SciFri Quiz: The Dope On Doping
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Test your knowledge of the science behind performance-enhancing drugs.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which of the following does not increase the efficiency of oxygen delivery in the blood?
- A.
EPO (Erythropoietin)
- B.
Training at high altitude
- C.
Human growth hormone
- D.
Spending time in a low oxygen tent
- 2.Which of these foods has recently been shown to make runners use oxygen more efficiently?
- A.
Dill pickles
- B.
Grapefruit juice
- C.
Bacon
- D.
Beetroot juice
- 3.Which drug increases the number of red blood cells thereby increasing the transport of oxygen in the body?
- A.
EPO (Erythropoietin)
- B.
Clenbuterol
- C.
Human growth hormone
- 4.Caffeine in large doses was prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency until what year?
- A.
2000
- B.
1988
- C.
2004
- D.
Caffeine has never been prohibited
- 5.
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This is the structural diagram of which drug that increases heart rate and blood flow to muscle by activating noradrenaline receptors in the lungs?- A.
EPO (Erythropoietin)
- B.
Clenbuterol
- C.
Human growth hormone
- 6.Which of these natural substances is required by the human body, but banned for use as a supplement by all sporting bodies?
- A.
Blood
- B.
Milk
- C.
Fiber
- D.
Vitamin D
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