HI, I'M "ALEX"
ALSO AGAR
CATS
PRESCRIBE THIS!
2024
100
Some scientists think I died of typhoid or West Nile disease, back in Babylon in 323 BC
Who is Alexander the Great?
100
This agency was formed on November 19, 2001
What is the TSA? [tryptic soy agar]
100
This organism was first discovered in 1908 in an comb rat, also known as gundi
What is Toxoplasma gondii?
100
Vanquish bugs with this drug, first called “compound 05865” and later, "Mississippi mud"
What is vancomycin?
100
On January 29, PHAC ended the Salmonella outbreak investigation related to this grocery item
What are cantaloupes?
200
Outside of the bacteriology lab and treating patients with salvarsan, I was an active member of St. Mary's Rifle Club
Who is Alexander Fleming?
200
The musical Avenue Q starts with a question: “What do you do with a - one of these - in English?”
What is a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts)? [blood agar]
200
T.S. Eliot, whose work inspired the musical Cats, also wrote the poem "The Waste Land" in the years following this pandemic
What is the 1918 flu pandemic? (Great Influenza epidemic, Spanish flu)
200
In a 2022 BMJ study of Cerner orders, this drug was the most commonly (or broadly?) misspelt antibiotic, 207 times!
What is meropenem? Or meropenum? Meropenam? Miropennum?
200
On April 3, this antibiotic was approved by the FDA for treating S. aureus bacteremia
What is ceftobiprole (Zevtera)?
300
During a 1793 outbreak of yellow fever in Philadelphia, I was a Founding Father who suggested we treat the sick with "bark and wine" - it didn't work
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
300
You might be able to feel one of these hidden under twenty mattresses, but only if you’re a princess
What is a pea? [phenylethyl alcohol agar]
300
While cat scratch disease was first described in 1950, the causative pathogen was not isolated until this decade, many strains by Diane M. Hensel
What is the 1980s / 80s?
300
The second-most prescribed antibiotic in the United States, behind amoxicillin and ahead of amoxicillin-clavulanate
What is azithromycin?
400
I was supposed to be a captain in the 2022 NHL All-Star game, but had to sit out due to COVID-19 protocols
Who is Alexander Ovechkin?
400
Roberta Bondar, Eugene Levy, and Donna Strickland might refer to this school as their alma mater
What is MAC (McMaster)? [MacConkey agar]
400
One of the two most common causes of upper respiratory tract disease, in cats
What is feline herpes virus (FHV) or feline calicivirus (FCV)?
400
TOH’s second most-expensive antimicrobial on formulary (as of 2023), pictured here:
What is foscarnet?
500
My family left London, England for Brantford, Canada in 1870 while ill from tuberculosis; I was the only one of my brothers to survive
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
500
In the video game, you can use one of these items to teach a Pokémon a new move: 01 is Mega Punch
What is a TM (technical machine)? [Thayer-Martin]
500
In 2023, this island nation designated some of its COVID-19 medication stock - 80,000 doses of molnupiravir - for veterinary use, in order to treat feline coronaviruses
What is Cyprus?
500
No - this drug isn’t named after a one-eyed, half-bull half-man monster, but refers to an NH2 attached to a four-ring structure
What is minocycline? (amino + cycline)