Q 01/05

Hypothermia is medically defined as a core body temperature below what?

A) 35 °C (95 °F)

B) 36 °C (96.8 °F)

C) 37 °C (98.6 °F)

D) 38 °C (100.4 °F)

Answer · why

A) 35 °C (95 °F)

Normal core temperature sits around 36.5 to 37.5 °C; the word comes from Greek roots meaning 'under' and 'heat'.

Q 02/05

Which symptom is present in mild hypothermia but typically stops once hypothermia becomes moderate?

A) Shivering

B) Confusion

C) Slurred speech

D) Hallucinations

Answer · why

A) Shivering

Its disappearance is a warning sign, not a recovery: the body is running out of the energy needed to generate heat.

Q 03/05

What is the opposite of hypothermia called?

A) Hyperpyrexia

B) Hyperthermia

C) Pyrothermia

D) Thermophilia

Answer · why

B) Hyperthermia

Both words share the Greek thérmē, meaning heat; hyper means over and hypo means under.

Q 04/05

Roughly what share of hypothermia deaths involve 'paradoxical undressing'?

A) 70 to 80%

B) Under 5%

C) 20 to 50%

D) Over 90%

Answer · why

C) 20 to 50%

One theory is that exhausted blood-vessel muscles relax, flooding the extremities with warm blood and making the victim feel hot.

Q 05/05

'Terminal burrowing', or hide-and-die syndrome, has late-stage hypothermia victims doing what?

A) Crawling into small enclosed spaces

B) Digging in the snow

C) Climbing to high ground

D) Walking in circles

Answer · why

A) Crawling into small enclosed spaces

German researchers likened it to the burrowing behaviour of hibernating mammals; victims are found under beds or behind wardrobes.