Call for Resident Bowl Questions

The Resident Bowl team is collecting questions for the annual Resident Bowl happening at the 2026 Triological Society Combined Sections Meeting, January 22-24, in Orlando, Fla. The Resident Bowl is a quiz game in which moderators ask multiple-choice scientific questions and allow teams 12 seconds to choose their answers. Teams then hold up an A, B, C, or D to indicate their responses. The first round consists of 25 questions, and the highest-scoring teams move on to the final round.

Teams from programs across the country compete against each other. Who will bring home the trophy? Come and cheer for your favorite team and match your knowledge against the resident teams on January 23 from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Below are examples of well-formatted questions. Ideally, each question should have four possible answers, an indication of the correct answer (preferably with a reference if available), and include a clinical image. Email your recommended questions to Dr. Al Merati at amerati@uw.edu or Dr. Michael Hoffer at Michael.hoffer@miami.edu by January 10, 2026.

Sample questions (*indicates correct answer):

1. This nine-year-old has another similar lesion in the sphenoid bone. What is she at risk of developing?

A. Panhypopituitarism

B. Lymphoma

C. Leukemia

D. Precocious puberty*

2. This hospitalized patient has multiple medical co-morbidities and has been recently complaining of shortness of breath, swollen feet, and sleeps with the head of her bed elevated. Bedside flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy revealed a left vocal cord paresis. Study the chest X-ray below. What is the most likely diagnosis?

A. Orner’s syndrome*

B. Pulmonary hypertension

C. Mediastinal mass

D. Tako Tsubo syndrome

3. A patient presents with hoarseness and the following endoscopic appearance of the larynx. What is the most common association of the pathology?

A. Tobacco use*

B. Phonotrauma

C. Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR)

D. Cancer