr bashir, Dr phlox, Dr pulaski, Dr zoidberg, Dr marvin monroe, Dr gonzo, Dr mario, Dr kawashima, Dr ruth, Dr peter benton, Elizabeth corday, Dr romano, Dr Finlay

    2. Name a parasite that infects humans

      Answers: Head lice, Tapeworm, Malaria, Worms, Bed bugs, Fleas, Ticks, Threadworm, Giardia, Scabies mite, Toxoplasma, Hookworm, Roundworm, Pubic lice, Trichomonas, Cryptosporidium, Strongyloides, Schistosoma, Leishmania, Trypanosoma, Entamoeba, Echinococcus, Whipworm, Liver fluke, Fasciola, Clonorchis, Babesia, Cyclospora, Isospora, Blastocystis, Toxocara, Anisakis, Pork tapeworm, Beef tapeworm, Fish tapeworm, Chagas, Sleeping sickness, Naegleria fowleri, Loa loa, Guinea worm, Trichinella, Dientamoeba, Filaria, Onchocerca, Brugia, Mansonella, Baylisascaris, Gnathostoma, Acanthamoeba, Balamuthia, Sparganum, Myiasis, Tunga, Demodex, Angiostrongylus

    3. Name a vaccine-preventable disease

      Answers: Measles, Polio, Flu, COVID, Covid 19, Hep b, Whooping cough, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Mumps, Rubella, Hepatitis b, Chickenpox, Pneumonia, Meningitis, Cervical cancer, Gastro, Smallpox, Pneumococcal disease, Meningococcal disease, HIB, Rotavirus, HPV, Hepatitis a, Shingles, Monkeypox, Anthrax, Chikungunya, Ebola, Malaria, Leptospirosis, Japanese encephalitis, Typhoid, Cholera, Yellow fever, Rabies, Tuberculosis, RSV, MPOX, Dengue, Tick borne encephalitis, Plague, Hand foot and mouth, Hantavirus, Hepatitis e, Adenovirus, Kyasanur forest disease, Hendra virus, Q fever

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  10. #5 · Thursday 22 October 2026 Medium

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    1. Name a cause of a chronic cough

      Answers: Asthma, Smoking, Reflux, Postnasal drip, Cold, Hay fever, Post viral cough, COPD, ACE inhibitor, Whooping cough, Lung cancer, Bronchiectasis, Chronic bronchitis, Emphysema, Allergies, Cough variant asthma, Interstitial lung disease, Pneumonia, Vaping, Tuberculosis, Eosinophilic bronchitis, Pulmonary fibrosis, Heart failure, Sarcoidosis, Habit cough, Mycoplasma, Lung abscess, Psychogenic cough, Cystic fibrosis, Occupational lung disease, Asbestosis, Silicosis, Ear wax, Tracheobronchomalacia, Inhaled foreign body, Laryngeal sensory neuropathy, Aspiration, Chronic cough hypersensitivity, Tic cough, Tracheal stenosis, Zenker's diverticulum, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Bird fancier's lung, Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, Relapsing polychondritis

    2. Name a cause of back pain

      Answers: Muscle strain, Disc prolapse, Arthritis, Injury, Lifting, Bad mattress, Obesity, Sprain, Sciatica, Osteoporotic fracture, Kidney stones, Pregnancy, Poor posture, Osteoarthritis, Fracture, Osteoporosis, Fibromyalgia, Sacroiliac joint pain, Facet joint pain, Scoliosis, Period pain, Endometriosis, Pancreatitis, Shingles, Piriformis syndrome, Ankylosing spondylitis, Spinal stenosis, Kidney infection, Spondylolisthesis, Cauda equina syndrome, Aortic aneurysm, Psoriatic arthritis, Reactive arthritis, Spinal tumour, Osteomyelitis, Prostate cancer, Bone metastases, Pott's disease, Aortic dissection, Herpes zoster, Spinal metastases, Epidural abscess, Discitis, Myeloma, Retroperitoneal haematoma, Scheuermann's disease, Paget's disease of bone, Brucellosis, Sickle cell crisis, Retroperitoneal fibrosis, Baastrup's disease, Bertolotti syndrome, Arachnoiditis, Tethered cord

