Plagues & Pestulence
Pandemic Tunes
Prevention and Cures
Pandemics in the Movies
Puppies
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When Pharaoh refused Moses' requests to let enslaved Israelites go free, God sent this number of plagues to pressure the Pharaoh.
What is 10? (water to blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the killing of firstborn children)
100
"Ring Around the Rosy" is a children's song about this pandemic.
What is the Bubonic Plague (Black Death)?
100
Singing this song (twice) makes sure you wash your hands for the minimum amount of time to knock off bacteria and virus particles.
What is "Happy Birthday"? (roughly 10 seconds)
100
In this 2011 pandemic thriller about the virus MEV-1, Gwyneth Paltrow is dying.
What is Contagion?
100
Team Fluff defeated Team Ruff in 2020 for the Lombarky Trophy in this annual sporting event.
What is Puppy Bowl XVI?
200
The first case of Ebola was a young boy in this country.
What is Guinea?
200
The Simon & Garfunkel 1966 Hit "Homeward Bound" was the Inspiration for this coronavirus parody.
What is We're All Home Bound?
200
Cases of this pandemic have decreased more than 99% since 1988 from an estimated 350,000 cases to 416 cases in 2013.
What is polio?
200
In this 2013 pandemic movie, Brad Pitt battles the Solanum Virus.
What is World War Z?
200
Hungarian artist Anton Molnar painted these two (nearly) famous Shar Pei puppies.
Who are King and Lolita?
300
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic was known as the Spanish Flu for this reason.
Spain had a free press and was first to report it. (It was kept quiet in WWI despite surfacing in US and France, but Spain was neutral)
300
This 60-70s crooner recorded a video of himself singing hist song "Sweet Caroline" on March 23 with lyrics changed to encourage people to wash their hands amidst the coronavirus crisis.
Who is Neil Diamond?
Stay safe out there! “Hands... washing hands..” 🎶 pic.twitter.com/QaRB1qZshp
— Neil Diamond (@NeilDiamond) March 22, 2020
300
Myth has it that the first vaccine -- against smallpox -- was inspired by what women in this vocation.
What were milkmaids?
300
In this 1995 pandemic flick, Dustin Hoffman and Morgan Freeman search for the original host - a monkey (named Betsy).
What is Outbreak?
300
Guinness Book of World Records crowned as "The World's Smallest Dog" Milly, a dog of this breed.
What is chihuahua? (3.8 inches tall, 1 pound)
400
The first cholera pandemic originated in this country in 1817.
What is Russia?
400
Chris Mann recorded a parody of this 1979 song "My Shirona" by the Knack.
What is My Corona?
400
This was the span of time from the the beginning of CDC development to the availability of large quantities of vaccine for H1N1 in 2009.
What is 6 months (April - October)?
400
Bruce Willis fought the deadly Kalavirus through time travel in this 1995 film.
What is 12 Monkeys?
400
"Scamp the Tramp" was given the honor of this 2019 title.
What is the World's Ugliest Dog?
500
The earliest recorded pandemic happened during this war.
What was the Peloponnesian War (430 BC Athens)?
500
This blues original by Essie Jenkins suggested that the Spanish Flu was "God's almighty plan."
What is 1919 Influenza Blues?
500
Although more trials are needed, the New England Journal of Medicine has concluded that this drug, which prompted excitement among French scientists in March, has no impact on the risk of the most severe outcomes from coronavirus.
What is hydroxychloroquine?
500
This 1976 pandemic film starred Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, and Martin Sheen.
What is The Cassandra Crossing?
500
A Neapolitan mastiff gave birth via-C section of the biggest litter on record, with this many puppies.
What is 24?