Random Trivia
What was believed to prevent houses of plague from spreading the disease?
A. Kidney stones of Camel
B. Unicorn horns
C. Plague seeds
c. Plague seeds
Looking at the big picture of a disease outbreak
Epidemiology
What gave Goodwoman Phillips the Plauge?
A: Dino
B: Cat
C: Rat
C: Rat
Why was John Graunt fascinated by the Bills of Morality?
They would help him attract more customers to his shop.
Which scientist was given a laboratory and a team to find the solution to the Plague?
A. Shisbasaburo Kitasato
B. Alexander Yersin
A. Shisbasaburo Kitasato
what was the name of John Graunt's analysis of the Epidemic book called?
A. A Collection of all the Bills of Morality
B. London's Dreadful visit
c. A & B
C!
A small microorganism causing disease
Microbe
Why did Good woman Phillips get sick after picking up the rat?
Because she didn't wash her hands after picking up the rat.
What did John Graunt sell in his shop?
Cloths, corset silks, and fabrics.
Which scientist actually figured out what caused the plague first?
A. Shibasaburo Kitasato
B. Alexander Yersin
B. Alexander Yersin
How many ingredients were in the Venice Treacle?
A: 7
B: 60
c: 29
B: 60
Black bile, yellow, or red bile, blood, and phlegm. Beloved to balence sickness.
Humor
How did Goodwoman Phillips die?
She died when the doctor drew her blood.
Why Did John Graunt's theory get popular?
Because they made sense of the deaths during the plagues.
Where did Alexander Yersin come from?
A. Canada
B Switzerland
C. Hong Kong
B. Switzerland
which is not a way people died during the plague?
A. Twisted Tumors
B. Stoppage of stomach
c. Eaten by lice
A. Twisted Tumors
A record of deaths and births in London.
The bills of morality
Which is not a character trait of Goodwoman Phillips?
A. Careful
B. Matter-of-factly
C. Stubborn
A. Careful
how many words were in Graunt's 1662 book title?
A.34
B.29
C. 67
A. 34
Natural and political observations, mentioned in a following Index, and made upon the Bills of Mortality: With reference to the Government, Religion, Trade, Growth, Air, Diseases and the several changes of the said City
About how many years did it take people to start looking for the answer?
A. 200
B. 560
C. 420
A. 200
Why did many people lose their jobs during the great plague?
The king issued a proclamation banning public gatherings.
what were the swollen lumps on sick victims called?
Buboes
Which holiday could Goodwoman Phillips and her family not celebrate due to the Plague?
Christmas
Explain what Graunt's theory was
Epidemics can be predicted by the amount of deaths in a confined timeframe, especially through the bills of Morality.
How many people did the Epidemic in Hong Kong kill?
A. 80,000
B. 678,000
C. 6,000
A. 80,000