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Medicine Through Times Dates Quiz

Medicine Through Times Dates Quiz

Question 1 of 67

1

What year was the Black Death?

Select one of the following:

  • 1956

  • 1342

  • 1345

  • 1348

Explanation

Question 2 of 67

1

What happened in 1343?

Select one of the following:

  • Butchers were ordered to use a separate area for butchering animals

  • The fine for throwing litter in the streets was increased to two shillings

  • The Black Death

Explanation

Question 3 of 67

1

When did William Harvey publish his theory on the heart?

Select one of the following:

  • 1624

  • 1628

  • 1630

Explanation

Question 4 of 67

1

What happened in 1665?

Select one of the following:

  • The Great Fire of London

  • The Plague

  • William Harvey died

Explanation

Question 5 of 67

1

What year was the Great Fire of London?

Select one of the following:

  • 1660

  • 1665

  • 1666

Explanation

Question 6 of 67

1

What year did Jenner test his smallpox vaccine on 8 year-old James Phipps?

Select one of the following:

  • 1784

  • 1793

  • 1796

Explanation

Question 7 of 67

1

What year did Jenner publish his findings?

Select one of the following:

  • 1795

  • 1798

  • 1800

Explanation

Question 8 of 67

1

What year did the smallpox vaccine become compulsory?

Select one of the following:

  • 1850

  • 1852

  • 1854

Explanation

Question 9 of 67

1

What happens in 1871?

Select one of the following:

  • The reform act is passed

  • The second pubic health act is passed

  • Lister starts begins experimenting with penicillin (but doesn't continue for very long)

Explanation

Question 10 of 67

1

When is the first public health act passed?

Select one of the following:

  • 1848

  • 1858

  • 1850

Explanation

Question 11 of 67

1

By 1853, how many towns had set up boards of health?

Select one of the following:

  • 68

  • 93

  • 103

Explanation

Question 12 of 67

1

What year was the second public health act passed?

Select one of the following:

  • 1871

  • 1875

  • 1880

Explanation

Question 13 of 67

1

When did James Simpson work out chloroform knocks people out?

Select one of the following:

  • 1844

  • 1847

  • 1849

Explanation

Question 14 of 67

1

In which years were there cholera outbreaks?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 1831

  • 1835

  • 1837

  • 1840

  • 1843

  • 1847

  • 1854

Explanation

Question 15 of 67

1

Which year did the Boer War begin?

Select one of the following:

  • 1898

  • 1899

  • 1900

Explanation

Question 16 of 67

1

What year did the Boer War end?

Select one of the following:

  • 1900

  • 1901

  • 1902

Explanation

Question 17 of 67

1

What year was the Great Stink?

Select one of the following:

  • 1854

  • 1858

  • 1866

Explanation

Question 18 of 67

1

In what year did Bazalgette finish his sewers?

Select one of the following:

  • 1860

  • 1866

  • 1868

Explanation

Question 19 of 67

1

How long were Bazalgette's sewers?

Select one of the following:

  • 80 miles

  • 81 miles

  • 83 miles

Explanation

Question 20 of 67

1

In what year did Pasteur publish Germ Theory?

Select one of the following:

  • 1861

  • 1862

  • 1864

Explanation

Question 21 of 67

1

In what year did Koch discover the microbe causing Anthrax?

Select one of the following:

  • 1875

  • 1870

  • 1880

Explanation

Question 22 of 67

1

In what year did John Snow make his discovery that Cholera is waterborne?

Select one of the following:

  • 1854

  • 1855

  • 1856

Explanation

Question 23 of 67

1

In what year did Lister start to use carbolic acid as an antiseptic?

Select one of the following:

  • 1864

  • 1865

  • 1867

Explanation

Question 24 of 67

1

In what year was the Reform Act passed?

Select one of the following:

  • 1867

  • 1870

  • 1871

Explanation

Question 25 of 67

1

In what year did the government set up an inquiry in public health led by Chadwick

Select one of the following:

  • 1837

  • 1839

  • 1841

Explanation

Question 26 of 67

1

In what year was Chadwick's report published?

Select one of the following:

  • 1840

  • 1842

  • 1843

Explanation

Question 27 of 67

1

In what year did Koch discover the microbes causing Tuberculosis?

Select one of the following:

  • 1880

  • 1882

  • 1884

Explanation

Question 28 of 67

1

How many people died in the 1831 cholera outbreak?

Select one of the following:

  • 20,000

  • 50,000

  • 70,000

Explanation

Question 29 of 67

1

In what year did Garrett Anderson become the first woman to be appointed to a medical post?

Select one of the following:

  • 1870

  • 1871

  • 1872

Explanation

Question 30 of 67

1

In what year did Koch discover the microbe causing cholera?

Select one of the following:

  • 1882

  • 1883

  • 1885

Explanation

Question 31 of 67

1

In what year did Pasteur discover a vaccine for Chicken Cholera?

Select one of the following:

  • 1880

  • 1882

  • 1884

Explanation

Question 32 of 67

1

In what year did Seacole publish her autobiography?

Select one of the following:

  • 1854

  • 1857

  • 1859

Explanation

Question 33 of 67

1

In what year did Pasteur discover a vaccine for anthrax?

Select one of the following:

  • 1880

  • 1881

  • 1883

Explanation

Question 34 of 67

1

How many people died in the 1854 outbreak of cholera?

Select one of the following:

  • 20,000

  • 40,000

  • 60,000

Explanation

Question 35 of 67

1

When was the Crimean War?

