Origins of Vaccines
US Facts
The Flu!
100
The word vaccine comes from the Latin for this animal
What is a cow? (vacca)
100
The US military lost more soldiers to the Spanish Influenza than to enemy weapons during this world war.
What is WWI?
100
These are symptoms of the flu (name at least three).
What are chills, cough, sore throat, aches, runny nose, headache, fever, and fatigue?
200
The earliest written record of variolation (similar to vaccination) came from this country in 1549.
What is China?
200
This US President (1933-1945) was known for having polio
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)?
200
These are the two ways to get a flu vaccine.
What are a shot or nasal spray?
300
Milkmaids in the 1700s were immunized from this virus because they had already been exposed to cowpox
What is smallpox?
300
This popular board game was invented in 1945 while Eleanor Abbott recovered from polio in a San Diego hospital
What is Candy Land?
300
This is what vaccines are made of.
What are viruses and bacteria?
400
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought variolation from Turkey to this country, eventually becoming the practice of vaccination we know today.
What is England?
400
This American inventor and diplomat only supported variolation (like vaccination) after his son had died from small pox in 1736.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
In addition to humans, these animals may also be infected by influenza (name at least one).
What are birds, pigs, horses, dogs, cats, and sea mammals?