The Science Quiz is a weekly feature on the daily Science page of the epaper, accessible every day except for Saturdays. The quiz includes a variety of questions that test readers’ knowledge about malaria transmission, such as the mosquito that transmits malaria and the country that contributes to over half of malaria cases in Southeast Asia. Additionally, the quiz covers factors that can accelerate malaria transmission, such as global warming and insecticide resistance, and asks about the most commonly used antimalarial drug to which mosquitoes have developed resistance.
One of the visual questions in the quiz focuses on a chemist from 1939 who identified the insecticidal properties of DDT, leading him to receive a Nobel Prize. The answers to these questions include Anopheles stephensi and Ronald Ross for the mosquito and doctor, respectively; India for the country contributing to malaria cases; Chloroquine for the antimalarial drug; Cameroon and the RTS,S vaccine for the history-making country and vaccine; and the Serum Institute of India for the manufacturer of the second malaria vaccine.
