Quiz of the World Day of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine

During the ESRA World Day of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine held in January 2024, participants were given the opportunity to take a five-minute quiz. The top three respondents globally were promised a complimentary registration for the upcoming Prague congress. The quiz was exclusively available to registered participants of the World Day, with only one participation permitted per entrant/device.

Are you eager to know the quiz questions and the correct answers? Stay tuned as we reveal all the details, including the quiz and the identities of the winners!

1. Who was the first person to utilize cocaine as a local anaesthetic in 1884?
   Sigmund Freud
   Karl Ludwig Schleich
   August Karl Gustav Bier
   Theodor Tuffier
   Carl Koller
2. In the 1860s, Angelo Mariani created a wine. What did he mix in it?
   Heroin and Wine
   Coca and Cola
   Coca and Wine
   Ketamine and Wine
   White and Red Wine
3. Which of the following Local Anaesthetics was developed first?
   Tetracaine
   Cocaine
   Procaine
   Againstcaine
   Liposomal Bupivacaine
4. When was the Tuohy needle developed?
   1942
   2012
   1838
   1955
   1944
5. Who introduced the technique of Intravenous Regional Anaesthesia (IVRA) in 1908?
   An anaesthesiologist
   August Karl Gustav Bier
   Arthur Beer
   Gaston Labat
   A surgeon
6. Who is behind the “No paraesthesia, no Anaesthesia” concept?
   Daniel Moore
   Roger Moore
   Adam Moore
   Gordon Moore
   Maya Moore
7. In which year did George Perthes first report on the clinical use of electric nerve stimulation for peripheral nerve blocks?1909
   1912
   1815
   1969
   1776
8. “I don’t care, I want it” – Who was the first person to benefit from anaesthesia for a painless delivery?
   Queen Nefertiti
   Queen Victoria
   Queen Elizabeth
   Snow Queen
   Queen Cleopatra
9. Who described first the sciatic nerve block?
   Victor Pauchet
   Gaston Labat
   Sia Tibloc
   Alon P. Winnie
   Elton Piriformis
10. When did the first public demonstration of ether anaesthesia take place?
    16 October 1846
    27 January 2023
    27 January 1846
    16 October 1969
    30 February 1846
11. When did the first operation under spinal anesthesia by August Bier take place?
    1898
    1854
    1903
    1874
    1915
12. When was CSE first described and whom is it generally attributed to?
    1937, Soresi
    1912, Bier
    1845, Reynolds
    1955, Bromage
    1961, Morgan
13. When and by whom was the first epidural anaesthesia described?
    1901, independently by two French (Jean–Anthanase Sicard & Fernand Cathelin)
    1921, by Fidel Pagés Miravé
    1914, by August Bier
    1898, by Carl Koller
    1923, by Gaston Labat
14. When was the gate control theory of pain sensitivity first proposed by Melzack and Wall?
    1954
    1964
    1965
    1939
    1947
15. William Halsted was
    A surgeon
    An anaesthesiologist
    A veterinary physician
    A scrub nurse
    A pharmacist

Correct answers:

1. Carl Koller
2. Coca and Wine
3. Procaine
4. 1944
5. August Karl Gustav Bier + A surgeon
6. Daniel Moore
7. 1912
8. Queen Victoria
9. Victor Pauchet
10. 16 October 1846
11. 1898
12. 1937, Soresi
13. 1901, independently by two French (Jean–Anthanase Sicard & Fernand Cathelin)
14. 1965
15. A surgeon

Congratulation to our 3 top winners!

🥇 Mateusz Kreczko (Warszawa)
🥈 Annemarie Chrysantia Melati (Jakarta)
🥉 Mukasa Emmanuel Lutimba (Kabale)