Spanish flu Quiz - 46 Trivia Questions!

Travel back in time to the devastating global pandemic of 1918 with the Spanish flu Quiz. Test your understanding of this historic health crisis that reshaped societies and healthcare systems worldwide.

Which British politician was exhumed in 2008 to study the H5N1 bird flu virus?

Charles Clarke
David Cameron
Mark Sykes
John Howard

Which country was affected by a pandemic of influenza between March and September 1919?

The United Kingdom
Canada
China
Portugal

Which South American country was hit by a pandemic in 1919?

Argentina
Venezuela
Chile
Brazil

From which country did the Spanish Flu originate?

The US
Mexico
France
China

How many people were infected by the Spanish Flu?

More than 500 million
500 million
About one-third of the world
200,000

Who are more likely to die from the flu than women?

Children
Men
Young children
Women with a weakened immune system

Which French army camp was the centre of the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1916?

Étaples
La Rochelle
Montargis
The Hague

In which country did the 1918 flu pandemic kill around 12,000 to 20,000 people?

The United Kingdom
Canada
New Zealand
Australia

Which Greek god of war played a tragic game of football with the Spanish Flu in 1918?

Apollo
Mars
Pluto
Zeus

Which Austrian artist painted 'Die Familie', a few days before his death in 1918?

Pablo Picasso
Leonardo da Vinci
Gustave Doré
Egon Schiele

In which country did the 1918 flu pandemic kill about 300,000 people?

China
South Africa
Germany
Canada

What was the alternative name for the pandemic of 1889-1890?

H7N9
Russian flu
cholera
swine flu

In which US state was the first case of swine flu reported in 1918?

Wisconsin
New York
Kansas
California

Who was the US Surgeon General at the outbreak of the flu pandemic in 1919?

John D. Rockefeller
Rupert Blue
Charles Dickens
John F.Kennedy

In which country was there a famine in 1917-1919?

The US
China
South Africa
Iran

In which country did the 1918-19 influenza pandemic reach its apex in December 1918?

Britain
United States
Germany
Poland

Who wrote the novel 'Pale Horse, Pale Rider', set during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1939?

Mary Oliver
Jane Addams
Katherine Anne Porter
Sarah Dessen

The death toll from the 1918 flu pandemic was estimated at 450,000 in which country?

Canada
Russia
South Africa
The United States

In which country did the 1918 flu pandemic kill an estimated 6,400 people?

New Zealand
China
Canada
South Africa

In which country did a pandemic of swine flu break out in December 2009?

South Korea
China
Mexico
Japan

What did British soldiers call the 1918 flu pandemic?

Flu
The influenza pandemic
World war I
Flanders flu

In which US city did the 1918-19 influenza pandemic begin?

New York
Atlanta
Washington
Chicago

What was the name given to the 1918 pandemic of influenza, characterized by cyanosis of the face?

Affectionately, I don't know
Purple death
Influenza of a thousand cuts
The flu

In 1919, the first cases of influenza were reported in which Asian city?

Singapore
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Shanghai

What was the most recent pandemic caused by the H1N1 virus?

Swine flu
Ebola
A polio virus
A virus

What disease caused a pandemic in 1918-1919 that was particularly deadly for young adults?

polio
Influenza
cholera
Tuberculosis

Which Pacific island was quarantined during the 1918-19 influenza pandemic?

American Samoa
New Zealand
Tuvalu
Fiji

What was the more common name for the 1918 pandemic?

World War I
Spanish flu
H7N9
Influenza

What was the more common name for the Great Flu pandemic of 1918-1919?

Great flu
World's worst flu outbreak
Great influenza epidemic
The polio virus

What colour is a person's face if they have heliotrope cyanosis?

Green
Blue
Red
Black

In which African country did the 1918 flu pandemic begin?

Ghana
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Ethiopia

During which war did the pandemic of bubonic plague spread around the world?

World War II
World War I
The Second World War
The Civil War

What disease was misdiagnosed as cholera in Russia in the aftermath of the October Revolution?

Tuberculosis
Malaria
Typhus
AIDS

What was the most common cause of death from the 1918 flu pandemic?

Septicemia
Pneumonia
Heart disease
Tuberculosis

What nationality was the most likely group to die from the 1918 pandemic?

Chinese
American
South African
Italian

What was the most heavily populated city in China during the Great Flu pandemic of 1918?

Shanghai
Nanjing
Beijing
Shanghai and Nanjing

Which Pacific island nation was devastated by a pandemic of 1918-19, killing 8% of its population?

Cook Islands
Tonga
French Polynesia
Fiji

What age group was most affected by the 1918-19 flu pandemic?

Older
Elderly
Adults
Young

What is the name of the virus that caused the 1918-19 influenza pandemic?

avian flu
A/H1N1 virus
swine flu
H1N1

During which war did the second wave of the pandemic of 1918-1919 occur?

Second World War
The Second World War
World War II
First World War

What is the name of the area in Alaska where 40% of its population died in the 2010 tsunami?

Pacific Ocean
Bristol Bay
Alaska
The Bering Strait

Which animals died from the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic?

Pigs
Horses
Monkeys
Fish

In which country did 1.5 million people die of swine flu in 2009?

China
Indonesia
Mexico
The United States

What disease increased the death rate of males in the 1900's, but decreased in females as a result of the influenza pandemic?

The common cold
Tuberculosis
AIDS
SARS

What country was most affected by the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19?

Germany
Japan
The United States
India

In what year did the first pandemic of influenza occur?

1918
1977
1923
2009
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