Q 01/05

Alzheimer's causes most dementia, but which rarer type was actor Bruce Willis diagnosed with in 2023?

A) Lewy body dementia

B) Frontotemporal dementia

C) Vascular dementia

D) Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

Answer · why

B) Frontotemporal dementia

Frontotemporal dementia. It tends to strike earlier than other dementias and often shows first in language or behaviour, which is why his family first...

Q 02/05

How did fellow psychiatrists respond when Alois Alzheimer first presented his landmark case in 1906?

A) With a standing ovation

B) By walking out mid-lecture

C) With no questions at all

D) With calls for his dismissal

Answer · why

C) With no questions at all

With no questions at all. The chairman said there was no need for discussion and moved on to talks that drew long, lively debate; a disappointed Alzhe...

Q 03/05

Which brain region is among the first that Alzheimer's disease damages?

A) The cerebellum

B) The motor cortex

C) The hippocampus

D) The occipital lobe

Answer · why

C) The hippocampus

The hippocampus. It is essential for forming new memories, which is why early Alzheimer's blurs this morning's conversation while leaving decades-old ...

Q 04/05

What do doctors call memory loss that is worse than normal ageing but doesn't yet disrupt daily life?

A) Transient global amnesia

B) Korsakoff syndrome

C) Pseudodementia

D) Mild cognitive impairment

Answer · why

D) Mild cognitive impairment

Mild cognitive impairment. It can be an early stage of Alzheimer's, but not everyone who has it goes on to develop dementia: in some people the sympto...

Q 05/05

Which protein forms the neurofibrillary tangles inside neurons?

A) Tau

B) Insulin

C) Prion

D) Actin

Answer · why

A) Tau

Tau. In a healthy neuron it steadies the tracks that carry nutrients along the cell; in Alzheimer's it lets go, sticks to other tau molecules and form...