Opera
European History
Infamous Deaths
CD in Movies
Abbreviations
100
This airborne disease is quite common in opera, as heroines "Mimi" and "Violetta" both succumb in dramatic diva death scenes.
What is TB?
100
This CD first appears in Europe after 1490 and then eventually spreads to the rest of the world.
What is syphllis?
100
There is speculation that Mozart died of this FBI after writing his last opera, the "Die Zauberflote" in late 1791.
What is trichinosis?
100
The source of the killer "Motaba" virus in the movie "Outbreak".
What is an infected monkey?
100
TIG
What is tetanus immune globulin?
200
This opera heroine is at risk for lung cancer and STI's.
Who is Carmen?
200
This CD caused more impact on the future of England than any other European country.
What is the plague or "Black Death"?
200
Ray Brennan was the first person to die of this "new" disease in 1976.
What is Legionnaire's Disease?
200
Type of human engineered pathogen featured in Stephen King's "The Stand" in 1995.
What is influenza?
200
IgM
What is immunoglobulin class M?
300
This rash illness is in the plot line of Act 2 of "Barber of Seville" to cause confusion and panic among the characters.
What is scarlet fever.
300
Beginning in 1817, this disease spreads from Asia in pandemic waves.
What is (Asiatic) cholera?
300
Rebecca Rolfe, better known as Pocahontas, died of this disease in London in 1617.
What is smallpox?
300
In this movie, a satellite introduces an extraterrestrial microbe to the earth.
What is the Andromeda Strain?
300
ACIP
What is American Committee on Immunization Practice?
400
This "artsy" STI is featured as metaphor in Wagner's "Parsifal".
What is syphllis?
400
There is evidence that Napoleon's defeat was partially due to this infectious disease.
What is typhus?
400
In 1900, Dr. Jesse William Lazear sought to demonstrate the cause of this lethal disease and died in the process.
What is yellow fever?
400
This 1995 sci-fi cult fiction classic depicts a post-apocalyptic future ravaged by a virus.
What is "12 Monkeys"?
400
USA
What is United States of America?
500
The least well known of the 3 "consumptive heroines".
Who is Antonia of Tales of Hoffman?
500
These two rash illnesses are often mentioned together in historical documents, as they are difficult to tell apart from one another in description.
What are measles and small pox?
500
Alexander the Great is believed to have died of this disease in 323 BC, on route to India.
What is malaria?
500
Star of the 2007 movie set in New York City and features a re-engineered measles virus as the cause of much panic.
Who is Will Smith?
500
VAPP
What is Vaccine-Associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis?
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