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Medical History and Facts

Medicine

A collection of factual questions regarding medical dates, key historical figures, and statistics.

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12 Questions Easy Ages 12+ Aug 4, 2026

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1 In what year did Alexander Fleming discover penicillin?

A 1928
B 1935
C 1940
D 1952

2 How many chambers are there in a human heart?

3 Who is credited with performing the first successful human-to-human heart transplant in 1967?

A Joseph Lister
B Christiaan Barnard
C Edward Jenner
D Louis Pasteur

4 The human adult skeleton typically consists of how many bones?

A 186
B 206
C 226
D 256

5 In 1796, which scientist successfully demonstrated the first vaccine for smallpox?

A Robert Koch
B Florence Nightingale
C Edward Jenner
D Gregor Mendel

6 What is the standard number of chromosomes in a healthy human cell?

A 23
B 46
C 48
D 64

7 Which year was the World Health Organization (WHO) officially founded?

A 1945
B 1948
C 1950
D 1955

8 Approximately how many litres of blood does an average adult human body contain?

A 1-2 litres
B 3-4 litres
C 5-6 litres
D 8-9 litres

9 What century was the stethoscope invented by René Laennec?

A 17th Century
B 18th Century
C 19th Century
D 20th Century

10 How many pairs of ribs does the typical human body have?

A 8
B 10
C 12
D 14

11 Who was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1947?

A Gerty Cori
B Marie Curie
C Rosalind Franklin
D Elizabeth Blackwell

12 What is the normal resting heart rate for an average adult, measured in beats per minute?

A 30-50
B 60-100
C 110-140
D 150-180

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