Medichem: Medicine-Chemistry Quiz Bee

LIPA CITY SCIENCE INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
MediChem
medicine-chemistry quiz bee
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GUIDELINES
GUIDELINES
1. The MediChem: Medicine-Chemistry Quiz Bee is a competition with fourteen (14)
participating teams, comprising of two representatives (G11 and G12).
2. Each participant shall bring their own pen and one (1) non-programmable
calculator. Answer sheets shall be provided by the Organizing Committee.
3. There will be 30 questions focusing on the following branches of Medicine and
Chemistry: Anatomy, Physiology, Health Sciences, Biochemistry, Organic and
Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, and Periodic Table of Elements
4. The MediChem Quiz Bee involves three rounds with three types of questions
Multiple Choice, Identification and Problem Solving with the following
corresponding pointing system: Easy Round (2 points), Average Round (3
points), Difficult Round (5 points)
5. Contestants shall be given a maximum of 10 seconds for the Multiple-Choice
questions, 20 seconds for the Identification type and varying time allotment for
Problem Solving type questions.
GUIDELINES
6. Each question will be read twice by the quizmaster. Contestants can only write
their answers after the quizmaster has said “Go.” Computations and necessary
team strategies are permitted after the first reading of question is done.
7. All answers involving free-floating decimals shall be rounded off to two decimal
places. Final answers must be encircled and written in capital.
8. In case of protests, the judges from the Organizing Committee shall decide on
the matter. All decisions are final and irrevocable.
9. The subcamp with the highest accumulated score shall be declared as the
winner. In case of a tie, a clincher round shall be held. Three questions shall be
given in the clincher round.
10.In case of a tie after the clincher round, a Sudden Death question shall be given.
The first team to get the answer correctly shall be declared as the victor.
EASY ROUND
EASY ROUND
1. Poliomyelitis is an infectious disease that inflicts
most people at their juvenile age characterized by
the deterioration of the grey matter blanketing the
entire central nervous system. This condition causes
paralysis and several deaths that a scientist invented
a vaccine to hinder its deadly effects and is an effort
to eradicate the virus like the smallpox. Who
invented the polio vaccine?
EASY ROUND
2. These molecules are described as
having both the water-loving
(hydrophilic) sides and the water-
fearing (hydrophobic) sides which
serve as the affinities of the specific
substance.
EASY ROUND
3. Translate the following
DNA sequence:
CGCTACCCAAGGATATAT
ATTGCGTAC
EASY ROUND
4. Gunpowder is one of the Four Great Inventions of
ancient Chinese civilization, alongside the compass,
paper, and printing techniques. It was invented
during the Tang dynasty, which is one of the four
dynasties that China experienced a golden age in
several scientific and cultural aspects. Aside from
sulfur and potassium nitrate, what is the other
substance entailed to gunpowder?
EASY ROUND
5. An unknown compound
possesses an electronegativity
difference of 3.75. Determine
the type of compound being
described.
EASY ROUND
6. The proper anatomical position of
humans to accurately locate the
different parts of the body employed in
medical examinations or operations. It
is characterized by having a lying dorsal
surface and the ventral facing upward.
EASY ROUND
7. A class of lipids responsible for
the occurrence of muscular
contractions during
menstruation, which causes the
painful menstrual cramps.
EASY ROUND
8. Name the
following organic
compound:
EASY ROUND
9. A set of cavities within the
bones of the face which reduce
the mass of bone on the skull,
decrease the weight of the head,
and produce vocal resonance.
EASY ROUND
10. Mustard gas is a chemical weapon which
causes severe burning of skin, eyes, and respiratory
tract. It was a very effective tool in warfare during
the First World War to incapacitate opponents, but
is banned as it also inflicts potential dangers to the
Allied Forces. Identify its chemical formula, given
that it contains 30.19% C, 5.08% H, 44.57% Cl, and
20.16% S.
AVERAGE ROUND
AVERAGE ROUND
11. Electron transport chain is the third stage
of cellular respiration in humans, which is a
series of complexes that transport electrons
from their donors to acceptors through
reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions.
Determine the other term for this phase in
respiration.
AVERAGE ROUND
12. Aldehydes are organic compounds having a carbon
center, where an R-group (any side chain or generic
alkyl), an oxygen atom, and a hydrogen atom are
bonded, while ketones are carbon-containing
substances which are bonded to two side chains (R-
groups) and an oxygen atom. The central carbons of
both entities have a double bond to oxygen. Name that
special functional group that they have similarities with.
