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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Full Moon Friday the Thirteenth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would Wade Boggs, the Boton Red Sox's former star third baseman, always eat before a game?
(a) A large salad.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Pork.
(d) A T-bone.

2. How many patients a day did Goodman's physician's assistant say the man would see and not spend more than five minutes with them?
(a) 35.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

3. How many minutes without oxygen could lead to brain damage and perhaps death?
(a) 4 minutes.
(b) 5 minutes.
(c) 3 minutes.
(d) 6 minutes.

4. When did a man examine a stack of electrocardiograms to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1994.

5. For luck, what did Michael Jordon always wear under his Chicago Bulls uniform?
(a) Heart boxer shorts.
(b) Blue boxer shorts.
(c) North Carolina boxer shorts.
(d) Striped boxer shorts.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hotel was Gawande staying for the surgeon's convention?

2. What did Jack Nicklaus always have to have in his pocket when he played golf?

3. What type of a necklace did New York Mets' pitcher Turk Wendell always wear?

4. Who was the San Diego surgeon working without a license who bungled some sex-change operations and amputated the leg of a healthy man?

5. How long do hernia operations take at Shouldice Hospital?

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