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The Big Fat Health Quiz

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement about Hippocrates is NOT true

a)

He's an Ancient Greek

b)

He created the Hippocratic oath

c)

He created the theory of 4 humours

d)

He believed that it was pointless looking at a patient's symptoms

2.

Which of these statement about Galen is false?

a)

The Church disliked him

b)

The Church copied out his books

c)

He believed in the soul

d)

He believed that the body of humans were similar to those of pigs

3.

Why was Medieval Public Health so poor? Pick 2

a)

No understanding of the existence of germs

b)

No running water and plumbing

c)

The Church taught people to not get a bath

d)

The government encouraged towns to be dirty

4.

Which theory was NOT believed during the Medieval period?

a)

Miasma

b)

4 humours

c)

astrology

d)

Germ theory

5.

What was not a symptom of the Black Death?

a)

buboes

b)

sweating and sickness

c)

dizziness and confusion

d)

hair loss

6.

Who discovered penicillin?

a)

Dr John Snow

b)

Alexander Fleming

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Edward Jenner

7.

Who discovered chloroform?

a)

Alexander Fleming

b)

Dr John Snow

c)

James Simpson

d)

Joseph Lister

8.

Who discovered Germ Theory?

a)

Edward Jenner

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Dr John Snow

d)

Robert Koch

9.

When was the Black Death?

a)

1340

b)

1348

c)

1360

d)

1383

10.

Who was the father of medicine?

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Galen

c)

Alexander Fleming

d)

Ibn Sina

11.

Which of these WASN'T a Medieval belief about the cause of the Black Death?

a)

Position of the stars and planets

b)

Rats carrying diseases

c)

Bad air

d)

Jews poisoning wells

12.

What year was the Great Plague?

a)

1662

b)

1673

c)

1642

d)

1665

13.

What did people in the Middle Ages believe caused the plague? Pick 2

a)

Bad air

b)

Rats

c)

Dirty Water

d)

Position of the stars and planets

14.

What was chloroform?

a)

A war

b)

An anaesthetic

c)

An antiseptic

d)

A medicine

15.

Who discovered the cause of cholera?

a)

Alexander Fleming

b)

Edwin Chadwick

c)

Joseph Bazalgette

d)

Dr John Snow

16.

How did Hannah Greener die?

a)

Murdered

b)

Natural causes

c)

Chloroform overdose

d)

Paracetamol overdose

17.

What is the miasma theory?

a)

Disease is caused by bad air

b)

Disease is caused by animals

c)

Disease is a punishment sent by God

d)

Disease is caused by rats

18.

Who wasn't part of Islamic Medicine? Choose 2

a)

Al-Razi

b)

Pare

c)

Galen

d)

Ibn Sina

19.

Which isn't one of the 4 humours?

a)

Sweat

b)

Phlegm

c)

Yellow Bile

d)

Blood

e)

Black Bile

20.

What did Harvey spend his life studying?

a)

The brain

b)

Blood

c)

Cures for diseases

d)

The lungs

21.

What oath do doctors have to take?

a)

Galen's Oath

b)

The Vesalic Oath

c)

The Hippocratic Oath

d)

The patients Oath

22.

What time period is often called the “rebirth of the science of medicine.”

a)

Dark Ages

b)

Middle Ages

c)

Renaissance

d)

17th Century

23.

In what year did Pasteur outline his germ theory?

a)

1851

b)

1868

c)

1861

d)

1848

24.

Which of these individuals understood and believed in germ theory to help their developments?

a)

Edwin Chadwick

b)

John Snow

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Robert Koch

25.

Which 3 of these factors helped Florey and Chain's mass production of penicillin?

a)

Government

b)

Religion

c)

Communication

d)

War

26.

Why was there so little progress in medicine in the middle ages? Choose 2

a)

The power of the Church

b)

People were stupid back then

c)

No-one found any new information

d)

Wars between states meant government spent little on medicine

27.

Who led the team that discovered Salvason 606, the first 'magic bullet' (chemical cures for disease) in 1909?

a)

Dr Paul Erlich

b)

Alexander Fleming

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Franz Beckenbauer

28.

Who promoted and defended Galen's work?

a)

physician priests

b)

Galen's students

c)

Pharohs/emperor's

d)

The Church

29.

What did Vesalius specialise in?

a)

The anatomy

b)

The brain

c)

Lungs

d)

Vaccines

30.

Which individual was around in the Renaissance?

a)

Joseph Lister

b)

Thomas Sydenham (the English Hippocrates)

c)

James Simpson

d)

Galen

e)

Alexander Fleming

31.

What year was the NHS set up?

a)

1948

b)

1950

c)

1820

d)

1958

e)

1967

32.

What are the dates for the Renaissance period of medicine?

a)

1250-1500

b)

1500-1700

c)

1700-1900

d)

1900-present

33.

The invention of what instrument confirmed diseases were caused by microorganisms?

a)

Microscope

b)

Bifocals

c)

Xrays

d)

Stethoscope

34.

What did The Beveridge report suggest the government should do?

a)

look after people from the 'cradle to the coffin'

b)

look after people from the 'cradle to the grave'

c)

look after people from the 'nursery to the elderly care home'

35.

Who opposed the National Health Service?

a)

The government

b)

The doctors

c)

The politicians

36.

What is Laissez-faire?

a)

How healthy people are

b)

Belief that government should stay out of people's lives. It comes from the French, meaning to leave alone or to allow to do.

c)

The belief that through chemistry all illnesses could be healed

d)

An association of professional surgeons

37.

Who was Edwin Chadwick and how did he try to help improve public health?

a)

An engineer who built the London Sewer system

b)

A surgeon who took the handle off the broad street pump to stop the outbreak of Cholera

c)

A scientist that discovered Germ Theory

d)

Lawyer and social reformer who wrote a report that encouraged government action on Public Health

38.

What happened in 1867 that helped improve Public Health?

a)

Working class men were given the right to vote

b)

The great stink happened which meant that the Government wanted to take action

c)

There was a cholera outbreak

d)

Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccine became compulsory

39.

Who copied books in the Middle Ages and so controlled what was learnt?

a)

Knights

b)

Monks

c)

Secretaries

d)

Bishops

40.

What method did Robert Koch develop to identify TB (1882) and Cholera (1883)?

a)

Used chemical dyes to stain microbes so that they could be seen under a microscope

b)

Used dye stained microbes to develop vaccinations

c)

Tested why liquids went sour in the brewing industry

d)

Carried out controlled experiments on human volunteers

41.

Which individual was responsible for improvement in hospital care?

a)

John Snow

b)

Robert Koch

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Joseph Bazalgette

42.

What is asepsis or aseptic surgery?

a)

Cutting off (all or part) of a limb through surgery.

b)

A substance that prevents clotting.

c)

Drugs given to patients to prevent them feeling pain

d)

Sterilising the air, clothing and operating tools to prevent germs

43.

What was the name of the antiseptic discovered by Joseph Lister in the 1850s?

a)

Carbolic Acid

b)

Ether

c)

Chloroform

d)

Nitrous Oxide

44.

The (second) Public Health Act 1875 ensured that Local Councils had to provide the following…

a)

Free vaccinations, health education

b)

Free lighting and gas supplies

c)

Clean water, public toilets and sewers

d)

Rubbish removal

45.

Who Invented X-Rays?

a)

Davinci

b)

Lister

c)

Jenner

d)

Roetgen