AVERAGE ROUND
13. If carcinogens and mutagens
are substances that cause tumors
and mutations, respectively,
determine the substances
causing birth defects.
AVERAGE ROUND
14. This is a form of occupational lung disease
caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica
dust and manifested by inflammation and
scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the
superior lobes of the lungs. This was coined by
the president of the National Puzzlers’ League
as a synonym for the word silicosis.
AVERAGE ROUND
14. This is a form of occupational lung disease
caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica
dust and manifested by inflammation and
scarring in the form of nodular lesions in the
superior lobes of the lungs. This was coined by
the president of the National Puzzlers’ League
as a synonym for the word silicosis.
AVERAGE ROUND
15. Mercury is also referred to as
quicksilver, since it is a metal in
liquid phase at room temperature.
Identify its electronic configuration
and magnetic spin number.
AVERAGE ROUND
16. Name the following
organic compound:
AVERAGE ROUND
17. The process in which the undigested
material or fecal matter adapts the
shape of the interior of the large
intestine before being eliminated
through the process of defecation or
assimilation.
AVERAGE ROUND
18. Phosphorus is a highly reactive
element, with atomic number 15. Due to
its high electron affinity, electronegativity,
and ionization energy, it does not exist as
a free element on Earth. In what group of
elements does phosphorus belong?
AVERAGE ROUND
19. Liver is the largest internal organ of
the human body, which serves as a
filter for several materials ingested by
an organism. What class of lipids
strengthens its cortex to maintain its
essential function?
AVERAGE ROUND
20. This principle states that the
molecular geometry of a compound
is dependent upon the prevalence of
electron pairs, which tend to move as
distant from one another as possible.
DIFFICULT ROUND
DIFFICULT ROUND
21. Salicylic acid (C7H6O3) is a kind of
phenolic acid that can prevent
pimples and skin blemishes in people
when applied topically. How much
particles are there, given that there is
40619 g of the substance?
DIFFICULT ROUND
22. Progesterone is a female sex hormone
which initiates the onset of maturation of the
female reproductive system (especially the
uterus by reinforcing its muscular walls) and
femininity as a whole. Determine its
molecular formula, having 80.19% C, 9.63% H,
and 10.18% O.
DIFFICULT ROUND
23. Name the following organic compound:
DIFFICULT ROUND
24. British chemist Walter Haworth
determined the molecular structure of Vitamin
C and coined the term ascorbic acid. The
following year, Haworth led a team of scientists
that are able to make the micronutrient
synthetically. Before being referred to as
ascorbic acid, what was its former name?
DIFFICULT ROUND
25. Testes are ovoid structures about five
centimeters long and three centimeters wide,
enclosed by a sac of skin called the scrotum. Before
being positioned at the pelvic region, the male
reproductive organs were once located in the
inferior abdominal cavity. What is the process of
the transfer of testes to their current location in the
human body?
DIFFICULT ROUND
26. In particular cases, the glycogen stored in
muscles and the liver do not suffice the
energy requirement of an organism through
transforming it into its primitive form, glucose.
This is the process where glucose is
synthesized from non-carbohydrate sources
such as glycolipids and glycoproteins.
DIFFICULT ROUND
27. The pituitary gland is considered the master
gland, as it governs the mechanisms of other
endocrine glands. Despite its status as the lead,
a certain region controls the pituitary gland.
That region is also partially responsible for
involuntary actions such as heart rate, blood
pressure, digestion, and breathing.
DIFFICULT ROUND
28. Centrioles are organelles exclusive
only for animal cells which generate
spindle fibers, so that a proper cell
division will be executed by the cell.
What comprises these fibers?
DIFFICULT ROUND
29. Lead (II) chloride is added to silver
nitrate so that lead (II) nitrate and
silver chloride will be formed. How
much silver nitrate should there be
to yield 1028.02 g lead (II) nitrate?
DIFFICULT ROUND
30. Buckminsterfullerene is a carbon allotrope
which resembles a soccer ball, having 60 carbons
arranged in a complex and intricate manner,
forming 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons. Who
was attributed to this fullerene that constructed
geodesic dome edifices resembling the
substance’s molecular geometry?

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