How Well Do You Know the Brain?

We ARE our brains. It is where all our thoughts are, all our emotions, our pain, our suffering, our happiness and our physical delights can be found. How much do you know about your true physical form? How much do you know about the most important organ in the universe - the human brain? Take our biology trivia quiz and find out...
 
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Hint
How much does an adult brain weigh?
5.7 pounds (2.5 kg)
8.2 pounds (3.7 kg)
1 pound (0.5 kg)
3.3 pounds (1.5 kg)
 
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Hint
At what age does our brain finish forming completely?
18
8
35
25
 
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True or False: Humans only use about 10% of their brains
True
False
 
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Hint
Your brain uses ______ percent of all the oxygen and blood in the body.
90
50
20
5
 
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Hint
How many lobes does the human brain have?
One
Two
Five
Four
 
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Hint
Which of these is NOT one of the lobes of the human brain?
Frontal
Parietal
Occipital
Lateral
 
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Hint
Which of these is the most primitive and ancient part of the brain?
Brain stem
Forebrain
Median brain
 
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True or False: The brain cannot feel pain at all
False
True
 
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What happens to the brain during a stroke?
The corpus callosum (the bridge between the hemispheres) gets damaged or severed
The neurons all fire in bizarre patterns like an electrical storm
The brain gets banged against the skull from within, getting damaged and causing a bleed
The blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or reduced
 
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Hint
Which part of the brain is responsible for collecting almost all of our sensory information?
The Limbic System
The Pituitary Gland
The Thalamus
The Hippocampus
 
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Hint
Which of the brain's lobes is responsible for processing visual information from our eyes?
Parietal
Frontal
Occipital
Temporal
 
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Which of our senses bypasses the regular brain route and connects directly to our emotional system?
Smell
Hearing
Taste
Vision
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