Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 137

Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 137 Question 1 Is it rude to pandiculate in front of your consultant? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1142952534'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1142952534')) Yes! This is yawning. From the latin pandiculātus, to “stretch oneself”. Technically if you were to pandiculate you would add a stretching of the arms and arching of the back to your yawn. [Reference] Question 2 In America, between 1979 and 1993, 9 people were injured and 18 killed when struck by one type of sporting equipment. What equipment? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1465297574'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1465297574')) Soccer goal posts Most cases of post collapse were associated with children playing and climbing on unstable goal posts rather than actually playing soccer. [Reference] Question 3 Which disease was known as ‘Roman Fever‘ the name originates from the medieval Italian for ‘bad air‘? + Reveal the Funtabulous Answer expand(document.getElementById('ddet1193485945'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1193485945')) Mal-aria. The bad air was around stagnant water, the ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes. It was so pervasive in Rome that is was known as ‘R...
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