Q 01/05

Betsy Arakawa, who died of a hantavirus infection in New Mexico in 2025, was married to which Oscar-winning actor?

A) Robert Duvall

B) Jack Nicholson

C) Gene Hackman

D) Clint Eastwood

Answer · why

C) Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman outlived his wife by about a week at their Santa Fe home, dying of heart disease. Investigators first treated the two deaths as suspiciou...

Q 02/05

The Hantan, which gave hantaviruses their name after a fever struck soldiers nearby, is which kind of landmark?

A) A river

B) A mountain

C) A village

D) An island

Answer · why

A) A river

A river gave the whole virus family its name: about 3,200 troops stationed near the Hantan fell ill. Today it is a popular spot for white-water raftin...

Q 03/05

Which name did the hantavirus behind a deadly 1993 US outbreak finally receive after three earlier names were rejected?

A) Muerto Canyon virus

B) Convict Creek virus

C) Four Corners virus

D) Sin Nombre virus

Answer · why

D) Sin Nombre virus

Sin Nombre virus is Spanish for virus without name, a way out after place names kept being rejected. One candidate, Muerto Canyon, recalled an 1805 ma...

Q 04/05

Which US national park closed 91 tent cabins in 2012 after hantavirus struck visitors staying in Curry Village?

A) Yellowstone

B) Yosemite

C) Grand Canyon

D) Sequoia

Answer · why

B) Yosemite

Yosemite saw ten confirmed cases and three deaths, and the park warned thousands of earlier guests. One patient fell ill an unusually long 49 days aft...

Q 05/05

Which hantavirus, behind the 2026 outbreak aboard MV Hondius, is the only one known to spread from person to person?

A) Andes virus

B) Choclo virus

C) Laguna Negra virus

D) Bayou virus

Answer · why

A) Andes virus

Andes virus can pass between people in close, sustained contact, which no other hantavirus is known to do. It usually reaches humans from rodents in A...