Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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Country in which COVID-19 was first detected | China | 99%
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Country which currently has the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths | United States of America | 87%
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Animals widely considered to have been the original vector for COVID-19 | Bats | 86%
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City in that country which had the first major COVID-19 outbreak | Wuhan | 85%
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European country which had the first major COVID-19 outbreak | Italy | 83%
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Distance recommended by experts to prevent person-to-person spread of the virus | {6} feet ({1.8} meters) | 80%
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Online video conferencing platform that has become widely used by non-essential businesses and educational institutions | Zoom | 76%
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Articles of clothing that are known to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and have become widely politicized | Masks | 74%
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Name one of three major companies that developed COVID-19 vaccines currently being distributed across Europe and North America | Pfizer | Moderna | AstraZeneca-Oxford | 74%
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Streaming service that rose in popularity due to lockdowns, gaining 10 million subscribers between April and June 2020 | Netflix | 65%
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Prime Minister who became the first major world leader to become infected with COVID-19 on March 27th, 2020 | Boris Johnson | 62%
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Countries that have not reported any confirmed COVID-19 cases yet | North Korea | Turkmenistan | Kiribati | Tonga | Palau | Nauru | Tuvalu | 60%
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Name one other disease known to be caused by coronaviruses | SARS | MERS | Common Cold | 58%
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Asian country praised for its successful mitigation efforts in response to a major outbreak in late February 2020 | South Korea | 54%
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"Corona" means ____ in Spanish, referencing the spike proteins found outside the membrane of the virus | Crown | 53%
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UN organization led by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that has coordinated the global response to the pandemic | World Health Organization | 48%
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Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease in the above country, who has received widespread name recognition due to his response to the pandemic | Dr. Anthony Fauci | 43%
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Proteins created by the immune system that are frequently used in COVID-19 testing | Antibodies | 28%
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Whistleblowing doctor in the above city who attempted to alert authorities to COVID-19 before succumbing to it himself | Li Wenliang | 10%
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