Question
Identify the following about some of the worst Nobel Prizes in medicine, for 10 points each.
[10m] António Egas Moniz won for developing this procedure, which was performed on John F. Kennedy's sister Rosemary in 1941.
ANSWER: lobotomy [or leucotomy]
[10e] Santiago Ramón y Cajal had to share the 1906 prize with this scientist, who had wrong ideas about the nervous system and who names an "apparatus" that packs up proteins into vesicles in eukaryotic cells.
ANSWER: Camillo Golgi [accept Golgi apparatus or Golgi body]
[10h] Johannes Fibiger won in 1926 for "proving" that cancer was caused by these creatures. A different variety of these creatures that cause tiredness and weight loss was combated in the South by the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission.
ANSWER: parasitic worms [or hookworms or roundworms or nematodes or Ancylostoma or Necator; prompt on parasites]
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Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 34 | 23.24 | 100% | 97% | 35% |