Medical Movie Trivia

I made this list up a few years ago, to amuse some of my geeky medical friends.

Can you get any of them correct?

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<SPAN><SPAN>1. </SPAN></SPAN>In ?Simon Birch?, the actor portraying Simon has a type of congenital dwarfism. What syndrome does he have?

<SPAN><SPAN>2. </SPAN></SPAN>Samuel L. Jackson plays ?Mr. Glass? in ?Unbreakable?. What condition does he have? Which subtype does his disease belong?

<SPAN><SPAN>3. </SPAN></SPAN>Meg Ryan is a cardiothoracic surgeon in ?City of Angels?. At the beginning of the movie, what did she diagnose from a baby in the nursery?

<SPAN><SPAN>4. </SPAN></SPAN>Keanu Reeves plays an interesting character in ?My Own Private Idaho?. What neurological condition is he afflicted with?

<SPAN><SPAN>5. </SPAN></SPAN>Willem Dafoe is the crazed villain in ?Speed 2?. Considering his need to have leeches in his bath tub and his gradual loss of sanity, what medical condition is he most likely to have?

<SPAN><SPAN>6. </SPAN></SPAN>Nick Nolte in ?Lorenzo?s Oil? is a persistent parent who does not give up on his search for a cure for his son?s condition. What does his son have? What is Lorenzo?s oil?

<SPAN><SPAN>7. </SPAN></SPAN>What condition does the ?Elephant Man? most like to have?

<SPAN><SPAN>8. </SPAN></SPAN>What intracardiac injection was administered to Uma Thurman in ?Pulp Fiction?? To Nicolas Cage in ?The Rock??

<SPAN><SPAN>9. </SPAN></SPAN>What condition does Robin William have in ?Jack? from 1996?

<SPAN><SPAN>10. </SPAN></SPAN>Jack Nicolson plays a peculiar character in ?As Good as It Gets?. What condition is he affected with?

<SPAN><SPAN>11. </SPAN></SPAN>Robin Williams plays a doctor in ?Awakening? who found the treatment to what disease?

<SPAN><SPAN>12. </SPAN></SPAN>What congenital condition does Uma Thurman have in the movie ?Gattaca??

<SPAN><SPAN>13. </SPAN></SPAN>Which infectious disease killed Beth in ?Little Women??

<SPAN><SPAN>14. </SPAN></SPAN>Where is the real ?Patch Adam? practicing currently?

<SPAN><SPAN>15. </SPAN></SPAN>What type of surgery saved Mini Driver in ?Return to Me??

Answer:

1. Morquio?s syndrome
2. Osteogenesis imperfecta type I
3. Choanal atresia
4. Cataplexy
5. Wilson?s disease
6. Adrenoleukodystrophy; Very long chain fatty acids
7. Proteus
8. Epinephrine; Atropine
9. Progeria
10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
11. Parkinson?s disease
12. Congenital heart disease
13. Scarlet fever
14. Washington, D.C. at the Gesundheit! Institute
15. Heart transplant

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

Nice list. I only got "progeria" right. lol Oh well, At least I knew one of the rarer ones! What's up with progeria anyway?

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

This is a questions for satchmo: Where do you come up with these posts?
(That isn't meant as a bad thing) While these posts show that there is inteligent life out there on the pit's forums, where do you come up with all of them?

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Posting And You

Hahaha. This is a horribly boring trivia!

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"Azelito, stop being a f**king bitch. All I see you do is complain and insult people in your recent posts. We don't care, go find a razor you emo pansy..." -Windows98

Where do you come up with these posts?

I just pick stuff from my daily life, most of them are deemed
interesting to me at least. Apparently, they are not interesting
for everyone.

I read the newspaper everyday, almost every single article.
That's a source of discussion frequently. But I also see some
interesting patients, and that's another source of topics.

I don't want to derail this thread, but I just finished Half-Life (HL1)
for the first time. It took me a while to destroy Nihilanth, but
what an amazing game!

Now I'm going for a haircut. I am one of the most random posters at the Pit, I believe.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

satchmo said:
Now I'm going for a haircut. I am one of the most random posters at the Pit, I believe.

That's why we love you. :smile: Random injections of intelligent discussion are always welcome, even if they are a bit esoteric sometimes.

I couldn't even guess at most of these. Maybe I should come up with a "most commonly violated physical laws" list for Hollywood films. I think conservation of momentum would probably top the list, but maybe not.

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Some people are like slinkys...

They aren?t really good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one tumbles down the stairs.

I probably couldn't answer any of these, but that second question had
me smiling: I know both Dr. Glass and Unbreakable as mapper
nicknames... :wink:

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satchmo said:
<SPAN><SPAN>7. </SPAN></SPAN>What condition does the ?Elephant Man? most like to have?

7. Morpheus

I always thought he had Neofibre-mitosis.

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<DIV class=quotetext>I always thought he had Neofibre-mitosis. </DIV></DIV>

Uhh, that should be "neurofibromatosis".

And I stand by my original answer. Many people thought the Elephant Man had neurofibromatosis, but closer scrutiny of his pictures and symptoms make the diagnosis of proteus syndrome more likely.

