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.
- 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?
- 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?
- How many red blood cells are there in one litre of blood?
- Which blood group is the most common?
- How much blood does the average adult human body contain approximately?
- 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?
- For many centuries, blood-letting was a common medical treatment for a range of illnesses. What creature did they use for this purpose?
- What is the main artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body?
- 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?
- Where are blood cells produced?
