PHARMA WITS AND LEISURE - Indian Pharmaceutical Association

PHARMA WITS AND LEISURE
- Raj Vaidya
PHARMA CROSSWORDS : 15
1 2 3 4 5
6
7
8 9
10 11 12
13
14
15
Across :
1. Bacteriostatic antimycobaceterial (10)
6. Lowered _________ breeds Koch’s
disease (8)
8. Undecyclenic (10)
10. Strip of tissue joining larger organs (7)
13. “Pills” for fairer sex (1,1)
14. Shingles (6)
15. Noble gas (4)
Down :
1. anticancer drug (10)
2. Aspirin + high _________ = vinegar smell (8)
3. Bipolar - depression ? (5)
4. SPF prevents a ______ (last 5 letters) (5)
5. Keyhole surgery – short form (3)
7. First thing doc takes from patient (7)
9. Extract one from the other using solvent (1st 3
letters) (3)
11. Catalyze amine oxidation (1,1,1)
12. Test in the body (4)
16. Element for diarrhoea (1,1)

PHARMA MUMBO JUMBO : 15
Unscramble each of the following 5 sets of letters to form pharma related words. Then
select the letters in the circles, and use each letter once, to make another pharma related
10-letter word taking cue from the hint provided.
1. O I N R X X X X
2. M L P A S A X X X X X X
3. X O P H A Y I X X X X X X X
4. Y N E O G X X X X X X X
5. D O T B I A N Y X X X X X X X X
MASTERWORD : Bloody metalloprotein
This Quiz is open to IPA members only.
You need to send your completed entries, along with your name, designation/affiliation , address,
contact details, and IPA membership number to pharmatimesquiz@ipapharma.org. You can
complete the quiz on this page itself & scan the page & mail it to us. Alternatively, you can download
the quiz from the IPA website at www.ipapharma.org & send it across.
The first 3 correct entries (a correct entry is one in which both the quizzes –crossword and
unscramble – are all correct) would be declared winners of the quiz.
PHARMA CROSSWORD – 14
Last date for receiving entries : December 15 th , 2012
Read the January 2013 issue for the quiz results & the names of the winners !!
Results of PHARMA CROSSWORD – 14

1 E N
2 D O
3
S C O
4 P Y
N E T R
T
T
6 C R O U
7 P
8 A N E M I A T E
M C T P
9 O C T
10 B A S
11 K E T
E
12 T R I I
13 B A N A N A
14 N A D
A L C I E
15 N I C O T I N E
PHARMA MUMBO-JUMBOS –
Unscramble each of the following 5 sets of letters to form pharma related words. Then select the
letters in the circles, and use each letter once, to make another pharma related
10-letter word taking cue from the hint provided.
PHARMA MUMBO JUMBO :
Unscramble each of the following 5 sets of letters to form pharma related words. Then
select the letters in the circles, and use each letter once, to make another pharma related
10-letter word taking cue from the hint provided.
1. V E E R N X X X X X
2. CEERURMB X X X X X X X X
3. S U M A T A L H X X X X X X X X
4. LIYENM X X X X X X
5. E B O L X X X X
MASTERWORD : Little brain

Ans :
1. NERVE
2. CEREBRUM
3. THALAMUS
4. MYELIN
5. LOBE
MASTERWORD : CEREBELLUM
The Winners of the PHARMA CROSSWORD – 14 are :
1 st Prize :
Mrs. Malathi Raghunath
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Gahlot Institute of Pharmacy, Navi Mumbai.
2 nd Prize :
Ankur Kaul
INMAS, DRDO, Delhi.
3 rd Prize :
Ashok Kumar M.
Senior Research Scientist - IPM Department,
Orchid Healthcare, Chennai.