You Have Cabin Fever! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Meningitis

Brain fever is a decidedly vague term which we now find in literature such as multiple Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, a physician. It was also used as a euphemism for a nervous breakdown.

Answer: Mosquito bite

Yellow fever has not been eradicated, it is still diagnosed in some African and Caribbean countries. It was epidemic in those counties and in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries until the virus was identified and a vaccine developed. Dr Walter Reed, a US Army physician, is credited with reducing the spread of yellow fever.

The US National Military Medical Center is named for him.

Answer: Cat scratch fever

Cat scratch fever is a very real, and often annoying, bacterial disease that cats can transmit to people. It's fairly easy to diagnose because it involves a scratch or bite from a a cat. However, many cat owners dismiss the initial symptoms until the infection is well established.

Answer: Valley fever

For healthy, strong immune systems, this condition may go undiagnosed as infected people treat their symptoms at home and the infection resolves itself. Diagnosis is dependent on finding the fungal spores in the blood or respiratory system.

Answer: Fever

"Fever" has been covered by many well known artists such as Beyonce in 2003 and Madonna in 1992. Perhaps the most famous version is the one by Peggy Lee, recorded in 1958.

Answer: Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Symptoms of RMSF present one to two weeks after a tick bite. Body aches and fever are often present. Within a week of initial symptoms a diffuse red rash develops. Diagnosis is made when tick bite, fever and rash are confirmed. It is treated with antibiotics.

Answer: A computer/mobile app game

"Cooking Fever" was released in 2014 by Nordcurrent. It has the user making meals in restaurants. In 2017, it was reported the game had been downloaded over 100 million times.

Answer: Typhoid fever

In the US, Mary Mallon was the first identified "carrier" of typhoid, a person who is not symptomatic, but carried the disease to others. She was quarantined from 1915 until her death in 1938. Typhoid fever is controlled by vaccination and multiple treatments.

In developed countries, it is usually caused by contaminated food. In developing countries, it is commonly caused by contaminated water and can infect entire villages.

Answer: Saturday Night Fever

John Travolta, the Bee Gees, disco balls, leisure suits -- "Saturday Night Fever" was a dance film like no other. It rocketed John Travolta and the Bee Gees to fame and fortune.

Answer: A form of claustrophobia due to isolation

Cabin fever is not a disease, but a condition of being in a confined space for a length of time that becomes uncomfortable. Symptoms are irritability, restlessness, and/or lethargy. It is often associated with areas that are cut off during inclement winters or extremely limited light in certain seasons in the northern hemisphere.

"Cabin Fever" is also the title of several books by different authors and a horror movie in 2002.