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Pain, Pus and Posison

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What animal did they test the cure for Syphilis on?

a)

Rabbit

b)

Chimpanzee

c)

Rat

d)

Hamster

2.

What happened to the bacteria once the Penicillin mould was introduced?

a)

They shrunk to a harmless size and died off

b)

They grew too fast and burst

c)

They couldn´t expand and therefore exploded

d)

They were weakened allowing the white blood cells to engulf them

3.

Who created first Germ theory?

a)

Friedrich Sertürner

b)

Louis Pasteur

c)

Robert Koch

d)

Carl Curler

4.

What was Paul Ehrlich's Favourite colour ?

a)

methylene blue

b)

meldola blue

c)

malachite green

d)

naphthol yellow

5.

What is the correct name for the compound that cured the rabbit of syphilis?

a)

Salvarsan 607

b)

Salvarsan 689

c)

Salvarsan 605

d)

Salvarsan 606

6.

Where did Dr. Hazel Barton made her discovery of a new bacteria species in a cave?

a)

Carlsbad National Park

b)

Yellowstone National Park

c)

Yosemite National Park

d)

Mammoth Cave National Park

7.

Which parts of the body are home to 'thousands of different species of bacteria'?

a)

Guts and Intestine

b)

Stomach

c)

Liver

d)

Pancreas

8.

What can ants use to defend their food (fungus) from diseases?

a)

Their bodies are covered in antibody producing bacteria

b)

They rub their bodies on their food

c)

Cut out the parts of the food that are diseases

d)

All of the above

9.

What was killing lots of the sheep in the rural areas?

a)

Anthrax

b)

Bubonic Plague

c)

Influenza

d)

Tuberculosis

10.

When was penicillin rediscovered?

a)

1936

b)

1937

c)

1938

d)

1939

11.

Who originally discovered penicillin?

a)

Ian Fleming

b)

Howard Florey

c)

Ernst Chain

d)

Alexander Fleming

12.

What caused Albert Alexander's infection?

a)

Broken leg

b)

Scratch from a rose thorn

c)

Caught a cold

d)

Broken arm

13.

Approximately what was the death rate of small pox?

a)

90%

b)

50%

c)

10%

d)

30%

14.

Up to 1940 1/3 of the death was caused by which infection:

a)

Viral

b)

Parasitic

c)

Bacterial

d)

Prions

15.

When and by who was penicillin discovered?

a)

ancient Egyptians

b)

Sir Alexander Fleming 1928

c)

Felix Hoffman 1890

d)

Sir Alexander Fleming 1936

16.

Which environment is believed to be rich in antibacterial potential

a)

sea beds

b)

deserts

c)

soil

d)

forest

17.

what date did George Washington 'lay dying' according to the documentary?

a)

Sunday 15th January

b)

Saturday 14th December

c)

Monday 17 June

d)

Thursday the 22nd May

18.

Why did people back in the day bleed people out?

a)

To remove the 'bad blood'

b)

To try and save it for blood transfusion

c)

Cause it looks like fun

d)

to try and clone the person in the future

19.

What is the most deadly disease humans have faced in the past few hundred years?

a)

Covid-19

b)

The bubonic plague

c)

Small pox

d)

Tuberculosis

20.

What is the miasma theory?

a)

bacteria causes infection

b)

bad air cause infection

c)

bad water cause infection

d)

animals cause infection

21.

Where is Robert Koch from?

a)

France

b)

Polan

c)

Sweden

d)

Germany

22.

What phrase for German folk story did Paul Erlich say?

a)

you could create these magic bullets

b)

you could create these magic beans

c)

you could create these magic cures

d)

you could create these magic dyes

23.

What substance did doctors use in the early 20th century to treat syphilis?

a)

Gold

b)

Mercury

c)

Copper

d)

Uranium

24.

What level of secure lab is small pox held in?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

25.

What was the first human disease that was eradicated?

a)

rinderpest

b)

chicken pox

c)

smallpox

d)

sheep pox