From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 2/19/23 22:55, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2, Round 7 - Entertainment - Ducks in Pop Culture   
   >   
   > 1. This company has a duck in its logo.  They """are""" the largest   
   >     supplier of supplemental insurance in the USA, and life insurance   
   >     in Japan.  Gilbert Gottfried was fired in 2011 for insensitive   
   >     jokes about the Japanese tsunami that year.  Name the company.   
      
   AFLAC   
      
   >   
   > 2. Name this character in the 1995 movie "Babe", a duck who tries   
   >     to be useful on the farm so that he won't be eaten.  For example,   
   >     he crows like a rooster.   
   >   
   > All the remaining answers will include the word "duck".   
   >   
   > 3. Name the reality show featuring the Robertson family and their   
   >     business empire.  In December 2013 Phil Robertson made anti-gay   
   >     bigoted statements.   
   >   
   > 4. Name the 1908 Beatrix Potter character: a duck who asks a fox   
   >     to help her keep her eggs safe.   
   >   
   > 5. Name the 1843 Hans Christian Anderson story, about a family of   
   >     ducks who adopt another bird.   
      
   The Ugly Duckling   
      
   >   
   > 6. Give the nickname of Jon Cryer's character in the 1986 movie   
   >     "Pretty in Pink", a John Hughes Brat Pack movie.   
   >   
   > 7. Name the song that was a novelty hit in 1976 for DJ Rick Dees,   
   >     reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.   
      
   Disco Duck   
      
   >   
   > 8. Name the duck character who plays basketball with Michael Jordan   
   >     and Bugs Bunny in the 1996 movie "Space Jam".   
      
   Donald Duck   
      
   >   
   > 9. Name the title of the 1933 Marx brothers movie involving schemes   
   >     to take over a small country.   
      
   Duck Soup   
      
   >   
   > 10. Name the title of the 1992 Emilio Estevez movie where he   
   >     coaches a kids' hockey team.   
      
   The Mighty ducks   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2, Round 8 - Science - Eponymous Medical Conditions   
   >   
   > We give you the the medical condition named after the doctor(s)   
   > who first described it, and you tell us what organ, tissue, or body   
   > system it effects.  In most cases, we'll also accept a description of   
   > key, distinguishing symptoms.  For example, if we said Parkinson's   
   > disease, you could say "the brain" or "the central nervous system"   
   > or "movement difficulties" etc.   
   >   
   > Be sufficiently specific; if you are too specific you won't be   
   > penalized.   
   >   
   > 1. Marfan syndrome.   
   > 2. Hansen's disease.   
      
   nervous system and skin   
      
   > 3. Ménière's disease.   
   > 4. Raynaud's disease.   
   > 5. Cushing's disease.   
   > 6. Peyronie's disease.   
   > 7. Osgood-Schlatter disease.   
   > 8. Sjögren's ["SHOW-gren's"] syndrome.   
   > 9. Pick's disease.  Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein suffered   
   >     from this.   
   >   
   > 10. Fanconi syndrome.  (Hint: chicken jerky treats from China have   
   >     been implicated in a """recent""" rash of this syndrome in pet   
   >     dogs, resulting in the death of over 600 pets to date in the   
   >     US alone.)   
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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