The Human Body Trivia Challenge

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The Human Body Trivia Challenge
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CHALLENGE 1

• Since the inception of the Manitoba Transplant
  Program in 1969, how many kidney transplants have
  been performed to date?

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. 10, 000
B. 25
C. 946!
C. 946
D. 654
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CHALLENGE 2

• What organ uses 20 of all energy made from the
  consumption of food?

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. The Liver
B. The Heart
D. The Brain!
C. The Stomach
D. The Brain
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CHALLENGE 3

• The IMAX film, The Human Body is approximately 40
  minutes in viewing time. But how long is the
  physical film itself?

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. 4,000 metres
B. 1,000 metres
A. 4,000 metres
C. 75 metres
D. 8,000 metres
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CHALLENGE 4

• One persons decision to become an organ and
  tissue donor could change the lives of at least
  ______ of people

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. 25
B. 10
B. 10 people!
C. 2
D.14
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CHALLENGE 5

• In one day, a human red blood cell will travel
  how many kilometres?

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. 1,000 km
B. 25 km
D. 150 Kilometres
C. 200 km
D. 150 km
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CHALLENGE 6

• The human body will grow _____ metres of hair in
  one day

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. 36 metres
B. 2 metres
A. 36 metres!
C. 25 metres
D. 49 metres
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CHALLENGE 7

• What is the MOST important factor considered in
  whether someone can be an organ or tissue donor?

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. Age
B. Gender
D. Health
C. Relationship
D. Health
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CHALLENGE 8

• In which province was Canadian medical history
  made when the first double lung transplant using
  live donors was performed in 1999?

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. Ontario
B. British Columbia
C. Manitoba
C. Manitoba
D. New Brunswick
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CHALLENGE 9

• This many brain cells die PER DAY, never to be
  replaced.

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. 10, 000
B. 50,000
A. 10,000 brain cells!
C. 50
D. 1,000,000
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CHALLENGE 10

• The human body produces approximately how many
  litres of sweat per day

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. 5 Litres
B. ½ Litres
B. 1/2 Litres of sweat!
C. ¾ Litres
D. 3 Litres
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CHALLENGE 11

• During the early Cambrian-era (ca. 580 Ma) there
  were 30 distinct groups within the
  Arthropoda..by the end of the Cambrian (ca. 520
  Ma), there were.

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. 60
B. 40
D. 4 !
C. 20
D. 4
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CHALLENGE 12

• The great mass extinction event of the Cambrian
  era (ca. 550 Ma) left behind a Stangelove Ocean
  - 95 of existing phyla were eliminated. How many
  new phyla have emerged in the last 550 Ma?

THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
A. none
B. 10
A. none !
C. 20
D. 40
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CHALLENGE 13

• Which survivor phylum managed to escape the
  Cambrian-era decimation, and has led to you?

A.
B.
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS
Chordata
C.
D.
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THANK YOU FOR PLAYING The Human Body Trivia
Challenge!