Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 202
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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 FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 202.
Question 1
Who is “Cavity Sam”? Clue: You have operated on him on before.
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Cavity Sam is the character on the board game ‘Operation’
Invented in 1964 by John Spinello, a University of Illinois industrial design student at the time, who sold his rights to the game to Milton Bradley for a sum of USD $500 and the promise of a job upon graduation. Initially produced by Milton Bradley in 1965, Operation is currently made by Hasbro, with an estimated franchise worth of USD $40 million. [Reference]
Question 2
Tony “le Stephanois” has served a five-year prison term for a jewel heist and is out on the street and down on his luck. His friend Jo approaches him about a smash-and-grab proposed by mutual friend Mario in which the threesome would cut the glass on a Parisian jeweller’s front window in broad daylight and snatch some gems. This is the plot for the french film Rififi, Italian Scientists loved the film so much they named an antibiotic afte...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five cavity sam haemophilia male versus female operation rifampicin Royal disease Vitiligo Source Type: blogs
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