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From Head To Toe : How Does Brain (Not) Function

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
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1.

Where did the Pint of Science started ?

a)

US, New York, Bronx

b)

UK, London College

c)

Small suburb town in Australia

d)

France, Paris

2.

Henry Molaison, aka H.M., could not make new memories, after the surgical removal of stuff from his brain to treat severe epilepsy. While tragic, this was pivotal in the discovery of the role of hippocampus in memory formation. In which of these movies, does the central character also portray an anterograde memory loss ?

a)

50 first dates

b)

50 shades of grey

c)

Twilight: New Moon

d)

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

3.

Oliver Sacks (1933-2015), was a British neurologist, naturalist, and a prolific writer. His memoire titled ‘Awakenings’, chronicles the life history of victims of the 1920s encephalitis lethargic epidemic and his efforts in 1960s to help these patients with L-DOPA, and was made into a 1990 movie by the same name, with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro. Your question, what is the bike you see Dr Sack straddled on in the cover photo (1961) of his rather brilliant autobiography?

a)

Ducati 250 Mach 1

b)

BMW R1250GS

c)

Yamaha MT-01

d)

BMW r60

4.

Mayim Bialik, earned her doctorate from UCLA in 2007 writing her dissertation on “Hypothalamic regulation in relation to maladaptive, obsessive-compulsive, affiliative and satiety behaviors in Prader-Willi Syndrome”. She is of course, better known for playing Amy Farrah Fowler in the American American sitcom The Big Bang Theory. Inspired from her real life, her character is a neurobiologist in the series. Question, what did Amy’s character study ?

a)

Substance addiction in primates and invertebrates

b)

Cortical computation underlying perception

c)

Decision-making under uncertainty

d)

Sheldon’s perfect pitch

5.

Claude Shannon, a pioneer in the field of information theory, built one of the world’s first examples of machine-learning – a maze-solving robotic mouse. He named the mouse after a character in ancient Greek mythology who successfully navigates out of the Minotaur’s labyrinth. What is the name ?

a)

Theseus

b)

Algernon

c)

Speedy Gonzales

d)

Nibbles

6.

Which organ do microglia populate ?

a)

The liver

b)

The brain

c)

The eye

d)

The colon

7.

How was Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov known to be ?

a)

Father of innate immunity

b)

Uncle of adaptive immunity

c)

Son of anatomical barriers

d)

Cousin of antibody response

8.

What do microglia not eat in the body ?

a)

Dead cells

b)

Synapses

c)

Pathogens

d)

Hair follicule

9.

What does "Macrophage" stand for ?

a)

From sarcophagus in Ancient Egypt

b)

From greek - macro (big) and -phagein (eat)

c)

Big cells

10.

How do you adapt exercises to the need of the individual's psychological and physical tolerance ?

a)

Depending on the mood

b)

Scaling

c)

According to Instagram's advice

d)

Pushing to the highest

11.

What are functional exercises ?

a)

Type of fitness involving heavy devices

b)

Really specialized and precise moves

c)

Movements used in daily life

d)

Exercises that enhances the body functions

12.

What is the cause of cerebral palsy ?

a)

Abnormal development or damage to the brain during pregnancy, childbirth or after birth

b)

Inherited genetic mutation

c)

Metabolic disorder arising due to unbalanced diet

d)

Neurodegenerative affection causing deterioration of certain nerves in the brain

13.

Why were patients with cerebral palsy instructed not to do any strength training in the past ?

a)

Fear of increased spasticity

b)

They would not be strong enough

c)

It would be too time-consuming to train them

d)

The devices were not adapted to their morphology