Daily Quiz | On movies pegged on health
Netflix series called The Sandman showed Encephalitis lethargica in a dramatic way to explain the sleeping sickness of the early 1900s
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The highly successful and entertaining movie Patch Adams starring Robin Williams in the eponymous character, and had its own ribtickling indian versions in Munnabhai, MBBS, and Vasoolraja MBBS, was based on a true story. The real Patch Adams is believed to be the architect of a certain kind of therapy that is now popular in hospital wards across the globe. What is it?
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In the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, directed by David Fincher, Brad Pitt essays the role of a man ageing in reverse. What is the actual health condition cinematically portrayed (rather romantically) in Benjamin Button? It was more accurately depicted in the Indian film Paa, starring Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek.
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30 years ago, this movie starring Dustin Hoffman outlined the damage a particular fast-spreading, fictional virus was wreaking, portraying emergency health and containment scenarios we are now familiar with, post pandemic. That virus was said to manifest as hemorrhagic fever, causing organs to liquefy and blood to stream from sores. What was the name of this fictional virus in the 1995 movie?
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In Hichki, the come back Hindi film for Rani Mukerjee, she suffers from a condition that causes uncontrollable tics and sounds, a huge barrier to her getting a job. What is the condition that the movie made known to the world?
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Retrograde amnesia is the inability to recall memories from before a traumatic event or injury, and the opposite is a condition whereby the ability to form new memories after the event is affected. This is depicted in a Christopher Nolan-inspired flick, made in two Indian languages – Tamil and Hindi. What is the condition and what was the title of the Indian movies?
Answer : Anterograde Amnesia; Ghajini
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In yet another movie starring Robin Williams, this time with Robert De Niro, a psychiatrist finds himself in a ward full of inexplicably catatonic patients. An OTT series using the same medical condition in a dramatic way to explain the sleeping sickness of the early 1900s. Answer two questions here. What was the epidemic called and what is the Netflix series on the same?
Answer : Encephalitis lethargica; The Sandman
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Published – June 02, 2025 05:30 pm IST
