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Plagues, epidemics and pandemics

Name a plague, epidemic or pandemic from history. Hopdown accepts 135 answers here. Common answers keep your bunny near the surface; rare ones dig deeper. A named historic plague, epidemic or pandemic, or the disease behind one (Black Death, Spanish flu, cholera, etc.).

Most common answers

• Black DeathExtremely common
• Spanish FluExtremely common
• COVID-19Uncommon
• TyphusUncommon
• TuberculosisUncommon
• Plague of JustinianUncommon
• MeaslesUncommon
• Great Plague of LondonUncommon
• InfluenzaUncommon
• Antonine PlagueUncommon
• MalariaUncommon
• Plague of AthensUncommon
• PlagueUncommon
• Great Plague of MarseilleUncommon
• CholeraUncommon

Rare answers

• Broad Street Cholera OutbreakRare
• Fourth Cholera PandemicRare
• Haiti Cholera OutbreakRare
• Boston Smallpox EpidemicRare
• Hawaiian Measles EpidemicRare
• 1952 Polio EpidemicRare
• ChikungunyaRare
• Mad Cow DiseaseVery rare
• Great Plague of EyamVery rare
• DiphtheriaVery rare
• Russian Plague of 1654Very rare
• Second Plague PandemicVery rare
• Plague of Glasgow 1900Very rare
• Typhus Epidemic of 1812Very rare
• Kivu Ebola EpidemicVery rare

Deep cuts

The answers almost nobody gives.

• Pacific Northwest Smallpox Epidemic of 1862Deep cut
• Smallpox Epidemic of 1633Deep cut
• Cocoliztli Epidemic of 1576Deep cut
• LeprosyDeep cut
• Zimbabwe Cholera OutbreakDeep cut
• Roman FeverDeep cut
• Sverdlovsk Anthrax LeakDeep cut
• Plague of SyracuseDeep cut
• Plague of Rome 190Deep cut
• 2017 Madagascar Plague OutbreakDeep cut

Plus 95 more answers you'll have to find yourself.