| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Apr 29 11:43PM > of mature T-lymphocytes, which are essential to the body's > immune system. One hormone it secretes is thymopoietin > ["thy-mo-POY-et-in"]. thymus > 2. Name gland #2. It secretes the hormone melatonin, whose > secretion increases in the absence of light and which has > a role in the development of the gonads. pineal > 3. Name gland #7 (the bigger one with a group of smaller glands, > #8, behind it). Two hormones it secretes help regulate the > body's rate of metabolism. thyroid > 4. Name gland #11. The hormones it secretes play a major role in > the body's storage and utilization of carbohydrates. pancreas > 5. Bone A. fibula; humerus > 6. Bone B. humerus; fibula > 9. Bone J. (The irregularly shaped bone with teeth attached to it.) mastoid > 10. Bone L. scapula > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. Morse Code > A1. What is the Morse Code representation of the letter A? ..; -. > A2. What consonant is represented in Morse Code by "...." (four > dots)? J; K > * D. Shakespearean O's > D1. What Shakespearean character said, "O, damn her! Damn her! > O! I will chop her into messes! Cuckold me!"? Othello > D2. What Shakespearean character said, "O, what a noble mind > is here o'erthrown!"? Ophelia > E1. What US statesman, between 1803 and 1848, served as a US > senator, secretary of state, president, and congressman, > in that order? John Quincy Adams > Thursday. Now, from Friday: name the European city where > Goethe and Nietzsche died, and a republic and a breed of > dog were born. Weimar -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Apr 30 03:31AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:PM6dnQxBEJwn1xf9nZ2dnUU7- > of mature T-lymphocytes, which are essential to the body's > immune system. One hormone it secretes is thymopoietin > ["thy-mo-POY-et-in"]. thyroid > 2. Name gland #2. It secretes the hormone melatonin, whose > secretion increases in the absence of light and which has > a role in the development of the gonads. pineal > 3. Name gland #7 (the bigger one with a group of smaller glands, > #8, behind it). Two hormones it secretes help regulate the > body's rate of metabolism. thyroid > 4. Name gland #11. The hormones it secretes play a major role in > the body's storage and utilization of carbohydrates. pancreas > medical *Latin* word, e.g. "femur" rather than "thighbone". > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo4/9/ske.jpg > 5. Bone A. ulna > 6. Bone B. radius > 8. Bone H. fibula > 10. Bone L. scapula > ** Game 4, Round 10 - Challenge Round > * A. Morse Code > A1. What is the Morse Code representation of the letter A? -. (one dash, one dot) > A2. What consonant is represented in Morse Code by "...." (four > dots)? M; N > * D. Shakespearean O's > D1. What Shakespearean character said, "O, damn her! Damn her! > O! I will chop her into messes! Cuckold me!"? Othello > E1. What US statesman, between 1803 and 1848, served as a US > senator, secretary of state, president, and congressman, > in that order? John Quincy Adams > Thursday. Now, from Friday: name the European city where > Goethe and Nietzsche died, and a republic and a breed of > dog were born. Weimar -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Apr 29 11:54PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > of mature T-lymphocytes, which are essential to the body's > immune system. One hormone it secretes is thymopoietin > ["thy-mo-POY-et-in"]. Thyroid; Pituitary > 3. Name gland #7 (the bigger one with a group of smaller glands, > #8, behind it). Two hormones it secretes help regulate the > body's rate of metabolism. Thyroid; Pituitary > medical *Latin* word, e.g. "femur" rather than "thighbone". > http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/oo4/9/ske.jpg > 5. Bone A. Radius; Ulna > 6. Bone B. Radius; Ulna > 7. Bone C. (This is roughly triangular and is separate from D.) > 8. Bone H. Fibula > * C. Ex-Jays > C1. Dave Collins and Alfredo Griffin were traded by the Jays > for what pitcher in 1984? Stieb > E1. What US statesman, between 1803 and 1848, served as a US > senator, secretary of state, president, and congressman, > in that order? Jackson > Thursday. Now, from Friday: name the European city where > Goethe and Nietzsche died, and a republic and a breed of > dog were born. Pomerania > After you have finished with this round, please decode the following > rot13: Vs lbhe nafjre ba dhrfgvba R1 jnf whfg Nqnzf naq abguvat ryfr, > gura tb onpx naq punatr vg gb pyrneyl fcrpvsl juvpu Nqnzf. Pete Gayde |
| Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Apr 29 06:16PM -0500 Mark Brader wrote: > "Svengali". Name the hat. > 7. These hats are from an 1889 catalog. They are all one kind > of hat. What kind? Baseball > Mingus once said goodbye to one, though he was really referring > to another musician. We won't eat our hats if you know this! > Name the hat. Porkpie > him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man > shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, > God shall take away his part out of the book of life... Revelation > there shined round him a light from heaven: And he fell to > the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him: "Saul, Saul, > why persecutest thou me?" Hebrews > In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, > and the Word was God... All things were made by him; and > without him was not anything made that was made. Matthew; John > And he said unto his people, "Behold, the children of Israel > are more and mightier than we: Come, let us deal wisely > with them"... Therefore they did set over them taskmasters... Exodus > knew that the seed should not be his; and... when he went > in unto his brother's wife, he spilled it on the ground... > And the thing which he did displeased the Lord... Samuel; Ezra > to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, > and let every woman have her own husband... It is better > to marry than to burn. Galatians; Romans > said unto him, "Let there be sought for the King a young > virgin... and let her lie in thy bosom, that the King may > get heat." Proverbs; Isaiah > under heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time > to plant, and a time to pluck up... A time to kill, and a > time to heal... Ecclesiastes > government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be > called Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting > Father, the Prince of Peace. Nehemiah; Ezekiel > city, both small and great, and they had hemorrhoids in > their secret parts. > (Of course, with divine help like that, who needs a king?) Kings; Judges Pete Gayde |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Apr 29 06:45PM -0500 If Pete Gayde had posted his answers on time, he would have scored 8 points on Round 7 and 10 on Round 8 and his best-4-out-of-6 interim score would still be a third-place 89. -- Mark Brader, Toronto | "However, 0.02283% failure might be better than 50% msb@vex.net | failure, depending on your needs." --Norman Diamond My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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