THE JUNGLE JEOPARDY

DEADLY

100

What disease was so common and so terrible that it was often equated with death itself? a. HIV b. Tuberculosis c. Pneumonia

b. Tuberculosis

200

What was Tuberculosis formerly called? a. American Plague b. Chin Cough c. Consumption

c. Consumption

300

What was not a symptom of Tuberculosis? a. Weight gain b. Fatigue c. Night sweats

a. Weight gain

400

In what county/city did 526 workers die from “work accidents” between 1906-1907? a. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania b. Chicago, Illinois c. Kennebec County, Maine

a. Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

VISIBLE

100

What was one of the main causes of alcoholism becoming rampant? a. 18th amendment b. 19th amendment c. 20th amendment

a. 18th amendment

200

Hazards faced by the factory workers included all of the following EXCEPT ______. a. Losing Limbs b. Radiation c. Illnesses such as Tuberculosis

b. Radiation

300

Americans drink an average of 2.3 gallons of alcohol per year compared to the ___ gallons in the 1900s a. 4.2 b. 9.7 c. 7.1

c. 7.1

400

A young boy was decapitated while working in a _____ factory in 1907. a. Meat Packing b. Coffin c. Bottling

b. Coffin

TREATMENT

100

What was the doctor recommended treatment for a sprained ankle? a. Walk it off b. Rest c. Amputation

b. Rest

200

What treatment is available today, that was not available in the 1800s, that prevents hemorrhaging during childbirth? a. X-Ray machine b. Blood transfusions c. Catheter

b. Blood transfusions

300

In 1915, What percentage of women giving birth were attended to by a physician? a. ½ b. ¼ c. ⅕

a. ½

400

What was a condition of high blood pressure that went untreated due to lack of prenatal care? a. Ablepsy b. Edema c. Toxemia

c. Toxemia

RANDOM FACTS

100

In April 1900, Sinclair went to Lake Massawippi in Quebec to work on a novel. He had a small cabin rented for three months and then he moved to a what? a. trailer park b. sod house c. farmhouse

c. farmhouse

200

Upton Sinclair paid for tuition by doing which things? a. Wrote jokes, dime novels, and magazine articles in boys’ weekly and pulp magazines b. Wrote poems about his drunk father and helped at paper company c. Cleaned chimneys, sold used items, and made wine

a. Wrote jokes, dime novels, and magazine articles in boys’ weekly and pulp magazines

300

He told his first wife Meta that only _______ gave marriage "dignity and meaning" a. being in love b. the birth of a child c. working through issues

b. the birth of a child

400

Which was a quote from Upton Sinclair? a. "If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success." b. “We must strive to become good ancestors.” c. “I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.”

c. “I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.”