All About Fever Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jackson

The song, written by Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry Leiber and recorded by Wheeler in 1963, says "We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out. I'm goin' to Jackson. I'm gonna mess around. Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson. Look out Jackson town." The authors concede that they had no particular Jackson in mind when they wrote the song. Sinatra and Hazelwood recorded it in 1967 and it charted; Johnny Cash and June Carter recorded a much different version of it, also in 1967, and won the 1968 Grammy for Best Country & Western Duet, Trio or Group.

Their version is on the soundtrack of the 2011 motion picture "The Help."

Answer: a tick's bite

The rickettsial bacterium causes the disease but the bite of the Dermacentor tick (the so-called "vector") is what introduces the infection into affected animals. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is not at all limited to the Rocky Mountains region of the United States; it appears throughout North and South America (though not in Hawaii, Vermont, Maine, and Alaska).

The disease continues to be potentially fatal but in much smaller percentages since the introduction of tetracycline (doxycycline) and chloramphenicol.

Answer: WKRP

Dr. Johnny Fever was a burned-out hippie disc jockey who hit bottom and bounced into WKRP in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was fired from his gig on a LA rocker for saying "booger" on the air. He adopted numerous personas on his way down: Johnny Duke, Johnny Style, Johnny Cool, and Johnny Midnight.

When WKRP changed formats from MOR to rock-and-roll, he led them to number one in the Cincinnati market. Actor Howard Hesseman got the part, in part, because he had been a DJ.

Answer: Robin Cook

Robin Cook, MD, specializes in a subgenre of fiction called the medical thriller. It blends medical science with action-adventure. His success is demonstrated by his thirty-three published titles. "Fever" combines the very personal story of a cancer researcher whose daughter is diagnosed with acute myeloblastic leukemia and a recycling corporation which illegally dumps cancer-causing benzene in the local river.

Answer: John Travolta

Driven by the music of the Bee Gees, "Saturday Night Fever" was a hugely popular movie in 1977. John Travolta danced his way from fame as TV's Vinnie Barbarino on "Welcome Back, Kotter" to further fame as the king of the disco dancers. The story was based on a magazine article by British writer Nik Cohn entitled "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night." The disco craze impacted music, dancing, clothing styles, and hair styles.

The film was parodied in the album "Sesame Street Fever" in which Grover plays the Tony Manero part and Bert, Ernie and Cookie Monster sing for the Bee Gees.

Answer: Indianapolis

Herb Simon, the owner of the men's National Basketball Association counterpart Indiana Pacers, founded the Indiana Fever in 2000. They play in the Eastern Conference. The Fever has gone to the playoffs thirteen times (as of 2018) and won the national title in 2012, led by Tennessee superstar Tamika Catchings.

Answer: Cabin fever

Not associated with any sort of febrile medical condition, cabin fever is a way to describe feelings of being cooped up, cut off from contact with others, without enough to do. It may manifest in lengthy dozing, fights with others, and even the urge to go outside in inclement and dangerous conditions. An extreme form of Cabin Fever figures in Stephen King's 1980 motion picture "The Shining." In the Muppets' 1996 film "Muppet Treasure Island," the crew suffers from (ship's) cabin fever when they are becalmed in the windless Doldrums.

Answer: True

Generally speaking, fever blisters/cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) or, less often, by herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2). HSV-1 and HSV-2 are the cause of genital herpes. The equivalent oral infection is called herpes labialis because it most often infects the lips. Around 90% of all adults have been exposed; most are asymptomatic.

The infection lurks in the facial nerves and may recur when prompted by triggers such as getting a sunburn, emotional stress, running a fever or having one's menstrual period.

Answer: White Line Fever

Sam Hummer returns from Vietnam, marries his sweetheart and buys a truck (the Blue Mule) but contends with corrupt shippers (Red River Trucking), a corrupt sheriff and an organized-crime business which looks legitimate but is crooked throughout. His refusal to haul illegal cargo leads to repeated violent confrontations with bad guys.

The film ends rather like a Sam Peckinpah Western only without the horses and funny hats.

Answer: Association football and American baseball

British writer Nick Hornby wrote his 1992 book "Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life" about association football (soccer). He then wrote the screenplay for "Fever Pitch" (1997). Both were about Arsenal's League-title victory in 1989. Hornby was the executive producer of the American (2005) remake of the British film, also entitled "Fever Pitch," which was recast as a story about the Boston Red Sox winning the World Series in 2004. Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon starred.

The field on which association football (soccer) is played is called the pitch.

The act of throwing the baseball in the general direction of the batter in baseball is called a pitch or pitching.

Answer: all of these

Hay fever is the popular name for allergic rhinitis -- a sensitivity to allergens which causes runny eyes, stuffy nose and sneezing. Allergic rhinitis may be seasonal (e.g. caused by pollen when trees, plants, grasses and the like are in bloom) or perennial (likely caused by indoor allergens such as dust mites, feathers and shedding pets).

The symptoms of hay fever are the result of the body's own immune system identifying harmless allergens as dangerous invaders causing histamines and leukotrienes to enter the bloodstream and inflame the lining of the nose, the inside of eyelids and sinuses. Medications sometimes help.

Answer: Strep throat / Streptococcus pyogenes

Not everyone who contracts strep throat will develop rheumatic fever (RF), but for the three percent of sufferers who do it presents a major health challenge. RF normally appears between a fortnight and a month after a streptococcal throat infection.

It can damage the heart, as well as the skin, the joints and the brain. Rheumatic heart disease can permanently damage heart valves and lead to other complications. The problem is most serious in areas where poverty, malnutrition and poor public health are common.

Answer: Peggy Lee

"Fever" did well when first released by Little Willie John in 1956 but the definitive recording was made by Peggy Lee in 1958. She rewrote the lyrics extensively, adding the parts about Romeo and Juliet, and Captain Smith and Pocahontas. Almost all subsequent covers have followed her lyrics rather than the original.

Her recording was nominated for (but did not win) Record of the Year and Song of the Year in the first Grammy Awards in 1959. Madonna's cover is good, too.

Answer: an RNA virus of the genus Flavivirus

Yellow fever is a viral disease transmitted primarily through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The yellow fever virus was the first human viral pathogen discovered (1927). An effective vaccine became available in 1938. The causative virus is related to the viruses which produce Dengue Fever and West Nile Fever.

The disease attacks the liver producing a yellowing of the skin. Infection can be fatal but deaths occur primarily in the Third World where there is too little vaccination, too little mosquito eradication and too little public health care.

The virus originated in Africa and was brought to South America in the holds of slave ships.

Answer: Spring Fever

The rest of the line in the Rodgers and Hammerstein song from "State Fair" is "I'd say that I had spring fever, but I know it isn't spring." This song was recorded by Frank Sinatra to great success and by Stan Getz (saxophone) and Astrud Gilberto (vocals) in 1984 to a bossa nova arrangement. Spring fever describes mood (and behavioural) changes brought about by the arrival of the season of spring. "Spring Fever" is a 1948 novel by P.G. Wodehouse not involving Jeeves and Wooster. "Spring Fever" is also a 1982 motion picture about competitive tennis.