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june bloody quiz

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.

Ready? Steady? Go!

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01
 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

02
 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

03
 How many red blood cells are there in one litre of blood?
5 thousand
5 million
5 trillion

04
 Which blood group is the most common?
O
A
B

05
 How much blood does the average adult human body contain approximately?
1 litre
5 litres
10 litres

06
 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

07
 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

08
 What is the main artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body?
Aorta
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary vein

09
 O negative blood is the only blood type that can be given safely to ANYONE. People who have O 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

Answers

1= Factor VIII • 2= A blood clot • 3= 5 trillion • 4= O • 5= 5 litres • 6= Copper • 7= Leech • 8= Aorta • 9= Universal donors • 10= The bone marrow

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