Outbreak Trivia Questions

Answer: Pneumococcus and Salmonella

Pneumococcus is a bacteria that causes serious infections in adults and children, including pneumonia, blood infections, and meningitis. Salmonella is characterized by diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting and nausea, and generally lasts up to 7 days. Unfortunately, in immunocompromised people, that is the elderly, young, or people with depressed immune systems, Salmonella infections are often fatal if they are not treated with antibiotics. This information comes from the Pneumococcus official website and the Salmonella official website.

Answer: 200 mls.

Sam tells this to Robbie after the antiserum heals her. She asks him if that is how much he received, and he said yes.

Answer: Mrs. Pananides

According to Mrs. Pananides, the Tae Kuk Seattle left that morning. But not to worry, she is close friends with the head of the Coast Guard. When Sam asked her how close, she responded, 'closer than his wife would like'.

Answer: Baby bottle

Betsy uses a baby bottle, probably because it was easier for Jimbo to travel with her.

Answer: Palm Scan

To get into any of the Biosafety Levels you must scan you entire palm. The machine has an outline to show you how to place your hand.

Answer: Ebola, Lassa, and Hanta

The Lassa virus is a severe form of epidemic fever first identified in Lassa, Nigeria. It is caused by the Lassa virus, a member of Arenaviridae. The illness is characterized by high fever, sore throat, muscle aches, skin rash (with hemorrhages), headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. A rat serves as a reservoir for the illness, but person to person transmission is also reported. The Hanta Virus is a disease agent that occurs naturally throughout most of North and South {America;} it is airborne, and in the absence of prompt medical attention, its infections are usually fatal. Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a severe, often-fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates that has appeared sporadically since its initial recognition in 1976. This information comes from the official Lassa website, the Hanta official website, and the Ebola CDC official website.

Answer: 'Maybe, now that I have the antibodies'.

Robbie tells Sam that maybe she would, but only because she now has the anitbodies.

Answer: Rudy Alverez

Rudy Alverez, who lives in Cedar Creek, owns the only pet shop there. He sells exotic animals at the shop.

Answer: Henry and Lewis

When Sam is giving Henry and Lewis a bath, you can clearly hear him saying their names. The dogs look like they are St. Bernard mixed.

Answer: Anthrax, Typhus, and HIV

Anthrax can be contracted through the digestive system, abrasions on the skin or inhaled through the lungs. It is often fatal. Typhus is caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, which is carried by body lice. When the lice feed on a human, they may simultaneously defecate. When the person scratches the bite, the feces (which carries the bacteria) are scratched into the wound. Body lice are common in areas where people live in overcrowded, dirty conditions, with few opportunities to wash themselves or their clothing. Because of this fact, this form of typhus occurs simultaneously in large numbers of individuals living within the same {community;} that is, in epidemics. This type of typhus occurs when cold weather, poverty, war, and other disasters result in close living conditions which encourage the maintenance of a population of lice living among humans. Epidemic typhus is now found in the mountainous regions of Africa, South America, and Asia. Recent research indicates that HIV replicates prodigiously and destroys many cells of the immune system each day. But this growth is met, usually for many years, by a vigorous defensive response that blocks the virus from multiplying out of control. Commonly, however, the balance of power eventually shifts so that HIV gains the upper hand and causes the severe immune impairment that defines full-blown AIDS. This information comes from the Anthrax official website, the Typhus official website, and the HIV official website.

Answer: Joshua Lederberg

Joshua Hayward has a PHD and is a Nobel Laureate.

Answer: Katie

Katie Jeffries befriended Betsy when she discovered Betsy outside her bedroom window. The next day, Katie brought sliced apples to the little monkey. She told her mother that she had a new friend who lives in the forest, and she also told her mother that her friend was a monkey. Later on, Mrs. Jeffries saw Katie drawing a picture of her friend. Mrs. Jeffries thought Katie had a vivid imagination.

Answer: She scratches him

When Jimbo takes Betsy out of the cage, Rudy goes over to her to see what sex she is. He grabs her kind of roughly, and in self defense, she scratches him on the forearm.

Answer: Zaire

When Sam went to answer the phone, the dogs, who were wet and sudsy, went and sat on the sofa. General Ford tells Sam that he wants him to go to Zaire because there is an outbreak of some kind of illness, and they aren't exactly sure what it is.

Answer: Black and White Capuchin

Black and White Capuchin monkeys are medium sized primates that live Central and South America. They are name for Capuchin friars because of their black or brown bodies, with white chests, faces and throats. Their heads are topped by what looks like a little black cap. Their bodies are anywhere from 12-22 inches in length, and their tails are as long as their bodies.

Answer: Tae Kuk Seattle

The Tae Kuk Seattle went out to sea that morning. Salt gets as close to the freighter as the loach will allow, and Sam has to jump onto a stationary dinghy. Sam tells the Chinese crew, who can speak limited English, that he's an Army doctor. The crew takes him to the walk in freezer where they show him the body of the man who succumbed to his illness. When Sam saw the face, he asked to be taken to the man's sleeping quarters. The crew immediately take him there.

Answer: Palisades

According to the movie, Palisades is right between San Jose and Cedar Creek. When Jimbo released her, she didn't want to leave, but she did when he told her to go.

Answer: 4

Ford tells Sam that the it's a Level 4, which means that the virus is extremely biohazardous. After Sam hangs up, he sees Henry and Lewis on the sofa, and he says 'which one disobeyed me first? Lewis? You two look awful guilty'. Of course, the dogs hung their heads in shame.

Answer: Blue

When the scenes involving the Biosafety levels were shown, you can clearly see the blue protective clothing.

Answer: 1995

'Outbreak' was released in 1995, and starred Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman, Donald Sutherland, Cuba Gooding, Jr., and Rene Russo. It was directed by Wolfgang Petersen.

Answer: On top of the bunk bed.

Sam is taken to the man's sleeping quarters by the crew. He first searches the dresser drawer, then he searches the locker, but neither have what he's looking for. Then he happens to look at the ceiling, and he saw other crew members' pictures above their sleeping place. This gives him the idea to look above the man's bottom bunk, and low and behold, he finds two pictures of the host animal, which, of course, is Betsy.

Answer: Chocolate chip

After he puts it back on the plate, a little boy, wearing a red sheriff's outfit, asks him if he can have the rest. As the little boy is about to take it, his mother tells him not to bother Jimbo. This saved the little boy from getting Motaba.

Answer: Berkins

The box clearly reads Berkins. During this scene, Sam tells Robbie that he would be gone for four days, and she tells him that if he isn't back by Thursday that Henry and Lewis would be going with her to Atlanta.

Answer: Hold his hand.

Casey, who became infected with Motaba when his suit tore, lay dying, even as Sam and Saul are on a mission to find the host animal. Robbie, who became infected when she accidentally stabbed herself with a needle that she was using to draw blood from Casey, was by Casey's side. He said he was scared and asked her to hold his hand, which she did.

Answer: Logan International Airport

Jimbo's girlfriend, Alice, met him at the airport. She asked him if he was feeling alright, and he said it was probably something he ate. She then kisses him, telling him that will make him feel better. He stops in mid kiss and passes out.