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What's up with progeria anyway?

I am impressed that you have even heard of progeria.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

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<DIV class=quotetext>I think conservation of momentum would probably top the list, but maybe not.</DIV></DIV>

Like when the Dukes Of Hazzard jump like 200 ft into the air? Or when a crouching tiger karate master floats throught the air to light on the top of a babmoo tree?

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<DIV class=quotetext>What's up with progeria anyway? </DIV></DIV>

I am impressed that you have even heard of progeria.

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Actually I am sort of a medical buff. I love learning about disorders and thier symptoms and why they happen. That Is part of the reason I want to go somewhere in the medical field.

[edit] these kids that have progeria DONT look like "Jack" either.. lol

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Actually I am sort of a medical buff.

Yeah, wasn't that from your nursing student ex-girlfriend?

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

No, I've always been interested in that sort of thing. by "that sort of thing" i mean hot nurses, of course. No, I really enjoy reading about disorders and diseases and the like. I would like to get my hands on a copy of that big book with all the maladies in it, but its SO expensive that I just dont want to pony up the cash.

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

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<DIV class=quotetext>would like to get my hands on a copy of that big book with all the maladies in it, but its SO expensive </DIV></DIV>

I won that book in medical school by being the top of my class. I saved myself $150 that way.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

What's the REAL name for the book anyway, I know it's no "big diagnosis thingie"

BTW how much do you bench-press?

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

I think you're talking about "Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine".

As you can see, it's not that expensive. I have edited the cost in my previous post.

BTW how much do you bench-press?

Bench press max at 255 lb (115 kg). I weigh 135 lb (61 kg). I just can't seem to go over twice my body weight. It's like an invisible barrier, perhaps a psychological one.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

Lol, I weigh 180 and can bench just that!

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

No, I've always been interested in that sort of thing. by "that
sort of thing" i mean hot nurses, of course. No, I really enjoy reading
about disorders and diseases and the like. I would like to get my hands
on a copy of that big book with all the maladies in it, but its SO
expensive that I just dont want to pony up the cash.

talk to me tomorrow mom might let u borrow our merc manual

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Nickelplate</DIV>
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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting Tracer Bullet</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>I think conservation of momentum would probably top the list, but maybe not.</DIV></DIV>

Like when the Dukes Of Hazzard jump like 200 ft into the air? Or when a crouching tiger karate master floats throught the air to light on the top of a babmoo tree?

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More common that that. More like when people get thrown backward like six feet when they get shot! If a 10g bullet (typical for a 7.62 mm slug) hits a man who weighs 80 kg at 1000 m/s (one hell of a fast bullet), and is stooped by his body rather than simply passing though, the total velocity of man and bullet after impact would only be 0.125 m/s! Assuming this infantile amount of momentum transfer was enough to knock you over, and it takes a second to fall to the ground, you'd end up roughly 4.5 inches from where you had originally been standing!

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Some people are like slinkys...

They aren?t really good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one tumbles down the stairs.

I bet a shotgun could knock someone over pretty good, though. I know what you mean about unrealistic stuff in movies. I always like it when a bad guy gets harpooned through the stomach and then stands up and starts to beat on the good guy.

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Commando!

If it's an action movie and there's crap loads of shoot outs .. I want to see people flying from getting hit by bullets.

I love the absolutely impossible physics of it. Especially in movies like Desperado and Last Man Standing. It's great.

What about games that do this? Does that rub you the wrong way too? I know in HL2, if you get under someone with a shotgun ... they fly pretty far. Obviously, this isn't realistic ... but who cares?

There are things that bother me though ... usually stuff with people getting hit in the throat, hard, and just kind of coughing is annoying. It's like, "Hey ... that 'closed' your trachea ... you're dead". Bad CG also gets to me (I don't mean obvious CG ... I mean bad CG. Like ... the licker in Resident Evil)

Anyway, Real life is pretty anti-climatic anyway ...

... that isn't a sexual comment.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

Yeah, but all that bad physics is what's making movies and games so fun to watch.

It'd be pretty dull if someone gets shot and just falls flat down, like
in the real world. Where's the ragdoll fun in that?

If I want to see realistic reaction to gunshots, I would just drive to
the sketchy part of town and watch the gang members kill each
other. There are almost daily showings in Los Angeles, if you
know where to go.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

Nickelplate said:
I bet a shotgun could knock someone over pretty good, though. I know what you mean about unrealistic stuff in movies. I always like it when a bad guy gets harpooned through the stomach and then stands up and starts to beat on the good guy.

Does the person firing the shotgun get knocked over? no. equal and opposite forces. At point-blank range both the man who fires the gun and the one who gets shot experience exactly the same net force. At greater ranges the one who fires the gun always experiences the greater force since the projectiles slow down in the air.

I do in fact agree with you, Crono. It is fun to watch. Since this is a trivia thread, and I know nothing about medicine, I was just speculating on what the most commonly violated physical law is.

