Life During The Black Death Pandemic

"**Life During The Black Death Pandemic**" is the first episode of Season One, and the first ever episode of *Puppet History*.

The episode features special guest Steven Lim and musical guest Death.

The episode is won by Steven.

## Lesson Content

The episode centers around the story of the bubonic plague pandemic in Europe, primarily focused on the period between 1347 and 1351.

## Cast

* Shane Madej as the Professor / Death
* Ryan Bergara as himself
* Steven Lim as himself

## Questions & Challenges

* Answers marked with (RB) were chosen by Ryan
* Answers marked with (SL) were chosen by Steven
* Answers in bold are correct

### Question 1

What do you think happens when an infected flea crosses paths with a rat?

* A) The infected flea burrows into the rat and dies there (RB) (SL)
* **B) The infected flea vomits into the rat**
* C) The infected flea sits in the rats brain and controls it like that guy in Men In Black

### Question 2

What other horrific factor contributed to the plague?

* A) The popularity of a dish called rat pie
* **B) The streets being caked in piles of innards (RB) (SL)**
* C) The rising belief that flea bites were gifts from God

### Question 3

Can you guess the socially expected curtesy when tossing your turds?

* Ryan's Answer: Yelling "Tally Ho!"
* Steven's Answer: Yelling "Poop Fore!"
* **Correct Answer: Shout "Look out below!" three times**

### Question 4

Which would you rather have?

* A) Septicaemic plague (SL)
* B) Pneumonic plague (RB)
* **C) Bubonic plague**

### Challenge 1

The person who is killed by the plague gains a point

* Ryan survives
* Steven is killed by the plague

### Question 5

Which of these other strange things was prescribed by doctors?

* **A) Huffing toilets**
* B) Wine enemas (RB)
* C) Snorting ground-up wasp wings (SL)

### Question 6

Which of these was an unexpected upside of the plague?

* A) It killed a very bad pope
* **B) It raised minimum wage (RB) (SL)**
* C) People made sheds out of the bones

### Question 7

If the plague happened today and took an equivalent toll on the population, how many people would die?

* A) Nearly 956 million
* **B) Nearly 1.9 billion (SL)**
* C) Nearly 7.53 billion (RB)

## Points Chronology

*There is a possibility that some questions, and allocations of points, may be removed during post-production so the point totals presented here may not be the genuine totals that the players ended with as a result of the full gameplay.*

### Winner

Steven Lim is awarded the title of History Master and the Coveted Cup of the History Master.

## Musical Guest

Death performs "Plague Days (Y.O.D.O.)".

*Listen here on SoundCloud.*

### Lyrics

* Tell ya what I think it sure is fun
* To make people die
* You should see how friggin funny ya look
* When the lights go outta your eyes
* And man I miss that ol Bubonic Plague
* What a treat, what a hoot, what a gas!
* Seein pigs eat bodies in the street
* TBH, it kinda kicked ass
* And sure I worked my fingers to the bone
* Bodies here, bodies there, bodies everywhere
* Lumpy people dropping left and right
* The putrid smell of rotting flesh in the air
* All good things come to an end
* And to be honest, I needed a rest
* But I’ll never forget how great it felt
* To cash that overtime check