    3. Name a medical specialty

      Answers: Cardiology, General practice, Surgery, Paediatrics, Psychiatry, Obstetrics and gynaecology, Emergency, Dermatology, Neurology, Oncology, Obstetrics, Orthopaedics, Radiology, Anaesthetics, Emergency medicine, Gastroenterology, Neurosurgery, Plastic surgery, Cardiothoracic surgery, Vascular surgery, General surgery, Intensive care, Respiratory, General medicine, Public health, Neonatology, Paediatric surgery, Endocrinology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Haematology, Ophthalmology, ENT, Urology, Geriatrics, Palliative care, Respiratory medicine, Clinical genetics, Clinical pharmacology, Medical administration, Aviation medicine, Rural generalist, Sleep medicine, Pain medicine, Maxillofacial surgery, Colorectal surgery, Hepatobiliary surgery, Interventional radiology, Microbiology, Anatomical pathology, Chemical pathology, Immunology, Infectious diseases, Rehabilitation medicine, Sexual health medicine, Occupational medicine, Forensic medicine, Addiction medicine, Sports medicine, Pathology, Undersea and hyperbaric medicine, Tropical medicine, Space medicine, Lifestyle medicine, Medical toxicology, Wilderness medicine, Forensic psychiatry, Neuropathology, Nuclear medicine

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  11. #4 · Wednesday 21 October 2026 Medium

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    1. Name a genetic disorder

      Answers: Down syndrome, Cystic fibrosis, Haemophilia, Colour blindness, Sickle cell disease, Huntington's disease, Thalassaemia, Muscular dystrophy, Fragile x, Turner syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Haemochromatosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Familial hypercholesterolaemia, Brca, Lynch syndrome, Hereditary spherocytosis, G6pd deficiency, Polycystic kidney disease, Thalassaemia major, Trisomy 18, Trisomy 13, Becker muscular dystrophy, Marfan syndrome, Tay Sachs, Phenylketonuria, Neurofibromatosis, Spinal muscular atrophy, Prader willi, Angelman, Edwards syndrome, Patau syndrome, Achondroplasia, Noonan syndrome, Williams syndrome, Digeorge syndrome, Rett syndrome, Tuberous sclerosis, Myotonic dystrophy, Charcot marie tooth, Long qt syndrome, Familial adenomatous polyposis, Retinitis pigmentosa, Albinism, Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia, Factor v leiden, Mitochondrial disease, Xxy, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Cri du chat, Fabry disease, Gaucher disease, Wilson's disease, Ehlers danlos, Osteogenesis imperfecta, Alport syndrome, Friedreich's ataxia, Von hippel lindau, Pompe disease, Niemann pick disease, Hurler syndrome, Hunter syndrome, Batten disease, Maple syrup urine disease, Alkaptonuria, Lesch nyhan syndrome, Smith lemli opitz, Cockayne syndrome, Xeroderma pigmentosum, Bloom syndrome, Fanconi anaemia, Treacher collins, Waardenburg syndrome, Usher syndrome, Wolf hirschhorn, Ataxia telangiectasia, Menkes disease, Canavan disease, Krabbe disease, Joubert syndrome, Cornelia de lange, Kabuki syndrome, Stickler syndrome, Loeys dietz syndrome, Li fraumeni syndrome, Progeria

    2. Name a cause of double vision

      Answers: Stroke, Tiredness, Squint, Tired eyes, Alcohol, Concussion, Glasses problem, Cataract, Diabetes, Multiple sclerosis, Head injury, Brain tumour, Cranial nerve palsy, Brain bleed, Lazy eye, Keratoconus, Dry eye, Astigmatism, Myasthenia gravis, Thyroid eye disease, Sixth nerve palsy, Migraine, Botulism, Aneurysm, Diabetic neuropathy, Raised intracranial pressure, Meningitis, Orbital cellulitis, Cavernous sinus thrombosis, Vertebrobasilar insufficiency, Convergence insufficiency, Lens dislocation, Pituitary apoplexy, Guillain barre syndrome, Wernicke's encephalopathy, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, Orbital floor fracture, Tolosa hunt syndrome, Giant cell arteritis, Internuclear ophthalmoplegia, Brown syndrome, Duane syndrome, Skew deviation, Orbital pseudotumour, Carotid cavernous fistula, Ophthalmoplegic migraine, Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia, Lambert eaton, Miller fisher syndrome

