Spanish Flu Quiz

1. Why is the 1918 flu pandemic called the Spanish Flu?

2. How many continents did the Spanish Flu spread to?

3. What caused the Spanish Flu?

4. Where did the word influenza come from?

5. What percentage of the world was infected with Spanish Flu?

6. Who was most affected by the 1918 Spanish Flu?

7. What were the symptoms of the Spanish Flu?

8. What federal government department was in charge of healthcare during the 1918 pandemic?

9. How many waves of Spanish Flu were there?

10. What drug was present in some of the cough suppressants doctors prescribed to combat the flu?

11. What product or service shortages took advantage of the sick and dying?

12. During the peak of the second wave of the Spanish Flu, approximately how many Canadians were dying daily?

13. How many times more were Indigenous Canadians likely to die from the Spanish Flu than non-Indigenous Canadians?

14. How many Americans died during the Spanish Flu?

15. How long did the Spanish Flu last?

16. How did the Spanish Flu end?

17. What is the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic?

18. What recent pandemic is the Spanish Flu associated with?

19. How many influenza pandemics were there in the past century?

20. How many people could potentially die if a pandemic the strength of the Spanish Flu spread around the world today?