DISEASES
FOURTH GRADE SCIENCE
BEANS & TOAST
“HOW’S THE WEATHER DOWN THERE?”
NAME THAT YEAR!
CEREAL KILLERS
200

THIS VIRUS CAUSED A GLOBAL PANDEMIC IN 2020, LEADING TO LOCKDOWNS, MASK MANDATES, AND ENDLESS ZOOM MEETINGS

COVID-19

200

THIS PLANET, KNOWN FOR ITS MASSIVE RINGS, IS THE SECOND-LARGEST IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM

SATURN

200

THIS ROYAL FAMILY MEMBER SHOCKED THE WORLD IN 2020 BY STEPPING BACK FROM OFFICIAL DUTIES AND MOVING TO THE U.S. WITH HIS WIFE

PRINCE HARRY

200

AT 6'5", THIS VIRGINIA GOVERNOR AND FORMER BUSINESSMAN LITERALLY STOOD ABOVE HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS

GLENN YOUNGKIN

200

TIKTOK’S FIRST FULL YEAR OF GLOBAL DOMINANCE, WITH "RENEGADE" AND "SAVAGE" DANCES TAKING OVER

2020

200

THIS MASCOT SPENT HIS ENTIRE EXISTENCE GETTING PLAYED BY KIDS WHO REMINDED HIM THE CEREAL WASN’T FOR HIM

TRIX RABBIT

400

THIS DISEASE, TRANSMITTED BY MOSQUITOES, WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MILLIONS OF DEATHS WORLDWIDE BEFORE A VACCINE WAS DEVELOPED

MALARIA

400

IF YOU MIX BAKING SODA AND VINEGAR, YOU’LL SEE THIS TYPE OF REACTION, WHICH FIZZES DUE TO THE RELEASE OF CARBON DIOXIDE

CHEMICAL REACTION

400

THIS BRITISH SNACK, USUALLY FOUND IN PUBS, CONSISTS OF A PICKLED EGG OR ONION, CHIPS, AND A COLD PINT

PLOUGHMAN’S LUNCH

400

THIS RAPPER AND "HOT GIRL SUMMER" ARTIST PROUDLY EMBRACES HER 5'10" STATURE, OFTEN TOWERING OVER HER PEERS IN HEELS

MEGAN THEE STALLION

400

THE WORLD COLLECTIVELY LOST IT OVER THE DRESS THAT LOOKED EITHER BLUE/BLACK OR WHITE/GOLD

2015

400

THIS LEPRECHAUN SPENT DECADES RUNNING FROM CHILDREN WHO JUST WANTED A BOWL OF HIS MARSHMALLOW-FILLED CEREAL

LUCKY THE LEPRECHAUN

600

FREDDIE MERCURY DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO THIS VIRUS THAT ATTACKS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM BUT CAN NOW BE MANAGED WITH ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY

HIV/AIDS

600

THIS PROCESS, USED BY PLANTS TO MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD, REQUIRES SUNLIGHT, WATER, AND CARBON DIOXIDE

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

600

THIS GROUP DOMINATED THE WORLD IN THE '60S, MAKING BRITISH MUSIC A GLOBAL FORCE, AND IS STILL CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST BANDS OF ALL TIME

THE BEATLES

600

STANDING AT 6'7", THIS YOUNGEST SON OF A FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT HAS BEEN NOTED FOR HIS IMPRESSIVE HEIGHT SINCE HIS EARLY TEEN YEARS

BARRON TRUMP

600

THIS YEAR SAW THE LAUNCH OF THE IPHONE, CHANGING SMARTPHONES FOREVER

2007

600

THIS NAVY-THEMED MASCOT WAS KNOWN FOR HIS EYEBROWS AND HIS INABILITY TO PRONOUNCE THE WORD “CAPTAIN” CORRECTLY

CAP’N CRUNCH

800

CAUSED BY A BUILDUP OF ABNORMAL BRAIN PROTEINS, THIS DISEASE SLOWLY DESTROYS MEMORY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION, WITH NO CURE IN SIGHT

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

800

THE EARTH’S OUTER LAYER IS BROKEN INTO SECTIONS THAT MOVE OVER TIME, CAUSING EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. WHAT ARE THEY CALLED

TECTONIC PLATES

800

THIS BRITISH REALITY SERIES LAUNCHED COUNTLESS MEMES, TURNING BAKING INTO A HIGH-STAKES COMPETITION WITH WHOLESOME ENERGY

THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF

800

THIS ACTOR, BEST KNOWN FOR PLAYING DARTH VADER IN THE ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY, STOOD AT A MASSIVE 6'6"

DAVID PROWSE

800

THE YEAR ELON MUSK BOUGHT TWITTER (NOW X), AND STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4 MADE KATE BUSH’S "RUNNING UP THAT HILL" A SURPRISE HIT

2022

800

THIS CEREAL MASCOT’S MAIN PERSONALITY TRAIT WAS BEING A TIGER WHO YELLED POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS AT KIDS

TONY THE TIGER

1000

IN THE 14TH CENTURY, THIS BACTERIAL INFECTION WIPED OUT NEARLY A THIRD OF EUROPE'S POPULATION, SPREADING THROUGH FLEAS ON RATS

THE BLACK PLAGUE (BUBONIC PLAGUE)

1000

LIGHTNING HAPPENS WHEN ELECTRONS BUILD UP IN CLOUDS, CREATING A SUDDEN DISCHARGE OF THIS TYPE OF ENERGY

STATIC ELECTRICITY

1000

THIS LONDON LANDMARK HOUSES THE BIG BEN BELL AND IS OFTEN MISTAKENLY CALLED BY ITS NAME

ELIZABETH TOWER

1000

THE TALLEST MAN EVER RECORDED, THIS 8'11" ILLINOIS-BORN GIANT HAD TO HAVE CUSTOM SHOES MADE AT SIZE 37AA

ROBERT WADLOW

1000

THE YEAR OF THE INFAMOUS FYRE FESTIVAL DISASTER AND DESPACITO TYING THE RECORD FOR MOST WEEKS AT #1 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100

2017

1000

THESE THREE ELVES, KNOWN FOR SOUND EFFECTS, NOT BARS, WERE THE FACES OF A CEREAL THAT CRACKLES WHEN MILK HITS IT

SNAP, CRACKLE, AND POP