The annual EAN BrainChallenge quiz took place on Sunday afternoon for the 7th time and again brought an entertaining and challenging competition to the stage of the Main Auditorium at EAN 2024. Two teams, Team International and Team Finland, were competing against each other and the audience took part via interactive voting.
Sixteen cases have been chosen for this year’s show, and after the answer is revealed, a short educational explanation is given, allowing everybody to take new knowledge with them.
Questions at different difficulty levels were divided into four categories: 1) ‘Those muscles’, 2) ‘Everything started with a headache’, 3) ‘Too much or too little’, 4) ‘When they fire’.
In the first part of the show, teams are given multiple-choice questions while in the second part, they have to answer open questions as fast as they can by hitting the buzzer first.
This year, the local Finnish team competed against an international team, guided by three moderators: Margitta Seeck (Switzerland), Adolfo Mazzeo (Italy) and Conny Lee (Austria).
The team members were:
Team Finland
Yasser Amhdak, Michela Losurdo, Mika Martikainen, Elina Myller, Marjaana, Tiainen, Pentti Tienari
Team International
Maria Bonello, Natan Bornstein, Chiara Ferrazzoli, Heena Narotam Jeena, Martina Wiedau, Busra Zeybek
Winners!
The fabulous Finnish finally finished first; however, both teams and the audience gave a great performance!
*** Congratulations to Team Finland – and thank you all for taking part! ****
Thanks must go to all EAN Scientific Panels, who submitted cases for the EAN Brain Challenge 2024:
(in alphabetical order)
Dario Arnaldi, Scientific Panel on Sleep-wake disorders
Paolo Barone, Movement Disorders
Anna Bersano, Scientific Panel on Stroke
Roberto Erro, Movement Disorders
Simon Fandler–Höfler, Scientific Panel on Stroke
Massimiliano Filosto, Scientific Panel on Muscle and NMJ disorders
Rolf Fronczek, Scientific Panel on Headache
David Garcia Azorin, Scientific Panel on Headache
Mario Habek, Scientific Panel on Autonomic nervous system disorders
Sonja Hochmeister, Scientific Panel on Neurocritical care
Stefano Meletti, Scientific Panel on Epilepsy
Federica Montagnese, Scientific Panel on Muscle and NMJ disorders
Tiziana Mongini, Scientific Panel on Muscle and NMJ disorders
Patricia Mulero, Scientific Panel on Multiple Sclerosis
Alberto Picca, Scientific Panel on Neuro-oncology
Marina Picillo, Movement Disorders
Gabriela Rusin, Scientific Panel on Clinical Neurophysiology
Benedetta Storti, Scientific Panel on Stroke
Zaruhi Tavadyan, Scientific Panel on Movement Disorders
Guido Urbano, Scientific Panel on Muscle and NMJ disorders
Roland Wiest, Scientific Panel on Neuroimaging
Thank you all for contributing and participating in the 2024 edition of our popular quiz show!
