How Much Do You Know About Viruses?

Viruses are ancient. Although they are not alive, Vi...ruses are not exactly dead, either. Do you know there are more viruses than stars in the universe or that more than a quadrillion individual viruses exist on our planet - luckily, most are not poised to hop into humans? Have you ever wondered how much do you know about viruses? Take our quiz, and find out!

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Which virus inspired the movie Contagion?
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What is the most common virus in humans?
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How far should you distance from others to prevent COVID-19 transmission?
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What percentage of human DNA originally came from viruses?
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The English word virus is based on a Latin word for _____________.
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What is the only viral disease to have been eradicated by vaccination?
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How long can coronaviruses survive outside the body?
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What is the genetic material of a retrovirus?
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How many DNA viruses families are there?
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What's the world's largest virus?
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How many different types of viral infections are there?
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What virus inspired the movie Outbreak?
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How many different types of vaccines are there?
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Do you know how many viruses are there in the human body?
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What other viruses belong to the coronavirus family?
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What is the minimum amount of time people should spend washing their hands to prevent COVID-19 infection?
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COVID-19 was first identified in which Chinese city?
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How many different shapes of viruses are there?
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When was the first case of HIV diagnosed?
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How does COVID-19 spread?
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All viruses contain how many different components?
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Rubella is also known as which of these?
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How many families of human viruses are there?
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Which of these factors has contributed to the rise in infectious diseases?
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What's the outer protein shell of a virus called?
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Which scientist discovered the first virus?
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Which virus is being used to uncover prehistoric migration patterns?
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When was the first virus discovered?
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Who developed the first modern vaccine?
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What is the oldest virus ever awaken from dormancy?
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What is the smallest known animal virus?
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What is the most well-known retrovirus that infects humans?
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When did viruses first appear on Earth?
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What units are used to measure viruses?
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What was the first identified human virus?

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Viruses are ancient. Although they are not alive, Viruses are not exactly dead, either. Do you know there are more viruses than stars in the universe or that more than a quadrillion individual viruses exist on our planet - luckily, most are not poised to hop into humans? Have you ever wondered how much do you know about viruses? Take our quiz, and find out!

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