The Courtyard Clinic - Great Big Quiz


THE GREAT BIG COURTYARD CLINIC QUIZ MAY 2010 FOR THOSE WITH SOUND - TURN YOUR SPEAKERS UP and let's have some fun Keep the mouse away from the answers while you read the questions. Have a guess even if you don't know the answer and then hover the mouse over your answer. Leave it there for about 4 or 5 seconds and a sound should play, letting you know that you're correct (or incorrect). A ping sound is a correct answer and the sound you hear on Family Fortunes when someone gets an answer wrong is the noise you'll hear against an incorrect answer! FOR THOSE WITHOUT SOUND OR NO SPEAKERS (YOU'RE AT WORK THEN, AREN'T YOU - HEHE) The answers are at the bottom of this page so we suggest your write down the question number and the letter a,b,c or d next to the question number, putting the letter of what you think is the correct answer. Check your answers at the bottom of this page. Hey - Good luck and no cheating... we're watching you! We're not really!

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS
1. What did Alexander Fleming discover?
a) Vitamins	b) Penicillin	c) Insulin	d) Blood groups

2. Which of these words means ‘good news’?
a) Bible	b) Psalm	c) Testament	d) Gospel

3. Lady Godiva was said to have ridden naked through which town?
a) Leicester	b) Nottingham	c) Worcester	d) Coventry

4. Which character in the TV soap ‘EastEnders’ is played by Pam St Clement?
a) Melanie	b) Pat	c) Dot	d) Peggy

5. Where did Florence Nightingale set up a hospital in the Crimean War?
a) Alexandria	b) Darjeeling	c) Scutari	d) Constantinople

6. The Victoria Falls separate Zimbabwe from which other country?
a) Swaziland	b) Zambia	c) Botswana	d) Mozambique

7. Which is the largest lake in Africa?
a) Tanganyika	b) Victoria	c) Chad	d) Nasser

8. Which Italian city is on the river Arno?
a) Florence	b) Milan	c) Venice	d) Rome

9. Who was Jackie Paper’s childhood friend?
a) Postman Pat	b) Puff The Magic Dragon	c) Nellie The Elephant	d) Rupert The Bear

10. What uplifting invention was created by Elisha Otis?
a) The jet engine	b) The bra	c) The passenger lift	d) The hot air balloon

11. Which drug was initially obtained from the bark of the willow tree?
a) Penicillin	b) Aspirin	c) Digoxin	d) Opium

12. What is an avocet?
a) A bird	b) A fruit	c) A tool	d) A musical instrument

13. In which sport would you encounter a bedpost, a cherry, a six pack and a blow?
a) Rugby Union	b) Baseball	c) American football	d) Ten pin bowling

14. The composer Mozart wrote which popular tune?
a) The Sun Has Got His Hat On	b) Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star	c) Happy Birthday To You	d) Moon River

15. What is the collective name for a group of crows?
a) A murder	b) A coven	c) A charm	d) An exultation

16. What date is St George’s Day?
a) 1st May	b) 23rd April	c) 17th April	d) 23rd May

17. One member of ABBA was not born in Sweden. Which one?
a) Bjorn	b) Benny	c) Frieda	d) Agnetha

18. Which one of his wives outlived Henry VIII?
a) Jane Seymour	b) Catherine of Aragon	c) Catherine Parr	d) Ann Boleyn

19. What natural feature occupies a quarter of Africa?
a) The Sahara Desert	b) The Savannah Grasslands	c) Waters in rivers, lakes and waterfalls	d) Forests

20. Who invented the Mars Bar in 1930?
a) Richard Snickers	b) Frank Mars	c) Joe Barr	d) Joseph Rowntree

21. Where is the only place on earth where there is no cold virus?
a) Antarctica	b) The Sahara Desert	c) Outer Mongolia	d) The Amazon Rainforest

22. Who devised the first ballpoint pen?
a) Baron Bic	b) Laszlo Biro	c) David Pental	d) Lois E Waterman

23. What is the basic ingredient in hummus?
a) Anchovies	b) Aubergines	c) Oats	d) Chickpeas

24. On the map of the London underground, which line is coloured yellow?
a) Northern	b) District	c) Central	d) Circle

25. Who invented the first flushing toilet?
a) Thomas Crapper	b) Daisy Chain	c) William Shanks	d) Sir John Harrington

26. Who is the first character Dorothy meets on the way to Oz?
a) Tin Man	b) Cowardly Lion	c) Scarecrow	d) Brown Bear

CLINIC QUESTIONS
27. According to current UK guidelines when should HIV treatment be started, before the CD4 count reaches:
a) 200	b) 350	c) 500	d) 100