Select one of the following:

  • 1850-1856

  • 1853-1856

  • 1850-1853

  • 1853-1857

Explanation

Question 36 of 67

1

In what year did Florence Nightingale arrive in Scutari to help in the Crimean War with a team of 38 nurses?

Select one of the following:

  • 1853

  • 1854

  • 1855

Explanation

Question 37 of 67

1

In what year did Pasteur discover a vaccine for Rabies?

Select one of the following:

  • 1883

  • 1885

  • 1888

Explanation

Question 38 of 67

1

How many people died in the 1837 outbreak of cholera?

Select one of the following:

  • 20,000

  • 40,000

  • 60,000

Explanation

Question 39 of 67

1

What year is the structure of DNA found?

Select one of the following:

  • 1953

  • 1950

  • 1958

Explanation

Question 40 of 67

1

When were blood groups discovered?

Select one of the following:

  • 1900

  • 1901

  • 1902

Explanation

Question 41 of 67

1

What year did Beveridge propose a free health service?

Select one of the following:

  • 1940

  • 1943

  • 1942

Explanation

Question 42 of 67

1

What year does the government propose a free and comprehensive health service?

Select one of the following:

  • 1943

  • 1944

  • 1945

Explanation

Question 43 of 67

1

When does the national Service act provide a free and comprehensive health care system?

Select one of the following:

  • 1946

  • 1947

  • 1948

Explanation

Question 44 of 67

1

In what year is the first day of the NHS?

Select one of the following:

  • 1945

  • 1948

  • 1950

Explanation

Question 45 of 67

1

When is 5-a-day adopted by the government?

Select one of the following:

  • 2001

  • 2003

  • 2005

Explanation

Question 46 of 67

1

When year was 'Tobacco misuse and lung carcinoma’ by Franz Hermann Muller of the University of Cologne is the first major report to find a strong link between smoking and lung cancer?

Select one of the following:

  • 1937

  • 1939

  • 1935

Explanation

Question 47 of 67

1

In what year is there a massive increase (43%) in cigarette tax which results in a drop in cigarette consumption among British men?

Select one of the following:

  • 1945

  • 1947

  • 1940

Explanation

Question 48 of 67

1

What percentage is the drop in cigarette consumption by?

Select one of the following:

  • 13%

  • 14%

  • 17%

Explanation

Question 49 of 67

1

In what year are cigarette advertisements banned on TV?

Select one of the following:

  • 1955

  • 1960

  • 1965

Explanation

Question 50 of 67

1

When are restrictions are imposed on other cigarette advertising?

Select one of the following:

  • 1970

  • 1972

  • 1971

Explanation

Question 51 of 67

1

In what year does the total number of deaths from lung cancer decreased for the first time for more than half a century (in men only)?

Select one of the following:

  • 1970

  • 1975

  • 1980

Explanation

Question 52 of 67

1

When was national No Smoking day launched in the UK?

Select one of the following:

  • 1981

  • 1982

  • 1984

Explanation

Question 53 of 67

1

In what year was smoking banned in all enclosed public places in England?

Select one of the following:

  • 2007

  • 2011

  • 2009

Explanation

Question 54 of 67

1

In what year were large shops in England, Wales and Northern Ireland prevented from displaying tobacco products and cigarette sales form vending machines prohibited?

Select one of the following:

  • 2009

  • 2011

  • 2015

Explanation

Question 55 of 67

1

In what year was the national insurance act passed?

Select one of the following:

  • 1909

  • 1911

  • 1910

Explanation

Question 56 of 67

1

In what year are pensions set up for people over 70?

Select one of the following:

  • 1908

  • 1910

  • 1912

Explanation

Question 57 of 67

1

In what year does Fleming discover penicillin?

Select one of the following:

  • 1920

  • 1925

  • 1930

Explanation

Question 58 of 67

1

In what year do Florey and Chain begin work on penicillin?

Select one of the following:

  • 1930

  • 1933

  • 1935

Explanation

Question 59 of 67

1

When do Florey and Chain test their penicillin powder on 8 mice?

Select one of the following:

  • 1935

  • 1940

  • 1945

Explanation

Question 60 of 67

1

When do Florey and Chain test their penicillin powder on a human?

Select one of the following:

  • 1943

  • 1941

  • 1940

Explanation

Question 61 of 67

1

In what year does America enter the war and soon make grants available to firms wishing to make penicillin?

Select one of the following:

  • 1940

  • 1941

  • 1942

Explanation

Question 62 of 67

1

In what year does the mass production of penicillin begin in the UK?

Select one of the following:

  • 1943

  • 1944

  • 1945

Explanation

Question 63 of 67

1

In which decade does A new building programme begin to replace some out of date hospitals?

Select one of the following:

  • 1950s

  • 1960s

  • 1970s

Explanation

Question 64 of 67

1

In what year did Lewisohn added sodium citrate to stop blood clotting?

Select one of the following:

  • 1914

  • 1915

  • 1916

Explanation

Question 65 of 67

1

In what year did Rous and Turner use citrate glucose solution so blood could be kept for longer?

Select one of the following:

  • 1915

  • 1916

  • 1917

Explanation

Question 66 of 67

1

In what year is the first blood depot used in the Battle of Cambrai?

Select one of the following:

  • 1916

  • 1917

  • 1918

Explanation

Question 67 of 67

1

In what year did Rowntree name types of poverty?

Select one of the following:

  • 1900

  • 1901

  • 1902

Explanation

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