E: 30/06 Win Cuddly Blood Cells

toniq

Aimed at under 16's

Planet science clicky

Blood and thunder! Another quiz? It’s enough to make your blood boil! Still, this month sees the anniversary of the birth of Karl Landsteiner who was born in Vienna on June 14, 1868.
We’ve got a lot to thank this man for – ‘O’ yes! ‘A’ great man! So ‘B’ positive – if you get all the answers right you could win a pair of cuddly blood cells.

1. Haemophiliacs lack a major agent in their plasma which helps the blood to clot. If your blood doesn't clot, you keep on bleeding. What is this agent called?
   • Max Factor
   • Factor VIII
   • The X factor
2. Dr Karl Landsteiner of Vienna discovered that blood comes in four different groups. He got the Nobel Prize for his discovery. Ironically he died of what?
   • A blood clot
   • Pneumonia
   • Old age
3. How many red blood cells are there in one litre of blood?
   • 5 thousand
   • 5 million
   • 5 trillion
4. Which blood group is the most common?
   • O
   • A
   • B
5. How much blood does the average adult human body contain approximately?
   • 1 litre
   • 5 litres
   • 10 litres
6. Human blood is red due to the presence of iron. Octopuses’ (and other molluscs) blood is blue when charged with oxygen. This is due to the presence of which element?
   • Copper
   • Carbon
   • Iron
7. For many centuries, blood-letting was a common medical treatment for a range of illnesses. What creature did they use for this purpose?
   • Kitten
   • Whelk
   • Leech
8. What is the main artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body?
   • Aorta
   • Pulmonary artery
   • Pulmonary vein
9. O negative blood is the only blood type that can be given safely to ANYONE. People who have 0 negative blood are very rare. What are they called?
   • Infrequent donors
   • Universal donors
   • Unusual
10. Where are blood cells produced?
    • The heart
    • The brain
    • The bone marrow

kisto

I got an error message when I submitted

bella165

when i saw cuddly blood cells it made me chuckel,

welshdeedee

Error message for me too.

BTW the answer to Q 8 is actually Aorta!!

beermoney_2

hmm i got an error message too.

plus i think blood cells are produced in bone marrow aren't they?

welshdeedee

yes you are right in bone marrow

princessmoneysaver

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welshdeedee

Seems to be working ok now!!

kateab

OK, that's the weirdest prize I've seen offered so far!

kateab

kisto

kateab wrote: »

OK, that's the weirdest prize I've seen offered so far!

kateab

You can buy these and you can also buy a cuddly herpes or Chlaymdia amongst others (see here). I was going to buy someone "The Clap" for a xmas pressie

kateab

:rotfl: I bet there's a few people we'd all like to buy that for.....

kateab