28. Which of the following methods of contraception is NOT safe to use with antiretroviral therapy?
a) Mirena coil	b) Depo injection	c) Condoms	d) Oral contraceptive pill

29. If an HIV negative partner needs post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) following a condom accident with an HIV positive partner, within how many hours does PEPSE need to be started?
a) 72	b) 96	c) 120	d) 1 week

30. How many HIV positive women have their babies at St George’s every year?
a) 10-20	b) 30-40	c) 50-60	d) 90-100

31. How many HIV positive babies have been born at St George’s in the last 5 years?
a) 0	b) 1	c) 3	d) 5

32. Which of our 4 male consultants was born in England?
a) Dr. Sadiq	b) Dr Hay	c) Dr Lau	d) Dr Pakianathan

33. How much does a month’s supply of Atripla cost?
a) £100	b) £20	c) £300	d) £600

34. What happens when a patient returns unused medicines to pharmacy?
a) They are sent to developing countries to be used there	b) They get reused for other patients in the clinic	c) They are thrown away	d) They are re-issued to the same patient at a later date

35. What is the average waiting time for a prescription in the clinic?
a) 15 minutes or less	b) 15-30 minutes	c) 30-45 minutes	d) More than 1 hour

36. Which of these is a good source of Vitamin D?
a) Milk	b) Red meat	c) Oily fish	d) Fruit

37. What is vitamin D good for?
a) The immune system	b) Fertility	c) Eyesight	d) The skin

38. What is NOT linked to high blood pressure?
a) A high salt intake	b) Lack of exercise	c) Being overweight	d) Eating lots of fruit and vegetables

39. When was the Courtyard Clinic opened?
a) 1986	b) 1990	c) 1996	d) 1998

40. Who opened the Courtyard Clinic?
a) Simon Cowell	b) Simon Callow	c) Simon Sharma	d) Simple Simon

41. Where was the original site of St George’s Hospital?
a) Marble Arch	b) The Strand	c) Trafalgar Square	d) Hyde Park Corner

42. When did Helen start working at St George’s?
a) 1983	b) 1990	c) 1986	d) 1999

43. When does Sam from First Point come to the clinic to see patients?
a) First and third Monday of the month	b) Second and fourth Monday of the month	c) First and second Friday of the month	d) First and fourth Thursday of the month

44. How many people rated the clinic as ‘great’ in the recent satisfaction survey?
a) 53%	b) 14%	c) 26%	d) 68%

45. What were people most satisfied with in the recent survey?
a) Friendliness of the staff	b) Refreshments in the waiting room	c) Information available in the clinic	d) Helen's choice of radio station in the waiting room

46. What were people least satisfied with in the recent survey?
a) Helen's choice of radio station in the waiting room	b) Waiting time to see the doctor	c) Waiting time at pharmacy	d) Availability of appointments

47. If you need a repeat prescription, how much notice do the nurses need?
a) None, you can just walk in and get it done straight away	b) 1 week	c) 48 hours (2 working days)	d) None - you should never run out of medicines

48. Our Courtyard Clinic patient website is a year old. What is the web address?
a) www.courtyard.co.uk	b) www.cycinfo.net	c) www.bernardkelly.net	d) www.cycpatients.co.uk

49. Which MP attended our patient forum in October 2006?
a) Sadiq Khan	b) Siobhan McDonagh	c) Charles Clark	d) Ed Balls

50. The Food Chain told us selenium is good for the immune system. Which food is a good source of selenium?
a) Potatoes	b) Milk	c) Brazil nuts	d) Walnuts

51. Your waist measurement is linked to heart disease and diabetes. For a man the upper limit for waist measurement is?
a) 40 inches	b) 32 inches	c) 45 inches	d) 37 inches

52. For which of these infections is there NOT a vaccine?
a) Flu	b) Hepatitis B	c) Hepatitis A	d) Hepatitis C

AND SO NOW FOR THE ANSWERS

1.	B	14.	B	27.	B	40.	B
2.	D	15.	A	28.	D	41.	D
3.	D	16.	B	29.	A	42.	A
4.	B	17.	C	30.	B	43.	A
5.	C	18.	C	31.	A	44.	D
6.	B	19.	A	32.	A	45.	A
7.	B	20.	B	33.	D	46.	C
8.	A	21.	A	34.	C	47.	C
9.	B	22.	A	35.	B	48.	B
10.	C	23.	D	36.	C	49.	A
11.	B	24.	D	37.	A	50.	C
12.	A	25.	C	38.	D	51.	D
13.	D	26.	C	39.	C	52.	D