Who Wants To Be
A Millionaire?
The Black
Death
Question 1
Where did the black
death start?
A
B
C
D
Africa
North America
Asia
South America
It was Asia!
A
B
C
D
Africa
North America
Asia
South America
£100
Question 2
Which of these is not a
symptom of the black
death?
A
You get buboes
B
You get bleeding in the lungs
C
You get a high fever
D You dance like a headless chicken
It was D!
A
You get buboes
B You get bleeding in the lungs
C
You get a high fever
D You dance like a headless chicken
£200
Question 3
What carried the Black
Death?
A
B
C
D
Fleas
Flies
Rats
Dogs
It was Fleas!
A
B
C
D
Fleas
Flies
Rats
Dogs
£300
Question 4
What are buboes?
A
B
C
D
Food
A Strange Hairstyle
Sacks of black pus
A dress
It’s C again!
A
B
C
D
Food
A Strange Hairstyle
Sacks of black pus
A dress
£500
Question 5
The Black Death made this
part of your body swell:
A
B
C
D
Knees
Lymph Nodes
Lips
Toes
B!
A
B
C
D
Knees
Lymph Nodes
Lips
Toes
£1,000
Question 6
What did people hang outside
their houses if one of their
residents had the black death?
A
B
C
D
Herbs
A Red Cross
A Rat
A Dog
It was a Red Cross!
A
B
C
D
Herbs
A Red Cross
A Rat
A Dog
£2,000
Question 7
Which occupation had a
large growth rate at the
time of the black death?
A
B
C
D
Priests
Tailors
Lawyers
Doctors
C!
A
B
C
D
Priests
Tailors
Lawyers
Doctors
£4,000
Question 8
How many people are
estimated to have died
from the black death?
A
B
C
D
5,000,000
48,000,000
17,000,000
25,000,000
It was 25,000,000!
A
B
C
D
5,000,000
48,000,000
17,000,000
25,000,000
£8,000
Question 9
How long did it take to die
from the Black Death?
A
B
C
D
1 day
3-5 days
7-8 days
48 hours (2 days)
It took around 3-5 days!
A
B
C
D
1 day
3-5 days
7-8 days
48 hours (2 days)
£16,000
Question 10
Which nursery rhyme is
based around the black
death and the plague?
A
London Bridge
B
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
C
Ring around a Rosy
Baa Baa Black Sheep
D
C!
A
London Bridge
B
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
C
Ring around a Rosy
Baa Baa Black Sheep
D
£32,000
Question 11
When did the Black
Death start?
A
B
C
D
1350
1458
1347
1296
It was C!
A
B
C
D
1350
1458
1347
1296
£64,000
Question 12
True or False?
The Black Death started in
France.
A True
B False
False! It started in
China!
A
True
B
False
£125,000
Question 13
True or False? Wales
suffered from the black
death.
A True
B False
True! The whole of Europe
suffered from the Black
Death.
A
True
B
False
£250,000
Question 14
What animal in the
following, caught the black
death?
A
B
C
D
Rats
Cats
Ducks
Frogs
Rats were affected, and
so were birds and dogs.
A
B
C
D
Rats
Cats
Ducks
Frogs
£500,000
Question 15
What sort of flea started
the Black Death?
A
B
C
D
Northern Rat Flea
The Oriental Rat Flea
Moorhen Flea
Human Flea
It was B!
A
B
C
D
Northern Rat Flea
The Oriental Rat Flea
Moorhen Flea
Human Flea
£1,000,000
Who Wants To Be
A Millionaire?
By Hannah Arman
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