    3. Name a cause of a seizure

      Answers: Epilepsy, Drugs, Alcohol, Brain injury, Hypoglycaemia, Alcohol withdrawal, Head injury, Stroke, Febrile convulsion, Brain tumour, Meningitis, Encephalitis, Brain bleed, Drug overdose, Withdrawal, Dementia, Brain abscess, Kidney failure, Liver failure, Pregnancy toxaemia, Hyponatraemia, Eclampsia, Hypocalcaemia, Tramadol, Benzodiazepine withdrawal, Sleep deprivation, Cocaine, Amphetamines, Ecstasy, Tricyclic overdose, Lithium toxicity, Theophylline, Isoniazid, Flashing lights, Hyperglycaemia, Hypoxia, Cerebral venous thrombosis, Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, Neurocysticercosis, Tuberous sclerosis, Bupropion, Hypomagnesaemia, Sturge Weber syndrome, Rasmussen encephalitis, Dravet syndrome, Lennox gastaut syndrome, West syndrome, Landau kleffner, Autoimmune encephalitis, Porphyria, Hyperammonaemia, Hashimoto encephalopathy, Cysticercosis, Cerebral malaria, Pyridoxine deficiency

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  12. #3 · Tuesday 20 October 2026 Easy

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    1. Name a cranial nerve

      Answers: Optic, Olfactory, Facial, Vagus, Trigeminal, Oculomotor, Hypoglossal, Trochlear, Abducens, Vestibulocochlear, Glossopharyngeal, Accessory, Terminal

    2. Name an opioid

      Answers: Morphine, Codeine, Oxycodone, Heroin, Opium, Painkiller opioid, Fentanyl, Tramadol, Methadone, Buprenorphine, Tapentadol, Hydromorphone, Subutex, Norspan, Durogesic, Oxycontin, Ms contin, Pethidine, Hydrocodone, Oxymorphone, Dihydrocodeine, Naloxone combinations, Sufentanil, Remifentanil, Alfentanil, Meperidine, Levomethadyl, Loperamide, Diphenoxylate, Pholcodine, Thebaine, Laudanum, Paregoric, Desomorphine, Carfentanil, Nitazenes, Levorphanol, Dextropropoxyphene, Diamorphine, Pentazocine, Nalbuphine, Butorphanol, Kratom, Ohmefentanyl, Acetylfentanyl, Isotonitazene, Etonitazene, Lofentanil, Dezocine, Meptazinol, Tilidine, Piritramide, Etorphine

    3. Name a cause of anaemia

      Answers: Iron deficiency, Blood loss, Heavy periods, Pregnancy, Bleeding, Low iron, Poor diet, B12 deficiency, Folate deficiency, Chronic kidney disease, Thalassaemia, Sickle cell disease, Kidney failure, Cancer, Leukaemia, Rheumatoid arthritis, Hypothyroidism, Alcohol, Bowel cancer, Stomach ulcer, Inflammatory bowel disease, Pernicious anaemia, Malaria, Chemotherapy, Myeloma, Anaemia of chronic disease, Haemolysis, Aplastic anaemia, Myelodysplasia, Hookworm, Coeliac disease, Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, Hypersplenism, Bone marrow infiltration, Liver disease, Copper deficiency, Parvovirus b19, Hiv, Methotrexate, Hypersegmented neutrophils, G6PD deficiency, Hereditary spherocytosis, Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria, Sideroblastic anaemia, Lead poisoning, Fanconi anaemia, Pyruvate kinase deficiency, Hereditary elliptocytosis, Cold agglutinin disease, Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, Haemolytic uraemic syndrome, Congenital dyserythropoietic anaemia, March haemoglobinuria, Wilson's disease, Diamond blackfan anaemia

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  13. #2 · Monday 19 October 2026 Easy

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    1. Name a type of white blood cell

      Answers: Neutrophil, Lymphocyte, White cell, Granulocyte, Polymorph, Monocyte, Eosinophil, Basophil, Helper t cell, Cytotoxic t cell, Memory cell, Phagocyte, T cell, B cell, Macrophage, Natural killer cell, Regulatory t cell, Kupffer cell, Microglia, Langerhans cell, Osteoclast, Histiocyte, Atypical lymphocyte, Plasma cell, Mast cell, Band cell, Myelocyte, Promyelocyte, Metamyelocyte, Myeloblast, Gamma delta t cell, Innate lymphoid cell, Alveolar macrophage, Hofbauer cell, Dendritic cell

    2. Name a disease animals can give humans

      Answers: Rabies, Salmonella, Bird flu, Swine flu, Tick bite fever, Q fever, Toxoplasmosis, Lyme disease, Psittacosis, Leptospirosis, Ringworm, Hydatid disease, Campylobacter, E coli, Covid, Mpox, Listeria, Scabies from animals, Hendra virus, Brucellosis, Cat scratch disease, Anthrax, Plague, Lyssavirus, Toxocariasis, Leishmaniasis, Ebola, Nipah virus, Rocky mountain spotted fever, Japanese encephalitis, West nile virus, Murray valley encephalitis, Toxocara, Pasteurella, Capnocytophaga, Chlamydia psittaci, Tularaemia, Orf, Hantavirus, Monkey b virus, Rat bite fever, Erysipeloid, Streptococcus suis, Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, Melioidosis, Bovine tuberculosis, Variant cjd, Marburg virus, Lassa fever, Crimean congo haemorrhagic fever, Seal finger, Ornithosis, Herpes b virus, Glanders

