Q 01/05

World Bipolar Day falls on March 30, the birthday of which Post-Impressionist painter?

A) Vincent van Gogh

B) Paul Gauguin

C) Paul Cézanne

D) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Answer · why

A) Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853, and the day aims to end stigma around the condition. Whether the painter himself had it is still debated b...

Q 02/05

Which lemon-lime soda claimed in its early years to contain mood-stabilizing lithium citrate?

A) Sprite

B) Mountain Dew

C) 7UP

D) Fresca

Answer · why

C) 7UP

7UP was labelled a lithiated lemon soda in the early 1930s, and one theory ties the seven to lithium's atomic mass. The health claims were dropped lat...

Q 03/05

Psychiatrist John Cade discovered lithium's calming effect in 1948 after injecting it into which animals?

A) Rabbits

B) White mice

C) Rhesus monkeys

D) Guinea pigs

Answer · why

D) Guinea pigs

Guinea pigs given lithium carbonate grew unusually restful, which surprised Cade. He then swallowed lithium himself to check it was safe before trying...

Q 04/05

Which Star Wars actress spoke openly about her bipolar disorder and wrote the memoir Wishful Drinking?

A) Carrie Fisher

B) Natalie Portman

C) Daisy Ridley

D) Keira Knightley

Answer · why

A) Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher nicknamed her two moods Roy and Pam. Wishful Drinking began as her one-woman stage show, which reached Broadway before HBO filmed it.

Q 05/05

Which actor was Oscar-nominated as Pat Solitano, a man with bipolar disorder, in Silver Linings Playbook?

A) Bradley Cooper

B) Ryan Gosling

C) Jake Gyllenhaal

D) Joaquin Phoenix

Answer · why

A) Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper plays Pat just after his release from a psychiatric hospital. The film earned eight Oscar nominations, and co-star Jennifer Lawrence wo...