Q 01/05

The autoimmune disease lupus takes its name from the Latin word for which animal?

A) Fox

B) Wolf

C) Bear

D) Lynx

Answer · why

B) Wolf

Wolf is what lupus means in Latin: in the 13th century the disease's facial rash was thought to resemble the animal's bite.

Q 02/05

Which protein, found in wheat, barley and rye, triggers the immune reaction behind celiac disease?

A) Casein

B) Gelatin

C) Gluten

D) Albumin

Answer · why

C) Gluten

Gluten cannot be made safe by any pill: the only treatment for celiac disease is a diet that cuts it out for life.

Q 03/05

Which singer, who has lupus, received a kidney from her friend, the actress Francia Raisa, in 2017?

A) Ariana Grande

B) Demi Lovato

C) Miley Cyrus

D) Selena Gomez

Answer · why

D) Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez came close to disaster in the operation: one of her arteries ruptured, and surgeons replaced it with a vein taken from her leg.

Q 04/05

Which rare neurological disorder did the singer Céline Dion announce she had been diagnosed with in December 2022?

A) Stiff-person syndrome

B) Restless legs syndrome

C) Chronic fatigue syndrome

D) Tourette syndrome

Answer · why

A) Stiff-person syndrome

Stiff-person syndrome affects about one person in a million, and its painful muscle spasms can be set off by a sudden sound or touch.

Q 05/05

In type 1 diabetes, the immune system destroys the pancreatic cells that make which hormone?

A) Cortisol

B) Glucagon

C) Insulin

D) Thyroxine

Answer · why

C) Insulin

Insulin was first injected into a patient in January 1922, when a teenager named Leonard Thompson lay dying of diabetes in a Toronto hospital.