Pitt Med Trivia, Summer '23
Instructions - Hover over the empty space next to the "Answer" text to reveal the correct answer.
1. A Pitt Med professor helped develop the CPR doll Resusci Anne. This professor also said many modern discoveries are “re-discoveries,” meaning that research and treatments once abandoned often return as best practices. Who was it?
A) Virginia Apgar
B) Peter Safar
C) Bernard Fisher
Peter Safar2. This longtime UPMC Shadyside attending was depicted as Rafiki, the king’s most trusted advisor, in the Class of ’20 Scope and Scalpel production of “The Lyme King.” (Hint: He’s also an adjunct professor of theology at Duquesne University.)
3. More women than men were registered as MD students at Pitt Med in the 2021/22 academic year. A total of 610 students were registered. What was the breakdown?
A) 307 women and 303 men
B) 323 women and 287 men
C) 334 women and 276 men
4. Julane Hotchkiss and Ernst Knobil were a power-science couple at Pitt Med.
To what did they contribute foundational knowledge?
A) The menstrual cycle
B) The stabilizing effects of tau protein
C) Mitochondrial diseases
5. David Charp (MD ’70), a former pitcher for Rutgers University, used to hang here in the late innings. (How closely have you read this issue?)
A) 166
B) 237
C) 346
