General Awareness : Human Body Quiz (Guinness)

1. The lightest baby weighed this much.    

a) 9.87 ounce (280 g)
b) 17.63 ounce (500 g)
c) 3.88 ounce (110 g)
d) 0.70 ounce (20 g)

The correct answer is a) 9.87 ounce (280 g)

2. This is the length of the world's longest documented hair.

a) 23.95 feet (7.3 m)
b) 6.56 feet (2.0 m)
c) 18.37 feet (5.6 m)
d) 13.77 feet (4.2 m)

The correct answer is c) 18.37 feet (5.6 m)

3. The greatest age to which any man has ever lived is this.

a) 120 years--
b) 162 years
c) 134 years
d) 104 years

The correct answer is a) 120 years

4. In 1993 the Scottish hotel-owner Campbell Aird received a bionic organ, which was the first of its kind. This is the organ.    

a) Leg
b) Arm
c) Eye
d) Ear

The correct answer is b) Arm

5. This is the length of the longest fingernails.    

a) 24.60 feet (7.5 m)
b) 10.49 feet (3.2 m)
c) 14.10 feet (4.3 m)
d) 27.23 feet (8.3 m)

The correct answer is a) 24.60 feet (7.5 m)

6. This is the most rare disease.    

a) Glaucoma
b) Schizophrenia
c) Smallpox
d) Brain tumor

The correct answer is c) Smallpox

7. The longest coma lasted approximately this long.    

a) 37 years
b) 11 months
c) 24 years
d) 2 years

The correct answer is a) 37 years

8. This is the biggest number of transplanted organs in a person.    

a) 7
b) 4
c) 11
d) 2

The correct answer is b) 4

9. Roy C Sullivan survived this number of lighting strikes.    

a) 3
b) 47
c) 7
d) 12

The correct answer is c) 7