Q 01/05

Which pair of glands, sitting behind the bladder, produces most of the fluid in the ejaculate?

A) Bulbourethral glands

B) Adrenal glands

C) Seminal vesicles

D) The testicles

Answer · why

C) Seminal vesicles

The seminal vesicles supply the bulk of semen, dwarfing the testicles' own contribution, and the fructose in their secretion fuels the sperm.

Q 02/05

Melanoma most often appears on which part of a man's body, whereas in women it favours the legs?

A) The back

B) The face

C) The scalp

D) The arms

Answer · why

A) The back

The back is the most common melanoma site in men, a spot few people can inspect for themselves, and American men are diagnosed with the cancer more of...

Q 03/05

Red–green colour blindness affects roughly what share of men of Northern European descent, against 0.5% of women?

A) 2%

B) 8%

C) 20%

D) 35%

Answer · why

B) 8%

About 8% of such men, one in twelve, are red–green colour blind because the opsin genes sit on the X chromosome. A man has only one X, so a single fau...

Q 04/05

About 27% of men but only 3% of women develop which hernia, passing through the canal the testicles descend along?

A) Inguinal

B) Hiatal

C) Umbilical

D) Femoral

Answer · why

A) Inguinal

The inguinal hernia favours men because the canal that let the testicles descend leaves a wider weak spot in the abdominal wall, and repairing it is a...

Q 05/05

Movember's founding event, 30 men growing a moustache for 30 days, was organised in which Australian city?

A) Sydney

B) Melbourne

C) Adelaide

D) Newcastle

Answer · why

B) Melbourne

Melbourne hosted the 30-man moustache challenge that grew into a global charity; its founders wanted to make the moustache fashionable again, and the ...