What does bother me in movies is when they blatantly violate all the laws of thermodynamics as part of the plot! I'm fine with it when impossible things happen to make action sequences that much more interesting to watch, but I've always felt that a plot should bear some semblance to reality unless it is a fantasy world where you can explain things with "magic". As a consequence, I dislike most SciFi. It's kind of an anal, irritating hand-up, but there it is. shrugs

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Some people are like slinkys...

They aren?t really good for anything, but you can't help but laugh when one tumbles down the stairs.

One of my fellow residents from the hospital actually got a job as a
medical consultant on movie and television sets. For example,
series like "E.R." and "Scrubs" consult these real-life doctors to make
sure that the medical scenario in the show actually make sense.

I don't think they have the equivalent for physicists though, Tracer Bullet.

Nevertheless, actors performing CPR, especially chest compressions, do
it incorrectly nine out of ten times. Even emergency room doctors
and paramedics carry out CPR in totally random fashions in movies and
television shows.

Come to think of it, those scientists in Half-Life actually perform resuscitation quite accurately. Who would've thought.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge

Oh, I know. I was really just inquiring.

I think complete improbable stuff is fine in movies if they do one thing: NOT explain ANY of it. And there are times when I can let some things slip by (Jurassic Park's genetics)

Sci-Fi movies are great when nothing is really explained ... unless it's Star Trek or Stargate, then the shows just wouldn't be the same without some out-of-their-ass explination that makes no sense. How many times have you heard, "But newtonian physics says this ... quantum physics blows that out of the water" from Amanda Tapping in SG-1?

But, yes, when they blaintently ignore simple theories (like thermal conductivity) it's annoying ... especially when regarding explosives. I think the only actiony movie I've seen that really attempts to be realistic is the Bourne series. (The gas filled house with the paper in the toaster.)

Another cliche that really ticks me off ... except in PayBack, just because it's done well, is the lit cigarette ignighting gasoline.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

w00t!
i got number 8 right!

WarloK said:
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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting satchmo</DIV>
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<SPAN><SPAN>7. </SPAN></SPAN>What condition does the ?Elephant Man? most like to have?

7. Morpheus

I always thought he had Neofibre-mitosis.

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by the way warlok claims he has got 'Extastosis'. i have always been sceptical of his 'bone disease' so i have to ask is it a real disease or maybe a mispronounciation?

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Bullet Control: $5000 for a bullet.
"I would blow your f**king head off! ...if I could afford it. I'm gonna get another job, start saving some money... then you a dead man!"

Progeria was the only one I knew offhand. That's partly due to Tad Williams' Otherland saga. Over half of the movies I've never seen, so it's unsurprising I didn't know those. I mean, I have to assume that I could easily pick out a heart transplant happening in a movie I actually saw...

"satchmo" said:
Nevertheless, actors performing CPR, especially chest compressions, do it incorrectly nine out of ten times. Even emergency room doctors and paramedics carry out CPR in totally random fashions in movies and television shows.

I've heard that this is partially for the safety of the actor playing the victim. Actors will bend their arms on the chest pumps, losing realism, but making it a much simpler production.

Cash Car Star said:
Progeria was the only one I knew offhand. That's partly due to Tad Williams' Otherland saga. Over half of the movies I've never seen, so it's unsurprising I didn't know those. I mean, I have to assume that I could easily pick out a heart transplant happening in a movie I actually saw...

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting "satchmo"</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>Nevertheless, actors performing CPR, especially chest compressions, do it incorrectly nine out of ten times. Even emergency room doctors and paramedics carry out CPR in totally random fashions in movies and television shows.

I've heard that this is partially for the safety of the actor playing the victim. Actors will bend their arms on the chest pumps, losing realism, but making it a much simpler production.</div></div>

It's not every day I meet someone else who has read Otherland. Most people around the area don't read for fun. I loved those books and have absolutely no one to discuss them with. Now that you mention it, I remember Thargor/that one kid I-can't-remember-his-name, DID have progeria. Nice. :biggrin:

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

It was portrayed totally different though. Whereas in Jack, progeria was pretty much just a "realistic" excuse for a Big style portrayal, in Otherland the kid was still the size of a kid, except with gray hair, wrinkles, etc. He was also completely and permanently bedridden by the time you get about halfway into the first book. I gotta think that's more accurate.

Otherland was a wicked sick saga, btw. I mean, I like what Tad Williams did in Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, but it was just nothing compared to Otherland. Just the sheer enormity of the world, and all its subdivisional cyberworlds is extraordinary. Add to that his ability to predict what cyber trends would occur before they actually happened (check the publishing dates, they completely predate any memorable MMORPG, and he clearly picks it as the middle school geek game of choice) and its just a mindf**k what he did with the thing. Add to that Michael Whelan's incomparable artwork. I have a poster of The City of Golden Shadows hanging above my desk.

Nikelplate, if you're into reading about medical themed stories,
"Dreaming
Water" is a captivating novel about a child growing old with
Werner's syndrome, a genetic defect that causes premature aging.
The story is also about racism and the relationship between a mother
and her daughter.

It's a wonderful book, intimately portraying personal relationships as
well as illustrating the ugliness of racism. I highly recommend
it.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." -- Toulouse-Lautre, Moulin Rouge