| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 21 03:22PM > * Game 3, Round 4 - Science - Zoonoses ["ZOH-uh-NO-seas"] > 1. A red-hot poker was at one time commonly used in attempts to > prevent what disease? rabies > Foshay-Mollaret syndrome, Petzetakis' disease, Parinaud > oculoglandular disease, and as if those names weren't long enough, > benign inoculation lymphoreticulosis. Give the easy name. foot and mouth disease > 3. What disease is most commonly transferred to humans from living > birds? (No, not bird flu.) psittacosis > 4. When this round's writer was a child, her pediatrician warned her > that pet turtles could be dangerous. What common infection are > you most likely to catch from one? streptococcus > 5. This disease is best known for deadly epidemics elsewhere, but > in the southwest US, the ground squirrel provides a reservoir > for it. plague > also known to occur in horses, cats, bats, chipmunks, > skunks, squirrels, domestic rabbits, and (significantly) > birds. What is it? malaria > 7. In the movie "Hud", the memorable scene of the cattle slaughter > portrays the ranchers' response to an outbreak of what disease? anthrax > 8. What disease, now rare in North America, can be caught from > eating undercooked pork? Be sufficiently specific. trichinosis > 9. What tick-borne disease identified in the 20th century takes > its name from a town in New England? Lyme disease > 10. Another tick-borne disease is named after a region of North > America, but is actually found throughout the continent. > What is it? Rocky Mountain spotted fever > * Game 3, Round 6 - Entertainment - Meanwhile in Real Life > 1. This economist and law professor """has also been""" a comedian and, > from 1997 to 2002, a game show host. Ben Stein > 2. This obstetrician won an Oscar for his first professional acting > job, in a 1984 drama of oppression. Haing Ngor > 4. He was still serving as a US senator when he joined the cast > of a long-running weekly TV drama in 2002 -- playing an elected > official on the show. Name him. Fred Thompson > the other way. In her chosen sport she finished 29th of 300 > in the US national championships, but she did not make the cut > in the Olympic trials. Geena Davis > 7. Omar Sharif was a world-class player of what? backgammon > 8. Hedy Lamarr and her co-worker George Antheil received a patent > in 1942 in what field? radio > 9. During World War II he turned from acting to flying bombers, > eventually rising to brigadier general in the US Air Force. Jimmy Stewart > 10. Another actor-pilot was a cabinetmaker before becoming a movie > star, and """has been""" known to fly search and rescue missions in > his helicopter. Harrison Ford -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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