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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 2, Rounds 7-8 - duck   
   21 Feb 23 21:02:17   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, February 20, 2023 at 12:55:36 AM UTC-6, 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   
      
   > 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.    
      
   "Duck Dynasty"   
       
   > 4. Name the 1908 Beatrix Potter character: a duck who asks a fox    
   > to help her keep her eggs safe.    
      
   Jemima Puddle-Duck   
      
   > 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.    
      
   Ducky   
      
   > 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".    
      
   Daffy 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.    
      
   tallness and a weakened heart   
      
   > 2. Hansen's disease.   
      
   leprosy   
       
   > 3. Ménière's disease.    
      
   loss of balance   
      
   > 6. Peyronie's disease.    
      
   penis (?)   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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