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Sci-fi
decade of the viruses
100

DNA

deoxyribonucleic acid

100

Discovery of DNA Structure and Function

James Watson and Francis Crick

100

Which hepatitis has a double stranded Viral genome? 

HBV

100

It is set in a post-apocalyptic world after a pathogen outbreak transforms humans. Staring Will Smith

I Am Legend

100

When was SARS-COV-19 discovered?

2010's

Initially discovered in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019

200

IC

Internal Control

200

Ground breaking discoveries in chimpanzee behavior; established that chimpanzees have similar social behavior to humans

Jane Goodall

200

Also known as Picornavirus

HAV

200

Netflix original where a mysterious pathogen prompts mass suicides. Starring Sandra Bullock

Bird box

200

Beginning of a global epidemic of Zika virus disease—-50bonus points if you get the exact year

2010's 

(2015)

300

QAQC

Quality Assurance Quality Control

300

Best known for developing the theory of relativity, and making important contributions to quantum mechanics

Albert Einstein

300

Which hepatitis has an incubation period of 30-60 days?

HDV

300

A humorous take on a "mad zombie disease" spreading across the US. staring  Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson

Zombieland

300

Discovery of hepatitis C virus

1980's

(1989)

400

CAPA

Corrective Action, Preventive Action

400

French chemist, pharmacist, and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, the last of which was named after him

Louis Pasteur

400

Which hepatitis has a 50% chance of of being chronic?

HCV

400

A "found footage" film follows a TV reporter and cameraman in a quarantined building. Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Columbus Short

Quarantine

400

Discovery of Ebola virus

1970's

(1976)

500

CLIA

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988

500

a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.

Marie Curie

500

Which two hepatitis's are Enterically transmitted 

HAV and HEV

500

Set during the bubonic plague, it involves a young monk on a mission to a necromancer-infested village. Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, Carice van Houten

Black Death

500

Discovery of West Nile virus

1940's

(1940)

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