Famous Historical Pandemics: Multiple Choice

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01The 1918 influenza pandemic, which infected about a third of the world's population, is most commonly known by what nickname?
02The Third Plague Pandemic, which began in the mid-19th century, is believed to have originated in which modern-day country?
03The Antonine Plague, which afflicted the Roman Empire from 165 to 180 AD, is thought by most scholars to have been an epidemic of which disease?
04The Plague of Justinian in the 6th century AD caused widespread death and societal upheaval primarily in which empire?
05Who is credited with developing the world's first vaccine, which targeted the smallpox virus?
06John Snow is considered one of the fathers of modern epidemiology for his work tracing the source of a 19th-century outbreak of which disease in London?
07The Great Plague of London, the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague in Great Britain, occurred in which century?
08The Black Death, which devastated Europe in the 14th century, was caused by which bacterium?
09In the acronym AIDS, which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, what does the 'A' represent?
10Cholera pandemics have occurred repeatedly since the 19th century. What is the primary mode of transmission for the disease?