    3. Name a phobia

      Answers: Arachnophobia, Claustrophobia, Agoraphobia, Fear of spiders, Fear of heights, Fear of flying, Fear of needles, Fear of dogs, Fear of snakes, Fear of the dark, Acrophobia, Ophidiophobia, Trypophobia, Aerophobia, Coulrophobia, Haemophobia, Social phobia, Fear of public speaking, Fear of vomiting, Fear of clowns, Fear of blood, Mysophobia, Dentophobia, Thanatophobia, Hydrophobia, Nyctophobia, Trypanophobia, Emetophobia, Glossophobia, Cynophobia, Astraphobia, Entomophobia, Ornithophobia, Xenophobia, Pyrophobia, Thalassophobia, Musophobia, Tokophobia, Somniphobia, Philophobia, Ablutophobia, Atychiphobia, Iatrophobia, Nomophobia, Triskaidekaphobia, Arachibutyrophobia, Phobophobia, Omphalophobia, Anatidaephobia, Pogonophobia, Koumpounophobia, Ergophobia, Chronophobia, Lachanophobia, Ombrophobia, Turophobia, Xanthophobia, Alektorophobia, Papaphobia, Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

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  14. #1 · Sunday 18 October 2026 Genius

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    1. Name a blood thinner or antiplatelet

      Answers: Warfarin, Aspirin, Heparin, Blood thinner, Apixaban, Rivaroxaban, Clopidogrel, Dabigatran, Enoxaparin, Unfractionated heparin, DOAC, Aspirin and dipyridamole, Ticagrelor, Prasugrel, Dipyridamole, Fondaparinux, Edoxaban, Tinzaparin, Persantin, Dalteparin, Ticlopidine, Cilostazol, Glycoprotein iib iiia inhibitor, Bivalirudin, Argatroban, Cangrelor, Abciximab, Eptifibatide, Tirofiban, Danaparoid, Lepirudin, Desirudin, Phenindione, Acenocoumarol, Phenprocoumon, Hirudin, Defibrotide, Vorapaxar

    2. Name a sign of liver disease

      Answers: Jaundice, Swollen belly, Yellow skin, Easy bruising, Tiredness, Spider naevi, Palmar erythema, Bruising, Itch, Confusion, Dark urine, Pale stools, Itching, Weight loss, Muscle wasting, Oedema, Splenomegaly, Hepatomegaly, Varices, Vomiting blood, Caput medusae, Gynaecomastia, Asterixis, Clubbing, Leukonychia, Dupuytren's contracture, Flapping tremor, Bleeding gums, Low albumin, Prolonged inr, Loss of body hair, Hypogonadism, Muehrcke's lines, Hepatorenal syndrome, Terry's nails, Fetor hepaticus, Kayser Fleischer rings, Testicular atrophy, Xanthelasma, Cruveilhier baumgarten murmur, Hepatopulmonary syndrome, Portopulmonary hypertension, Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, Zieve's syndrome, Parotid enlargement

    3. Name a mental health condition

      Answers: Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, Stress, Addiction, Eating disorder, Insomnia, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, Anorexia nervosa, Panic disorder, Generalised anxiety disorder, Psychosis, Autism, Personality disorder, Phobia, Dementia, Postpartum psychosis, Alcohol use disorder, Gambling disorder, Adjustment disorder, Dysthymia, Bulimia nervosa, Borderline personality disorder, Postnatal depression, Social anxiety disorder, Body dysmorphic disorder, Seasonal affective disorder, Binge eating disorder, Hoarding disorder, Schizoaffective disorder, Cyclothymia, Tourette syndrome, Selective mutism, Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, Narcissistic personality disorder, Antisocial personality disorder, Somatic symptom disorder, Illness anxiety disorder, Dissociative identity disorder, Seasonal depression, Delusional parasitosis, Conversion disorder, Factitious disorder, Depersonalisation disorder, Trichotillomania, Koro, Pica, Capgras syndrome, Cotard delusion, Munchausen by proxy, Ekbom syndrome, Fregoli delusion, Erotomania, Lycanthropy, Paris syndrome, Stendhal syndrome, Jerusalem syndrome, Diogenes syndrome, Folie a deux

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