Daily Quiz | On movies portraying medical conditions
Satine, the courtesan and star performer, the female protagonist in this film, is diagnosed with what condition?
1 / 5 |
In this biographical film on the life of a Nobel winning mathematician, which is inspiring in the protagonists’ return back to normalcy after a disturbing phase of mental illness, what was the diagnosis the doctor makes? It was also panned for allowing the portrayal of the rejection of drugs as essential for cure. Name the movie and the condition.
Answer : A Beautiful Mind, schizophrenia
DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER?
YES
NO
SHOW ANSWER
2 / 5 |
In the Tamil movie Thenali, Kamal Hassan plays the titular character, a Sri Lankan with all kinds of fears, crashing the holiday of his psychiatrist. What condition is Thenali suffering from?
Answer : Panophobia/pantophobia or Omniphobia, or a generalised fear of everything
DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER?
YES
NO
SHOW ANSWER
3 / 5 |
In the delightful animation Finding Nemo, one character, Dory, is portrayed as a fish with short term memory loss. What is the scientific term for this condition?
4 / 5 |
In his role as Christy Brown, Daniel Day Lewis delivers an Oscar winning performance of a young man diagnosed with _____ at birth, which affects most of his body. However, he learns to paint and write with the only unaffected limb in his body, his left foot. Fill in the blank.
5 / 5 |
This film is loosely inspired by the writer’s own experience with cancer. He reportedly wrote the lead character Adam based on himself. What kind of rare cancer does the protagonist, played by Joseph- Gordon Levitt, have in the delightful and heartwarming drama 50/50?
Answer : chwannoma neurofibrosarcoma, or cancer of the spine
DID YOU KNOW THE ANSWER?
YES
NO
SHOW ANSWER
Published – July 10, 2025 05:10 pm IST
