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Global health breakthroughs: vaccines and antibiotics

Trace the 20th century’s biggest leaps in global health, from early vaccines to the antibiotic era and beyond. This mixed-difficulty quiz checks your knowledge of discoveries, key figures, timelines, ...

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What you’ll explore

From mass immunization campaigns to the rise of antibiotic resistance, this quiz highlights the discoveries that reshaped life expectancy and public health in the 20th century.

Each question comes in a multiple-choice format with 4 options and no timer, so you can focus on reasoning through dates, names, mechanisms, and outcomes.

Skills you’ll practice

You’ll sharpen your ability to place breakthroughs on a timeline, connect diseases to prevention or treatment strategies, and recognize why certain innovations succeeded globally.

To fit your pace, choose your preferred question count before starting and pick a difficulty setting—Mixed blends easier recall with tougher detail and context questions.

Common pitfalls (and how to avoid them)

  • Mixing up vaccine prevention with antibiotic treatment (and when each is used)
  • Confusing discovery dates with widespread adoption or mass rollout
  • Assuming “first used” means “first discovered” for a drug or vaccine
  • Overlooking resistance as a turning point in antibiotic history
  • Misattributing breakthroughs to the wrong scientist, lab, or country

How difficulty is balanced

Mixed difficulty rotates straightforward identification questions with deeper prompts about impact, limitations, and public health implementation, keeping the challenge steady without becoming repetitive.

Because there’s no timer, you can take a moment to eliminate options, recall context clues, and learn from misses as you go.

Sample questions

Which vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk in 1955 to combat polio?

  • A.Polio vaccine
  • B.Measles vaccine
  • C.Hepatitis B vaccine
  • D.Tuberculosis vaccine

What antibiotic was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928?

  • A.Penicillin
  • B.Streptomycin
  • C.Tetracycline
  • D.Erythromycin

In which year was the first successful vaccine for measles developed?

  • A.1963
  • B.1953
  • C.1971
  • D.1980

Quiz FAQ

How many questions are in this quiz?

This quiz has 123 questions on vaccines, antibiotics, and major global health milestones.

What time period does the quiz focus on?

It focuses on 20th-century breakthroughs, including key discoveries and public health rollouts.

What is the quiz format?

Every question is multiple choice with 4 options, and there is no timer.

Can I choose the number of questions and difficulty?

Yes. Before starting, you can select a question count and choose a difficulty level; Mixed combines easy, medium, and harder items.

What topics tend to be the trickiest?

Players often miss questions about timelines, who did what, and how resistance changed antibiotic effectiveness.

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