Spanish Flu

Spanish Flu QUIZ

Spanish Flu

Created by Ben Williams

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The correct answer is No one knows

Due to poor medical record-keeping, no one knows where the Spanish Flu originated. Most believe it started in the United States, Great Britain, France, or China. It was called the Spanish Flu because during the war, the Allied Powers and the Central Powers blocked media coverage about the mass deaths of their soldiers in order to keep morale high, while Spain did not.

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The correct answer is 50 - 100 million

An estimated 50 million people were killed by the Spanish Flu, but some believe the number could have reached 100 million people.

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The correct answer is Aspirin

Doctors prescribed aspirin to people with the Spanish Flu but recommended 30 grams of the medication. It was later found out that that high amount of aspirin is deadly to humans, and was blamed for most of the deaths during October of 1918. In context, doctors now say that 4 grams of aspirin can be dangerous to humans.

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The correct answer is Spring of 1918 - Summer of 1919

The Spanish Flu pandemic officially ended in the Summer of 1919, as most people who were still alive had never gotten the virus, or those who did survived and grew an immunity to it.

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The correct answer is Suffocation.

Due to a group of three genes in the human body, the Spanish Flu can weaken the pacient's broncidal tube and lungs. By doing so, fluids build up in the victim's lungs and suffocate them.

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The correct answer is the Forgotten Pandemic.

The Spanish Flu pandemic was nicknamed the Forgotten Pandemic because it was overshadowed by the death and destruction that followed WWI.

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The correct answer is San Francisco

In San Francisco, people caught not wearing masks were charged 5 dollars ($104.50 in today's money) for disturbing the peace.

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The correct answer is the French Flu

During World War I, the Spanish called the Spanish Flu the French Flu, and scientists later found out that Spain was more accurate, as the Spanish Flu could have originated in France, the U.S., China, or Great Britian.

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The correct answer is 2nd

The Spanish Flu is the 2nd most deadly virus in human history only to the Black Death in the 1300's.

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The correct answer is 675,000 People

Throughout the Spanish Flu pandemic, scientists believe that an estimated 675,000 Americans died to the Spanish Flu pandemic.

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