Your Health and Wellness History Quiz!

I thought we’d have a little fun today, so I’m sharing a Health and Wellness Quiz.

Be warned: these aren’t easy questions. I’m hoping some of the answers—right and wrong ones, included—inspire you to research the facts and stories behind the questions.

All the answers are given at the bottom of the post, but no fair scrolling down before you’re done!

Use a pencil and paper to keep track of your responses so you can check your work when the quiz is over, and enjoy!

Question 1: In what year was Listerine mouthwash developed?

1. A) 1879
2. B) 1910
3. C) 1930
4. D) 1945

Question 2: Alexander Flemming is credited for discovering which modern-day medicine in 1928?

1. A) Aspirin
2. B) Penicillin
3. C) Insulin
4. D) Metformin

Question 3: In what food was the first probiotic discovered in 1905?

1. A) French cheese
2. B) Bulgarian yogurt
3. C) British tea
4. D) German chocolate

Question 4: What is a common name for Vitamin B9?

1. A) Folic acid
2. B) Riboflavin
3. C) Creatine
4. D) Unobtanium

Question 5: What breakthrough is Jonas Salk most famous for?

1. A) Artificial heart
2. B) Dissolving sutures
3. C) Polio vaccine
4. D) Inexpensive aspirin

Question 6: Which prize was awarded to a woman, Gerty Cori, for the first time in 1947?

1. A) Nobel Prize in Medicine
2. B) Presidential Medal of Freedom
3. C) Guggenheim Fellowship
4. D) Sterling Cross of St. Mark

Question 7: What is the longest bone in the human body?

1. A) Stapes
2. B) Femur
3. C) Humerus
4. D) Fibula

Question 8: Where are your white blood cells made?

1. A) Pancreas
2. B) Appendix
3. C) Gall Bladder
4. D) Bone Marrow

Question 9: How many valves does the human heart have?

1. A) One
2. B) Two
3. C) Three
4. D) Four

Question 10: What breaks down food during chemical digestion?

1. A) Teeth
2. B) Colon
3. C) Enzymes
4. D) Cillia

You’ll find the answers below. Use our social media accounts to let us know how you did, tell me how you liked the quiz, and let me know if you’d like to see more of these in the future!

 

–Jack

Answers

Question 1: A

Question 2: B

Question 3: B

Question 4: A

Question 5: C

Question 6: A

Question 7: B

Question 8: D

Question 9: D

Question 10: C